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- REFUTEDIs it true that Day trading is profitable for most retail traders.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The human population is split equally, fifty percent men and fifty percent women.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Antidepressants such as SSRIs increase the risk of bleeding.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cold temperatures reduce the available capacity of lithium-ion phone batteries, making them drain faster.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Interleaved practice produces better long-term learning than blocked practice.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tourette's syndrome is predominantly characterised by compulsive swearing, known as coprolalia.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Students who take handwritten notes perform better on conceptual exam questions than students who type notes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Hypnic jerks are involuntary muscle twitches that occur as a person falls asleep.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Vietnam War lasted about twenty years, from 1955 to 1975.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Low interest rates stimulate economic growth.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Financial deregulation caused the 2008 financial crisis.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwave ovens cook food by tuning to a specific resonant frequency of water molecules.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Sea level rise occurs at the same rate everywhere around the globe.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The NTFS file system uses a file allocation table to track file locations.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington ordered the Continental Army inoculated against smallpox in 1777.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that macOS and Linux operating systems are immune to malware such as viruses and trojan horses.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most American adults consume less potassium than the recommended adequate intake.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The abbreviation Xmas was invented to take Christ out of Christmas.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A 2005 Nature comparison found Wikipedia's science entries nearly as accurate as Encyclopaedia Britannica's.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Cell phone signals can interfere with an aircraft's navigation and communication systems during flight.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Sudden immersion in freezing water typically kills people through hypothermia.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Paper straws are worse for the environment than plastic straws.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mental illness causes people to commit violent crime.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Systematic phonics instruction improves reading comprehension in elementary school children.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Identical twins have different fingerprints.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Drinking alcohol during pregnancy causes autism in the child.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Inflation reduces the real return on investments.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Divorce increases the risk of death compared with staying married.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine causes tinnitus in some recipients.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Laser-propelled light sails approaching about 75 percent of the speed of light would experience drag from scattered photons, which limits the speeds they can reach.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Thomas Edison's son Theodore, an MIT graduate, failed his father's employment questionnaire.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A study published in 2026 found that affective generative AI use is associated with psychological distress in children and teenagers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Smelling coffee aroma without drinking it can change attention, alertness, and brain activity, according to new research.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Transmissible vaccines, engineered viruses designed to spread immunity from person to person, have been studied in animals but are not approved for human use.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A genus of arachnids is named after Abaddon the Despoiler, a villain from the Warhammer 40,000 setting.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Oral silicon supplements have shown small or inconsistent effects on bone density in human clinical trials.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Jesus is the English form of the Greek Iesous, which renders the Hebrew name Yeshua (Joshua), a common name in first-century Judea.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The fingernail plate is anchored to the nail bed beneath it, which is richly supplied with nerves, so forcibly tearing a nail off is painful while the nail plate itself contains no nerves.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Food crumbs on the International Space Station can clog air filters and ventilation systems because they float in microgravity instead of settling.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Early twentieth-century Australian policies toward part-Aboriginal people included an aim of 'breeding out' Aboriginal ancestry through intermarriage with white people.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Girls who reach puberty earlier than their peers have a higher risk of anxiety than girls who reach puberty later.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Daycare attendance in early childhood improves children's cognitive and academic outcomes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Argentina's GDP per capita was among the highest in the world in the early 20th century and fell substantially relative to the United States over the following decades.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kratom has been associated with serious adverse effects including seizures and deaths, and the US FDA has warned consumers against using it.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Clinical evidence that valerian root improves sleep quality is inconclusive according to systematic reviews.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Some oral medicine capsules contain small pellets or beads so that the drug is released gradually over time (extended or delayed release) rather than all at once.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Studies of Fairtrade certification find mixed effects on the incomes of certified farmers, with some showing little or no income gain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Flying through ordinary clouds does not damage commercial aircraft, though icing, hail and severe turbulence in thunderstorm clouds can.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Many historians now describe the end of the Western Roman Empire as a gradual transformation rather than a sudden collapse.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Taboo words such as profanity, slurs, and sexual terms slow down people's processing of other language tasks, a phenomenon called the taboo Stroop effect.?
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