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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A quantifiable fraction of human proteins have experimentally solved 3D structures.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Insects survive freezing winters through physiological adaptations like producing antifreeze proteins?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Epigenetic marks are faithfully transmitted through both mitosis and meiosis?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Electromagnetic waves outside the visible spectrum play a role in photosynthesis?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chromosome 1 is designated as the largest human chromosome?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A toothbrush can reinfect its user after recovery from a cold?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Osteopathic medicine is entirely evidence-based?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The human body can never lose existing fat cells, only shrink them?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Wearing socks continuously is detrimental to foot health?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dust does not interfere with gecko foot adhesion due to self-cleaning setae structures?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Male and female human brains are physically different from birth?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bacteria die of old age?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Classrooms with students of the same age are a counter-productive way to learn?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The USA can shut down the entire internet by deactivating root DNS servers based there?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Glucosamine supplementation repairs joint cartilage?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chemicals used to ripen fruit in developing countries are harmful to human health?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Undigested protein from the Western diet accumulates and stays stuck in the human body?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hand dryers in public bathrooms spread bacteria?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Polygraphs effectively detect deception?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Software patents stifle technological creativity and innovation?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Private citizens use guns millions of times per year for self-defense in the U.S.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Pox parties are safer than vaccines for children?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The uncoiled DNA in a single human cell is meters long?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that You can get sufficient protein from a vegan diet?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Trainers hanging on telephone wires indicate a nearby crack den.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mosquitoes urinate on humans when they bite?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human ancestors naturally practiced segmented or biphasic sleep?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US states with stricter gun laws have fewer gun-related deaths?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Broiler chickens are injected with hormones in their left legs?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ball lightning is a real physical phenomenon?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Christians killed vastly more people in 20th-century political violence than Muslims?
- REFUTEDIs it true that There are officially pronounced no-go Islamic zones in France?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Undocumented immigrants in the US commit crimes at higher rates than native-born citizens?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Amazon paid zero dollars in US federal income taxes in 2018?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Phone calls can only be traced if the caller does not hang up?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ferdinand Foch stated that the Treaty of Versailles was an armistice for twenty years.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Excessive consumption of mineral water causes kidney stones?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gravitational waves travel at the speed of light?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Soviet moon mission designs included specific transfer methods for returning to the vehicle?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Space Shuttle successfully retrieved specific satellites from orbit?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Specific chemicals and structures control the direction of plant growth?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Assistant professors and associate professors differ in tenure status and promotion requirements?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Abd al-Rahman I was recognized as ruler upon arriving in Islamic Hispania.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Former Spanish colonies in the Americas became politically fragmented due to distinct regional factors?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Underwater turbines alter local marine hydrodynamics and benthic ecosystems?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Early NMR spectroscopy linked spectral peaks to specific hydrogen atoms?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Almost everyone contracts HPV?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters could theoretically re-contact the orbiter during the separation sequence?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that The Ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Snakes are completely blind?
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