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- CONTESTEDIs it true that Diet soda is less healthy than regular soda?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Adolf Hitler survived until 1962?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Mahatma Gandhi stated I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Bat Gen device claims to produce more energy than it consumes?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Punctuated equilibrium describes evolutionary history characterized by rapid bursts of speciation?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Archaeological excavations have uncovered skeletons of a race of giant humans?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Listening to rap music increases violent behavior?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Limiting trivial decisions frees cognitive energy for bigger decisions?
- OVERSTATEDIs it true that Entire works were completely lost during the Nazi book burnings.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that The term cascade in syntax refers to a specific structural configuration of node domination.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lorentz invariance is lost in finite temperature quantum field theory?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Significant differences exist between the Falcon 9 1.0 and Falcon 9 1.1 rockets.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Beta-endorphins can be used as a replacement for morphine in clinical practice?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dirac spinor components represent particles and antiparticles with distinct chiralities and spins?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Sentences expressing permission possess a truth value?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Air-breathing engines have been successfully used on reentry vehicles?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Looking away from a computer monitor once an hour improves eye health?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Ice forms in the cold waters of the oceans?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that A sound twice as loud corresponds to a tenfold increase in acoustic power.?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Direct recharge of groundwater from river water is governed by hydraulic head gradients.?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Two different phonemic symbols can represent the identical acoustic sound?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Force vectors are members of a vector space?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Karyotype databases exist for human cell lines?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Isothermal compression requires different energy input compared to adiabatic compression of a gas?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Ocean floor magnetic anomalies enable the reconstruction of ancient continental positions.?
- OVERSTATEDIs it true that Natural selection acts on the gene as the smallest unit?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pierre Bourdieu interpreted social class through the multidimensional distribution of economic and cultural capital.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Historians verify historical claims through source criticism and corroborating evidence.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mars elevation data are publicly available.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Infrared radiation is directly related to thermal heat emission?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Storing water on land is geographically feasible to counteract sea level rise?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Frost depth increases when surface temperatures warm up?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that El Niño events are terminated by ocean-atmosphere interactions and wave dynamics?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that El Nino phenomena only occur in the Pacific Ocean and not other oceans?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Age-related DNA transcription errors accumulate progressively and manifest less frequently in children?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that General anesthesia can occur without causing amnesia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cancer rates are higher in developed countries than in less developed countries?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mobile phones interfere with the normal functioning of cardiac pacemakers?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cinnamon consumption prevents or delays the onset of Alzheimer's disease?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pharmaceutical drugs expire due to chemical degradation over time?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Flies remain attached to walls using adhesive pads and capillary forces?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All atoms of a specific element are identical and unique.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Quantum chemical methods can compute the absorption spectra and color of any molecule?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Lunar subsurface temperatures remain constant at specific depths?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Materials can be synthesized on Mars to produce plastics?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Liquid propellant rocket engines experience thrust oscillation during operation?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Artificial satellites are completely sealed from space?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dutch disease causes an appreciation of the national currency value?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Knowing an event obtains with probability one is interchangeable with absolute certainty?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Contractionary monetary policy causes foreign investment outflows?
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