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SUPPORTEDIs it true that Home PV solar panels produce a net environmental benefit over their lifecycle?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Specific neural mechanisms cause humans to experience pareidolia?CONTESTEDIs it true that Nuclear power is economically unviable compared to alternative energy sources?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Oral sex is a leading cause of throat cancer?REFUTEDIs it true that Cancer is a strictly man-made disease.?REFUTEDIs it true that COVID-19 vaccines lower fertility rates and cause infertility.?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Islamic prophet Muhammad was a historical figure who existed?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Wright brothers were the first to achieve powered flight?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The uncoiled DNA in a single human cell is meters long?REFUTEDIs it true that The BBC report of WTC 7 collapsing was scripted in advance?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Potassium iodide protects against the harmful effects of radioactive iodine?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Microsoft Windows popularized Klondike solitaire?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Women get cheaper car insurance?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Notable biblical characters are historical figures?SUPPORTEDIs it true that An air bubble in an intravenous syringe can kill a patient?REFUTEDIs it true that Trainers hanging on telephone wires indicate a nearby crack den.?REFUTEDIs it true that Astrology accurately predicts personality traits and future events?REFUTEDIs it true that A nuclear blast devastated Port Chicago on July 17, 1944?REFUTEDIs it true that Wearing prescription eyeglasses weakens your natural eyesight?REFUTEDIs it true that Ninety percent of ice around Antarctica disappeared in less than a decade?REFUTEDIs it true that The computing term bug originated from a moth found in the Harvard Mark II computer?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US government kept secret papers belonging to Nikola Tesla?REFUTEDIs it true that Germany lacks a peace treaty and a constitution?REFUTEDIs it true that Public transport is less fuel-efficient per passenger-mile than private cars.?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The average American unwittingly commits three felonies a day?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The human eye can distinguish frame rates above 60 Hz?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Viruses have escaped from high-containment laboratories?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers on September 11?REFUTEDIs it true that Earth is as smooth as a billiard ball?CONTESTEDIs it true that Girls and boys are pre-programmed by biology to behave according to traditional gender roles?SUPPORTEDIs it true that 1.5 percent of all nuclear reactors ever built have experienced a meltdown?SUPPORTEDIs it true that A thief attempted to conceal his identity from security cameras using lemon juice?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Someone who sent a letter in 19th-century London could expect a reply within 2 hours?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The U.S. Army treated a President's cold using chlorine gas?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Thirty percent of human embryos are spontaneously aborted?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Eight Jesuit priests survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima without serious injury?REFUTEDIs it true that A single vote has historically decided the outcome of major political elections?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Amazon paid zero dollars in US federal income taxes in 2018?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure who actually lived?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Theodore Roosevelt said the quote about things that will destroy America?SUPPORTEDIs it true that William Shakespeare wrote the quote about feeling happy?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Florence Nightingale stated that to understand God's thoughts we must study statistics?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bertrand Russell stated that he would never die for his beliefs because they might be wrong?REFUTEDIs it true that James Madison wrote that the Ten Commandments are critical to the US nation?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Albert Einstein said that the only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nancy Pelosi said we have to pass the bill to find out what is in it.?REFUTEDIs it true that Excessive consumption of mineral water causes kidney stones?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Chicago and Austrian schools of economics differ fundamentally in methodology and policy?SUPPORTEDIs it true that A theory testable only through infeasible methods remains scientific?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Oxygen is stored as a supercritical fluid to maximize density and save storage volume in spacecraft.?
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