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Does recycling plastic really reduce microplastic emissions?
A current news story ends with what seems like a familiar ritual formula,
"On an individual level, ensuring plastic products are properly recycled [emphasis mine] and reducing plastic use can ...
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Did Harvard scientists fail to duplicate a pattern in the Bible?
At the end of the 19th century, Ivan Panin claimed to have discovered numerical patterns in the Bible, particularly involving the number seven. For instance, he noted that the first verse, Genesis 1:1,...
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Are blackouts in civilian regions an effective strategy in deterring millitary airstrikes or reducing their accuracy?
To lay down some context:
From Wikipedia:
A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or ...
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Does Fridge Friend extend the life of produce in your fridge?
Fridge Friend is a vented box of chemicals that, when placed in the fridge, is supposed to filter the moisture in the air, removing ethylene gas, bacteria, impurities and "excess moisture".
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Was the Ark of the Covenant taken to Ethiopia?
Some sources claim that the Ark of the Covenant was taken to Ethiopia (see Kebra Nagast a 14th century national epic from Ethiopia).
Britannica states:
One of the most well-known theories about the ...
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Did Azhar Masood, the head of Jaish-e-Mohammed, say that Operation Sindoor killed ten members of his family?
Various Indian media carries this quote:
Masood said, “Ten members of my family including five children, my elder sister and her husband, my Islamic scholar nephew, his wife and my niece in addition ...
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Was there a gender reveal party by IDF soldiers in Gaza that involved demolition?
It seems both Mondoweiss, and Al Jazeera are reporting about a gender reveal party in Gaza by IDF soldiers,
From Al Jazeera,
‘It’s a boy!’ Israeli soldiers have filmed themselves blowing up a ...
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Did two million people attend the Lady Gaga concert in Rio?
Reports abound of two million people in Brazil gathering for a Lady Gaga concert on May the third this year.
A crowd of more than two million people gathered for the concert, which was free to attend....
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Does the majority of humans support human germline gene editing?
Jiankui He's tweet (mirror 1, mirror 2):
The majority of citizens, especially within western nations, already support human germline gene editing.
Does the majority of humans support human germline ...
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Were 10 members of the left-wing activist community murdered by people of color in 2023?
In Dec 2023, X user, National Conservative (@NatCon2022), posted
Were all these activists killed? Are people of color suspected of committing the crime?
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Do Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek require 2-4x more power than US firms to achieve similar results to U.S. companies?
https://www.anthropic.com/news/securing-america-s-compute-advantage-anthropic-s-position-on-the-diffusion-rule:
DeepSeek Shows Controls Work: Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek openly acknowledge ...
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Does morning exercise offset one to two hours of sleep deprivation?
On LinkedIn, the well-known associate professor of neurobiology, Andrew Huberman, posted the following claim:
The primary mechanism by which morning exercise offsets partial (one to two hours) sleep ...
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Are first-person view (FPV) drones responsible for 75% of casualties on Russian side in Russia-Ukraine war?
Youtuber Civ Div states on video
A year after it was learned that they [first-person view (FPV) drones] are the most effective weapon on the battlefield. The stats are insane. There was a Russian ...
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Did Pope Francis die with only $100 cash and no other assets?
There have been a number of news articles and social media posts (see: see here, here, and here) claiming that Pope Francis' personal net wealth, at the time of his death, was estimated at just $100 (...
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Did 85% of youths in prisons grow up in a fatherless home based on Fulton County Georgia jail populations & 1992 Texas Department of Corrections data?
When talking about single-parent families, a commonly made claim is that 85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. You can see law firms, documents on government sites, best-selling books,...
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