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Is the gender pay gap evidence of discrimination?
(I've asked this before but people had troubling separating the question from just the gender pay gap. This is a way I was suggested to ask it, so I am giving it a try)
No one can deny the gender pay gap exists, but is it evidence of discrimination?…
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Did a computer error lead to 6,000 votes switching from Joe Biden to President Trump?
thegatewaypundit writes:
A so-called computer ‘glitch’ fix in one of Michigan’s counties has
led to 6,000 votes switching from Joe Biden to President Trump. The
Head of the Republican Party has asked for an additional 47 counties
be recounted…
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Was the Holocaust legal?
In the below image, which has been circulating on social media, it is implied that the Holocaust was legal in the same way that slavery and segregation were legal. Is this true? Was the Holocaust legal?
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Is the infant mortality rate among African-American babies in Youngstown, Ohio greater than that of babies in Iran?
In a town hall meeting on June 2, 2019 with Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH), the candidate stated the following (emphasis mine)
Now, a lot of people don't know, but Youngstown, Ohio is 50 percent African American. I've been working on these issues a…
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Was George H. W. Bush the "youngest pilot in the US Navy"?
According to this Miller Center,
Bush enlisted in the Navy on his 18th birthday and became notable as the youngest pilot to earn his wings in World War II.
And, again, on The Independent,
he was at one time the youngest pilot in the US Navy
And…
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Is this photo of Jeremy Corbyn and caption accurate?
At a Time when Margaret Thatcher was calling Nelson Mandela a terrorist, and a young David Cameron was living it up on all expenses paid tours around apartheid South Africa, Jeremy Corbyn was being roughed up and arrested for blockading the South…
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Does Melania Trump's security cost double the National Endowment for the Arts' budget?
This viral post was found at The Resistance with 16,000 shares in less 12 hours. It's from @chapmanchapman who seems to be commenting on Trump cutting the National Endowment for the Arts.
The est. security cost for Melania living 200mi away from…
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Did Muslims celebrate the attack on 9/11 in New Jersey in 2001?
Donald Trump claimed this in November 2015:
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watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of
people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of
people were cheering."New York
Times
He later…
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Can you sharpen scissors by cutting Aluminum foil?
I needed to sharpen a pair of scissors, so I did a quick Google search to learn the technique. I was very surprised to find a number of sites suggesting that scissors can be sharpened by cutting a piece of aluminum foil. It doesn't make any sense…
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Is it "perfectly legal" to walk topless in New York City?
A travel advertisement aired on the radio in Italy states that it is "perfectly legal" to be topless in New York City; is this true?
The ad doesn't say anything else useful to the question.
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Is Earth as smooth as a billiard ball?
I've heard it said (on the YouTube channel vsauce) that the earth is smoother than a billiards ball if it's scaled down.
Is this true?
Of course the earth is relatively smooth:
Mt. Everest: ~10km+
Mariana Trench: ~13km-
Earth's Diameter:…
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Is food cooked in a microwave oven harmful for the health?
A colleague of mine just made a comment about cooking food in a microwave oven. According to him it is considered to be harmful to one's health. Is it true?
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Did Bernie Sanders say that a woman cannot be president?
During the January 2020 Democratic debate at 43:27 the moderator asked Bernie why he said that a woman cannot win an election https://youtu.be/Ppm_mqo9Tyc?t=2607 . Bernie responds by denying that he ever said that. However, Warren confirms that he…
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Did Joe Biden "stop the prosecution" of his son in Ukraine? And did he brag about stopping the prosecution?
In recently released transcripts of a phone conversation between President Trump of the United States and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Trump makes the following statement:
There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the…
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Was it ever illegal to name a pig "Napoleon" in France?
This is an oft-cited "unusual law", e.g. from The Sun:
IN FRANCE it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon, almost 200 years after his death.
Experts say the odd law exists because calling a pig after the emperor would insult a head of state.
The best…
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