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Was there 100% turnout and 100% Obama support in Cuyahoga County in 2012 Presidential Election?
The Tea Party Facebook page posted this Monday night.
Is it accurate that:
There are exactly 900135 registered voters in Cuyahoga County Ohio for the 2012 predidental election
There were 900135 voters that cast votes in the 2012 election
100% of…
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Does "The Fossil Record" evidence sufficiently support evolution?
According to Darwin, the absence of intermediate fossil forms “is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory.” What new fossil finds, if any, have occurred since Darwin wrote these words nearly 150 years ago? Do they…
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Are U.S companies legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders?
A statement that I've heard over and over, is that U.S. companies are legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders, and that this explains why companies act socially unresponsible.
In this speech at Netroots Nation, Al Franken says:
it…
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Any Scientific Basis for Neuro Linguistic Programming?
Over the years, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) has been creeping into popular culture. It is used by a lot of self-help gurus, and also in context of the right way to educate and learn (e.g., visual learner, auditory learner, etc.)
At its core…
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Does Ukraine have biological weapons facilities?
There's a viral conspiracy theory that Russia attacked Ukraine to neutralize Ukraine's biological weapons. Among many other sources, this tweet from Glenn Greenwald cites a video where Senator Marco Rubio asks Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland…
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Did the FBI write a letter to Martin Luther King Jr, blackmailing him to take his own life?
This tweet by WikiLeaks today claims the letter below was sent
to MLK telling him to kill himself within 34 days or face sex smear
I’m wondering if anyone can find other sources related to this or confirm or disprove the claim in some way?
The…
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Did the Indonesian army have a virginity test for female recruits?
The original article is on Newsweek which I personally consider a reliable source.
The virginity check, which extended to military fiancées, involves someone placing two fingers into the vagina to determine whether or not they've had intercourse,…
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Is phosphine evidence of life on Venus?
This news article came out about evidence tied to the possibility of life on Venus. The crux of the evidence is the detection of phosphine. The claim is that we only know of two ways to make this compound. Artificially with chemistry, or by…
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Does burning your food increase your risk of getting cancer?
About a year ago I heard that burning your food can lead to an increased risk of getting cancer. The explanation was that the burned portion of the food was carcinogenic. The Carbon that would be produced in burning of the food was also involved in…
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Do we have enough nuclear weapons to wipe out all of humanity?
I have heard several claims that we have enough nuclear weapons to wipe out all of humanity, but has anyone actually done an exact calculation of whether we do?
The claim includes:
All of the nuclear weapons which are currently built by the whole…
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Was Donald Trump's scene from Home Alone 2 removed by the CBC in 2014?
Comicbook.com recently reported that Donald Trump's cameo in Home Alone 2 had been cut from the version of the film aired on the CBC.
The CBC responded that the cuts were made back in 2014:
"As is often the case with feature films adapted for…
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Did the Allies reverse the threads on secret microfilm-hiding buttons to thwart the Germans?
Here is an anecdote that I recall reading as a child:
During World War II, the English found a way to smuggle microfilm past the German authorities. They sewed a hollow button to their jackets that could be unscrewed to reveal a tiny, secret…
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Does Condensed Milk Contain Milk?
This may seem like an idiotic question, but Indonesians officials say that condensed milk does not contain milk.
With no milk at all, sweetened condensed milk has managed to cheat those people who often serve it to children, as an alternative to…
user4951
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Does anybody spend 6 hours each day just to get water?
During the 2018 Super Bowl there was a commercial advertising a campaign to help bring fresh water to people in developing countries. It argued that fresh water is grossly easy to attain in developed countries yet
millions of people in the…
user11643
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Has Trump's administration been making more human trafficking arrests than the Obama administration?
I come across this image below circulation on the internet.
The image is comparing the human trafficking arrests during Trump's and Obama's administrations. Are these figures true?
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