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Are US workers legally required to pay income taxes?
In the 2006 film America: Freedom to Fascism, several interviews are shown which claim that American workers do not need to pay income tax. Specifically, this clip claims that
There is no law which requires the average American worker (in the
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Do about 100 Germans die every year due to risky masturbation?
EveningStandard claims in Masturbation 'kills up to 100 Germans a year', new study shows that up to 100 Germans a year die to masturbation for using risky methods like auto-erotic asphyxiation or electric shock.
Similar claims can be found in these…
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Are a large proportion of programming job applicants unable to implement FizzBuzz?
On the blog Coding Horror, Jeff Atwood quotes individuals as saying that a large number of programming job applicants are unable to implement FizzBuzz. Why Can't Programmers.. Program?
[Quoting Don't Overthink FizzBuzz]
Like me, the author is…
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Did the Trump family change its name from Drumpf to Trump?
According to some media (e.g., International Business Times, Washington Times), the grandfather of Donald Trump, Frederick Trump, was originally called Friedrich Drumpf but changed his name after immigrating to the US.
Other sources (the "The…
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Did Einstein ever remark on compound interest?
In personal finance articles I frequently find quotes injected to attribute some further relevance to one's position.
Over the years, I've read Einstein quoted as saying that 'compound interest was one of man's greatest inventions', or other…
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Does recycling create more pollution than it prevents?
My city, like many, has a recycling program, which I believe is supposed to reduce pollution and create some positive economic activity. But I've heard many people argue that recycling programs are a waste in and of themselves. Essentially that…
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Can trained humans run faster than all other animals on a marathon distance?
During the athletics world championship, a commentator mentioned casually during the marathon discipline that humans are faster over long distances than all animals.
I'm unsure if this can be said generally. Obviously some individuals cannot run,…
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Is there currently riots/looting *ONLY* in Democrat cities in the USA?
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So pathetic to watch the Fake News Lamestream Media playing down the gravity and depravity of the Radical Left, looters and thugs, ripping up our Liberal Democrat run (only) cities. It is almost like they are all working together?
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Did Nancy Pelosi say "We'll have to pass the bill to find out what's in it"?
I found some comments by republicans/conservatives who claim she said this*, some indicating it was in regard with Obamacare, but I haven't been able to find any context or primary source.
So the question: Did Nancy Pelosi say this? And if yes, when…
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Was the Ford Model T black because of the speed black paint dries?
In this BBC news article labour historian and lecturer Steve Babson says:
The reason the Ford Model-T was black, was because it was the only
paint that would dry fast enough to keep pace with the production
process.
Is this accurate or just an…
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Do people with flu shots shed the influenza virus more than those who aren't vaccinated?
This 2018 Collective Evolution article claims:
Once recent study, however, did bother to look at the question of whether the vaccine prevents transmission. Published on January 18, 2018, in the journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
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Did the White House Press Secretary Lie about a Pie?
Apparently, the White House Press Secretary tweeted a picture of a chocolate pecan pie over the Thanksgiving Holiday. She claims that she made the pie and took a picture of it.
People are claiming that this is a stock photo - apparently due to the…
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Does plutonium exist in the world, apart from being manufactured?
In reference to the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, a mathematician, Peter Lax, described his time working there as "living science fiction". He said:
we were told essentially the basic thing: we are building an atomic bomb, that there are two…
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Was Donald Trump's approval rating at 50% in June 2017?
Rasmussen Reports say that Donald Trump's approval rating is at 50%.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance.
While naturally subject to…
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During Great Britain's coal-free day, were coal plants shut off, or active and generating power GB didn't use?
On Friday 21st April, the UK National Grid announced the following on twitter:
National Grid can confirm that for the past 24 hours, it has supplied GB's electricity demand without the need for #coal generation.
They further clarified in a…
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