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Was credit for the black hole image misattributed?
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) was used to create an image of Messier 87*, a supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy. This result has been heavily reported in the media leading up to its announcement 2019-04-10.
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Did al-Ghazali lead to decline of science in Islam as Neil Tyson claims?
The astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has said that during the Islamic Golden Age, especially in Baghdad, science and discovery flourished for a few centuries. Then an Islamic scholar named al-Ghazali became prominent, whose ideas took root. Among…
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Is it illegal for regular US citizens to possess or read the Podesta emails published by WikiLeaks?
While referring to the the Podesta emails which were leaked by WikiLeaks this week, CNN's Chris Cuomo said on live TV:
Also interesting is, remember: It's illegal to possess these stolen
documents. It's different for the media, so everything you…
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Did most sex workers experience abuse as a child?
Dr. Drew Pinsky, a medical doctor who hosts several television and radio programs, claims quite frequently that most people who engage in sex-related industries, such as prostitution or pornography, have experienced sexual abuse as a child.
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Are women underpaid relative to men?
Many articles, such as this one, report a significant wage gap between men and women of 15% or more as evidence of discrimination. On the other hand, some sources, such as this one, claim that the gap can be explained by factors such as the…
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Did two crisis actors both claim to be the father of the same child killed in the Uvalde, Texas shooting?
A friend-of-a-friend posted a BitChute video on my friend's Facebook wall: Two crisis actor "fathers" share the same daughter in Uvalde, Texas
The description states:
NBC and CNN interview two different crisis actors who claim to be the same…
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Does porn destroy dopamine receptors?
Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist claims that porn destroys dopamine receptors. A quote from his website:
This is why pornography causes a vicious circle. When someone views
pornography, he gets overstimulated by dopamine; so his brain destroys
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Is a vegetarian (vegan) diet more healthy?
According to Wikipedia,
Vegetarians tend to have lower body mass index, lower levels of cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and less incidence of heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, renal disease, osteoporosis, dementias, [and lower risks…
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Did Einstein say "if you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough"?
A very popular quote attributed to Albert Einstein but did he really say it? If so, what is the original document containing the original explanation of it?
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Can 1 in 1,000 black men expect to be killed over the course of their lifetime by the police?
In Last Week Tonight of June 8th, 2020, John Oliver mentions that 1 in 1,000 black men can expect to be killed by the police.
At 5:05 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4cea5oObY
I have tracked the source to Edwards, Lee & Esposito, 2019, "Risk of…
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Was Donald Trump at ground zero helping out on 9-11?
Donald Trump claims he was at ground zero on 9-11 helping out. Was he?
I was down there also, but I'm not considering myself a first responder," Trump said. "But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you."
And also:
Everyone…
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Is masturbation bad for one's health?
This question has probably been asked by almost everyone at some point in their lives. But the answers we receive vary from "it is very good" to "it is very bad".
I can understand that becoming obsessive about it is bad (in fact becoming obsessive…
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Are 30% of human embryos "spontaneously aborted"?
From Richard Dawkins on Feb 1, 2019
How could I have failed to predict it? My tweet of the beautiful newt embryology film is already triggering the abortion nuts. Did you know, at least 30% of human embryos are spontaneously aborted? Does that make…
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On average in the US, is there a mass shooting 9 out of every 10 days?
Reading the New York Times today, I came across this very amusing "tourism video" touting the benefit of visiting/moving to Australia, namely, "You Won't Get Shot".
Don’t Get Shot in America. Live in Australia!
At ~1:25, the actor states,
In your…
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Do the 26 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorest 3.8 billion people?
Bernie Sanders, who is running for president in 2020 gave a speech a few days ago. He makes a claim which goes like the following:
Today the world's richest 26 billionaires, 26, now own as much wealth as the poorest 3.8 billion people on the…
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