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Do 1 in 2 Swiss citizens have guns and do they have the lowest crime rate?
I came across a facebook post by an Australian political party that states
1 in 2 citizens in Switzerland have guns
Lowest crime rate in the world
Are the above two statements true?
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Did Moses live?
Moses is, arguably, the most significant prophet in Judaism and is credited with leading the enslaved Jewish population out of Egypt and into the promised land.
Aside from the Torah, are there any verifiable records or concrete evidence that there…
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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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Do 3 billion devices run Java?
I was installing Java today and this was shown in the installation. Is there anything that supports this claim?
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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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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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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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Did Muslims celebrate the attack on 9/11 in New Jersey in 2001?
Donald Trump claimed this in November 2015:
"I
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
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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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Does a COVID-19 test in USA cost consumers more than $US3000?
Yesterday a famous Italian singer, Vasco Rossi, posted on Instagram saying that confirmed COVID-19 cases in USA are low because very few people are checked due to the test costing $3,200. (In Italy, the National Healthcare network is testing every…
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Is this a satellite image of Australian bushfires?
This image has been widely shared on Facebook and other social media platforms:
Is this a satellite image of Australia, taken recently to show the currently burning bushfires, or is it a computer render to demonstrate the extent?
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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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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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