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Did Bercow say he would have sent the EU extension-request letter himself, had Johnson not done so?
The Express claims:
Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow said if Mr Johnson will not send the letter to the EU to request a delay, he would.
Did Bercow actually say this?
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Did the US Climate Reference Network Show No New Warming Since 2005 in the US?
I believe most are aware of the difficulties on surface based temperatures. Gaps in thermometer placement and reliance on extrapolation, placement near HVAC unit, cities and other heat sources or sinks, data manipulation and the like.
In a very…
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Do fevers caused by infection not exceed 105 °F (40.6 °C)?
This question is prompted by but distinct from Is fever (temperature) below 106° F harmful? That question asks about whether fevers below that temperature can cause harm. This question is asking whether there is any appreciable risk of fevers below…
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Did Otto Warburg make this claim about diseases in an alkaline environment?
I came across the following quote, alledgedly by the biochemist Otto Warburg:
No disease, including cancer, can exist in an alkaline environment
or its German counterpart:
Keine Krankheit kann in einem basischen Milieu existieren – nicht einmal…
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When John McCain was shot down was his mission to bomb a civilian light bulb factory?
From RT, "Trump is right (but only on this): McCain is no war hero"
John McCain flew ground-attack aircraft from carriers in the US Navy. He was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967 and spent the next six years as a prisoner of the Vietnamese, whom…
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Drop in IQ due to immigration?
An alt-right web site, "Red Ice" (apparently belonging to Henrik Palmgren), proposes that there's a nearly worldwide decrease in IQ due to immigration. The Red Ice piece apparently originated from unz.com so clearly this story was more widely…
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Are there "1,071 Proven Cases of Voter Fraud"?
The Heritage Foundation, an American Conservative think tank, has recently published a report listing over a thousand individuals who committed voter fraud:
The United States has a long and unfortunate history of
election fraud. The Heritage…
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Do cars pass with less space for bicyclists who wear helmets?
This question is an off-shoot of from the discussion about helmet safety. There is an assertion that when a car passes a bicycle, it allows less space to those who wear a helmet than those without. While this is metric is only one part of the larger…
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Can you be electrocuted while taking a shower during a thunderstorm?
I remember growing up and my mom always telling me to not take a shower while it was thunderstorming. I've done it a few times but I always try to keep the water not flowing over my body in case it ever did happen it wouldn't cross my heart and kill…
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Does US governmental advocacy of drinking milk harm African-Americans?
According to a California State University article Milk new symbol of hate?:
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The federal endorsement of milk in American diets contributes to the problem by uncritically pushing people to drink milk, despite the potential detriment it has on…
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Is empowerment of women a cure for poverty?
It is stated that giving women equality and control over their reproduction reduces the poverty in any community. Christopher Hitchens:
"We already know the cure to poverty...it's quite simply, the empowerment of women."
While I tend to believe…
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Has "the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger... been linked to insufficient sleep"?
According to Daylight Savings Time and Traffic Accidents N Engl J Med 1996; 334:924-925
Major disasters, including the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger, have been linked…
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Did Google censor autosuggest results for Hillary Clinton?
There is currently a video by SourceFed being spread around the internet, claiming that Google appear to have censored autosuggest results in order to boost Hillary Clinton's campaign by excluding results for "crime" or "indictment".
I am extremely…
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Does wearing headphones for long periods increase dangerous bacteria in your ear?
I have heard this many times, sometimes worded as such:
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times
I'm wondering, is this true and, if so, does it pose a threat?
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Were there any Jews among the Nazi top people?
I recently was in a discussion where one of the people, as an argument, claimed that Jews have been known to participate in activities clearly detrimental to Jews as a whole (the argument itself had nothing to do with Jews, it was merely an…
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