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Did Marilyn Manson play Paul Pfeiffer on "The Wonder Years"? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The United States spent millions developing a pen that would work in space, while the Soviets solved the same problem by using pencils." (view dispute report)

What is the greatest novel ever written? (view dispute report)

What policy brought the inflation rate under control in the 1980s? (view dispute report)

Is cocaine addictive? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Many dinosaurs had feathers." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Quiet Riot was a heavy metal band." (view dispute report)

Which team will win the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament? (view dispute report)

In the Civil War, did the South have a right to secede from the Union? (view dispute report)

True or False? "'The Apprentice' is currently in its tenth season." (view dispute report)

What is the smallest fish? (view dispute report)

What was the best movie of 2010? (view dispute report)

Did slaves build the Egyptian pyramids? (view dispute report)

Does PMS exist? (view dispute report)

True or False? "President Barack Obama is the Antichrist." (view dispute report)

Are diamonds a good investment? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Thousands of black soldiers fought for the Confederacy." (view dispute report)

What is the most beautiful city in the world? (view dispute report)

Is there empirical evidence that God exists? (view dispute report)

Does the Bible condone polygamy? (view dispute report)

Is global warming occurring? (view dispute report)

In the Bible, what was the cause of God's wrath towards the city of Sodom? (view dispute report)

How many people worldwide are infected with HIV? (view dispute report)

Is marijuana (cannabis) addictive? (view dispute report)

Did Albert Einstein get good or bad grades in school? (view dispute report)

Does driving while high on marijuana lead to more traffic accidents? (view dispute report)

Did Freemasons place some of their symbols in the Great Seal of the United States? (view dispute report)

Did Confederate General Robert E. Lee own slaves? (view dispute report)

How old is the Universe? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Animals slaughtered in the Muslim way do not feel pain." (view dispute report)

Are the Freemasons satanic? (view dispute report)

Is Archaeopteryx an intermediate form between reptiles and birds? (view dispute report)

Should homosexuality be punishable by death? (view dispute report)

Will the world end in 2012? (view dispute report)

Do men think about sex more than once per minute on average? (view dispute report)

Is a male praying mantis capable of mating with its head still on? (view dispute report)

Was the American Civil War primarily about slavery? (view dispute report)

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (view dispute report)

True or False? "An albatross can sleep while it flies." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Swans mate for life." (view dispute report)

Did Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb? (view dispute report)

What is the greatest Rock Band of all time? (view dispute report)

How many guns are owned in the United States? (view dispute report)

What is the closest relative to the manatee? (view dispute report)

What percentage of the world population has naturally red hair? (view dispute report)

How did King Tut die? (view dispute report)

How long does it usually take to get over a breakup? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy." (view dispute report)

What is the population of the world? (view dispute report)

Where is the original Declaration of Independence? (view dispute report)

Is it possible to fold a piece of paper more than seven times? (view dispute report)

Is spanking a form of child abuse? (view dispute report)

How many copies did Moby Dick sell within Herman Melville's lifetime? (view dispute report)

True or False? "In Lebanon any man may legally have sex with any animal just as long as it is a female." (view dispute report)

Who were Baby Ruth candy bars named after? (view dispute report)

Does any English word rhyme with 'orange'? (view dispute report)

How big is the sun? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature most likely to survive a nuclear war." (view dispute report)

True or False? "America's unmanned drone strikes in Pakistan are legal." (view dispute report)

Who is the greatest composer ever? (view dispute report)

Is Jesus God? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten." (view dispute report)

Does any English word rhyme with 'silver'? (view dispute report)

Who talks more on average: men or women? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world." (view dispute report)

True or False? "The Bush tax cuts favored the rich." (view dispute report)

True or False? "On average, black women are less physically attractive than other women." (view dispute report)

How long will a cockroach live without its head? (view dispute report)

True or False? "All diseases are caused by demons or the wrath of God." (view dispute report)

Is the God of the Bible good or evil? (view dispute report)

True or False? "In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be executed by firing squad." (view dispute report)

Should humans drink at least eight glasses of water per day? (view dispute report)

How many albums has Elvis Presley sold? (view dispute report)

Did Joseph Smith have sex with his plural wives? (view dispute report)

Is Wicca satanic? (view dispute report)

Should Michele Bachmann be the Republican nominee in 2012? (view dispute report)

In the Bible, was the city of Sodom destroyed because of the sin of homosexuality? (view dispute report)

How many Buddhists are there in the United States? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Polygamy is good for men and bad for women." (view dispute report)

True or False? "'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue." (view dispute report)

What was the first book ever printed? (view dispute report)

Does God answer prayers? (view dispute report)

What percentage of people in the United States have naturally red hair? (view dispute report)

Was the Declaration of Independence written on hemp paper? (view dispute report)

True or False? "An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it." (view dispute report)

Does a man's beard grow fastest when he anticipates sex? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated." (view dispute report)

Has Noah's Ark been found on a Turkish mountaintop? (view dispute report)

Can Muslims go to heaven? (view dispute report)

Is a shark the only fish that can blink with both eyes? (view dispute report)

Is Mormonism a cult? (view dispute report)

How many Freemasons are there in the world? (view dispute report)

Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? (view dispute report)

Did Hitler have only one testicle? (view dispute report)

What is the strongest muscle in the body? (view dispute report)

Is the Bible the word of God? (view dispute report)

Does "dark matter" exist? (view dispute report)

Is the Confederate battle flag a symbol of racism? (view dispute report)

What was Motorola's first product? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Marijuana smoke causes cancer." (view dispute report)

How much has the War on Drugs cost? (view dispute report)

Is the Nation of Islam a Muslim group? (view dispute report)

Was there ever a state named Franklin in the United States? (view dispute report)

Has Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said that Israel should be "wiped off the map"? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Islam forbids terrorism." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Marijuana is more carcinogenic than cigarettes." (view dispute report)

Should the United States implement a higher tax on gasoline? (view dispute report)

Did Wendy's founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio's estate tax on his death bed? (view dispute report)

Who enters puberty first: left-handed people or right-handed people? (view dispute report)

How much milk do baby elephants drink each day? (view dispute report)

What year did Johannes Gutenberg invent his printing press? (view dispute report)

Does the Bible imply that the Earth is flat? (view dispute report)

Is honey the only food that doesn't spoil? (view dispute report)

Was Jesus Christ a real, historical person? (view dispute report)

What percentage of food is wasted in the United States? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Navy SEAL dogs have titanium teeth." (view dispute report)

When was the decimal system invented? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Don Imus is a racist." (view dispute report)

True or False? "A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes." (view dispute report)

Are babies born with kneecaps? (view dispute report)

Did Kim Kardashian cheat on her ex-husband Damon Thomas with multiple men? (view dispute report)

Is the Bible historically accurate? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The six days of creation in Genesis are literal, 24-hour days." (view dispute report)

Is Sean Parker the co-founder of Napster? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Redheads are going extinct." (view dispute report)

Who is smarter, on average, men or women? (view dispute report)

True or False? "the village of Nazareth existed at the time of the birth and early life of Jesus Christ." (view dispute report)

True or False? "God is a trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." (view dispute report)

Is it legal to have a pet dog in Iceland? (view dispute report)

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, will it turn white? (view dispute report)

Can non-Muslims go to heaven? (view dispute report)

Is the Qur'an (Koran) the word of God? (view dispute report)

How long does a "jiffy" last? (view dispute report)

True or False? "People have auras." (view dispute report)

What was the magnitude of the earthquake off the coast of Japan on 3/11/2011? (view dispute report)

Is there such a thing as "life force energy" (qi, ki, chi, aura)? (view dispute report)

True or False? "In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Marijuana has never killed anyone." (view dispute report)

Can goldfish get pregnant? (view dispute report)

What percentage of people are left-handed? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Democratic health care legislation will reduce the federal budget deficit." (view dispute report)

Did God create evil? (view dispute report)

Does God exist? (view dispute report)

True or False? "All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930." (view dispute report)

Do ghosts exist? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Calculus originated in India." (view dispute report)

Is the Tea Party racist? (view dispute report)

Did Jesus claim to be God? (view dispute report)

How many people in the United States are infected with HIV? (view dispute report)

Where was the decimal system invented? (view dispute report)

Is the Bible inerrant -- completely free of error and contradition? (view dispute report)

Do angels exist? (view dispute report)

Is a couple living together before marriage morally wrong? (view dispute report)

Is safe, long-term disposal of nuclear waste possible? (view dispute report)

Will Sarah Palin run for president in 2012? (view dispute report)

What is the smartest breed of dog? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Long-term use of marijuana causes permanent cognitive impairment." (view dispute report)

When will the world end? (view dispute report)

Is Jesus the son of God? (view dispute report)

True or False? "'Almost' is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order." (view dispute report)

What percentage of Americans own a gun? (view dispute report)

How many species of birds are there? (view dispute report)

Is it true that women blink twice as much as men? (view dispute report)

Does Islam teach that it is an unpardonable sin to believe that God has a son? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Most adults urinate four to seven times a day." (view dispute report)

Is pleasure one of the purposes of sex? (view dispute report)

Does the Bible condemn tattoos? (view dispute report)

Should DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) be repealed? (view dispute report)

Should the United States end affirmative action based on race? (view dispute report)

Have unicorns ever existed? (view dispute report)

The age of stealing music via the Internet is officially over. (view dispute report)

Do all species of armadillos have four identical offspring per litter? (view dispute report)

How long did the shortest war in history (United Kingdom vs. Zanzibar, 1896) last? (view dispute report)

Does the Bible contain a contradiction regarding whether Adam died on the day he ate the fruit of the Tree of Life? (view dispute report)

Was Jesus Christ married to Mary Magdalene? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The universe was created through the big bang." (view dispute report)

How long does marijuana stay in your system? (view dispute report)

How many people showed up for the 1969 Woodstock concert? (view dispute report)

True or False? "God loves you." (view dispute report)

Do hair and fingernails continue to grow after death? (view dispute report)

What is the gestation period of an elephant? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The oceans are salty because of whale sperm." (view dispute report)

Is sugar toxic? (view dispute report)

Should women be allowed to be Christian ministers? (view dispute report)

What year was Jesus Christ born? (view dispute report)

Does the "Loch Ness Monster" exist? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Wearing a hat makes you more likely to lose your hair or go bald." (view dispute report)

Is there a species of oyster that can climb trees? (view dispute report)

True or False? "God loves all people, even sinners." (view dispute report)

Is it possible for the earth's rotation to reverse? (view dispute report)

Does the Bible say that the Earth is the center of the universe (Geocentricity)? (view dispute report)

How old was Mary, the mother of Jesus, when she gave birth to Jesus? (view dispute report)

Was Cameron Todd Willingham innocent or guilty of the arson for which he was executed? (view dispute report)

Is it possible for someone who does not know about Jesus to go to heaven? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Religion is the cause of most wars." (view dispute report)

Did Jesus predict that the world would end within the lifetimes of his followers? (view dispute report)

Is premarital sex morally wrong? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Nothing can live in the Dead Sea, because of its high salt concentration." (view dispute report)

Do the genes affecting baldness come from your mother's side of the family or your father's side? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century." (view dispute report)

Do non-human animals experience genuine emotions? (view dispute report)

What percentage of the earth's oxygen comes from the Amazon rainforest? (view dispute report)

How many children are born each day? (view dispute report)

How much tunnel can a mole dig in a day? (view dispute report)

How many Bahais are there in the world? (view dispute report)

True or False? "An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged." (view dispute report)

Have the prophecies of the Bible proved false? (view dispute report)

Do vaccines cause autism? (view dispute report)

How old is the Earth? (view dispute report)

How many Jews died in the Holocaust? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Smoking marijuana (cannabis) during pregnancy can harm the child's intellectual ability." (view dispute report)

True or False? "It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open." (view dispute report)

Does the Bible condone slavery? (view dispute report)

Is interracial marriage wrong? (view dispute report)

Does taking the birth control pill make you gain weight? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Life-force energy flows through pathways, or meridians." (view dispute report)

Should all people have freedom of religion? (view dispute report)

Who should be the Republican nominee for president in 2012? (view dispute report)

In marriage, does the wife have an obligation to obey her husband? (view dispute report)

Does hell exist? (view dispute report)

Does smoking marijuana cause lung disease? (view dispute report)

What is the Sixth Commandment in the Bible? (view dispute report)

How much food is wasted in the United States each year? (view dispute report)

Who is the best singer ever? (view dispute report)

Are gold-plated HDMI cables better than ordinary ones? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Chess was invented in India." (view dispute report)

Where did the pumpkin originate? (view dispute report)

Where was Barack Obama born? (view dispute report)

How many people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The charred bits of grilled meat can cause cancer." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Smoking marijuana (cannabis) during pregnancy can lead to behavioral problems for the child." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Barack Obama was born in Hawaii." (view dispute report)

Was Yuri Gagarin the first human in space? (view dispute report)

Do foxes mate for life? (view dispute report)

Is it a sin to drink alcohol to the point of drunkenness? (view dispute report)

What season was Jesus born in? (view dispute report)

Who are better managers: women or men? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan kill a large number of civilians." (view dispute report)

True or False? "It's against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Nebraska." (view dispute report)

True or False? "In Jefferson’s day, billiards were illegal in Virginia." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Unilateral divorce is wrong." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Gay marriage doesn't affect anybody but those who choose gay marriage." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Christianity teaches that civil disobedience is not only permitted, but sometimes required." (view dispute report)

True or False? "The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds." (view dispute report)

True or False? "If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason." (view dispute report)

True or False? "To survive, every bird must eat at least half its own weight in food each day." (view dispute report)

True or False? "A chicken who just lost its head can run the length of a football field before dropping dead." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder." (view dispute report)

True or False? "There are more coffee drug addicts in the US than drug addicts of any other kind." (view dispute report)

True or False? "The greatest recorded number of children one mother had was 69 children." (view dispute report)

True or False? "There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed" (view dispute report)

True or False? "There is a connection between left-handedness and homosexuality." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Titi monkeys mate for life." (view dispute report)

True or False? "A cat will almost never meow at another cat. Cats use this sound for humans." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Calculating DNA length for each person, it would stretch across the diameter of the solar system. 6 000 000 000 000 basepairx 0.6 nm x 1013 cell = 3.6x1016 metres" (view dispute report)

True or False? "Because of the physical force called "surface tension," the waters of neighbouring seas do not mix." (view dispute report)

True or False? "The pig produces much higher levels of antibodies in its body than other animals." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Pigs often eat their own excrement." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Pigs produce far higher levels of growth hormone than other animals." (view dispute report)

True or False? "When exposed to excessive quantities of growth hormone as a result of a pork-based diet, the human body first puts on excessive weight and then suffers physical deformations." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Pork is more harmful to human health than other meats." (view dispute report)

True or False? "In Stelvio, Italy, in 1519, a court issued a warrant for the arrest of a gang of moles that had severely damaged crops. The moles were sumoned to court but when they failed to appear they were sentenced to exile." (view dispute report)

What percentage of people experience hunger in the United States? (view dispute report)

True or False? "There are currently over 400,000 unaccounted for illegal alien criminals with outstanding deportation orders." (view dispute report)

Did Osama Bin Laden receive significant funding from the CIA when he was fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan? (view dispute report)

What is the best-selling book in history? (view dispute report)

How old was Mary, the mother of Jesus, when she became engaged to Joseph? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The food dyes Citrus Red 2, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3 have all been identified as carcinogens." (view dispute report)

Whose farts smell worse, men or women? (view dispute report)

How many species of spiders have been identified? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith." (view dispute report)

True or False? "An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain." (view dispute report)

Is a couple living together before marriage morally wrong, even if they are not having sex? (view dispute report)

True or False? "The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue." (view dispute report)

What is the fastest growing religion in the world? (view dispute report)

When you break up, is it better to make a complete break with your ex for a while, or to remain friends? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Jesus Christ will come again." (view dispute report)

When was the printing press invented? (view dispute report)

True or False? "However, other than grammatical and cultural differences, God’s Word has been remarkably preserved and translated over the years." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Sitting down and crossing your legs won't cause varicose or spider veins, but standing may." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Global warming (climate change) causes increasingly extreme weather." (view dispute report)

True or False? "The present form of the Quran text is accepted by most scholars as the original version compiled by Abu Bakr." (view dispute report)

True or False? "It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska." (view dispute report)

Does the Mayan calendar end on December 21, 2012? (view dispute report)

Is there a planet that could collide with the Earth in 2012? (view dispute report)

True or False? "One thing's for sure, though. December 21st of the year 2012 is the day time as we know it will end." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes." (view dispute report)

True or False? "If you want to follow Jesus, you need to "sell your possessions and give to the poor."" (view dispute report)

Does the Bible discourage a scientific approach to problems? (view dispute report)

True or False? "At II Chronicles 1:12, God promised Solomon: "Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee (view dispute report)

Was the Bible wrong in its prophecy that Damascus would be permanently destroyed? (view dispute report)

Does the Bible contain an error when Jeremiah prophecies that the Jews would be in captivity in Bablyon for 70 years? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Similarly, Jesus is depicted at Mark 13:24-30 as listing signs that shall accompany the end of the world. These include the sun becoming darkened, the moon not giving any light, the stars of heaven falling, the son of man coming in the clo (view dispute report)

Did Jesus make a mistake when he predicted how long he would be in the tomb? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Another significant false prophecy is at John 14:13-14. Jesus promises: "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it." Everyone knows there h (view dispute report)

Does the 10th Amendment to the Constitution allow secession? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Conversely, General Ulysses S Grant and his wife owned slaves before , during and after the war, and after the passage of the 13th amendment; Grant was slow to release his slaves." (view dispute report)

True or False? "The United States has never made the importation of slaves illegal." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Although God ordered the extermination of entire cities, He did so in righteous judgment on a people whose corruption had led to extreme wickedness, including child sacrifice." (view dispute report)

True or False? "Therefore, those who go to hell do so voluntarily, preferring hell to complete submission to a holy and just God." (view dispute report)

Is it a sin to drink alcohol? (view dispute report)

True or False? "Since God's Word cannot contradict itself, any interpretation that violates other Scripture on the same subject cannot be correct." (view dispute report)

Is alcohol the defecation of yeast cells? (view dispute report)

True or False? "God created man." (view dispute report)