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Does UNICEF use less than 14% of the donated money for the advertised causes?

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Do 40,000 people die in the United States for every 1% increase in unemployment?

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Did two brothers steal credit card information worth millions and walked away scot-free because banks were embarrassed?

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In California, does it cost more to send someone to prison than to send them to Stanford?

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Do library fines affect return rates?

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Is Donald Trump's ratio of bankruptcy to businesses consistent with the success rate of other entrepreneurs?

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Do 30 year old Millennials have lower average household income than Gen X did?

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Did 20% of American millionaires inherit their riches?

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Did (former) German Minister Manfred Lahnstein admit that Germany wanted the EMS in order to get a competitive edge over other European countries?

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Did the 2018 drought in Europe result in 2019 worldwide grain crop not meeting demand?

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Can a Cuban taxi driver make a doctor's monthly salary in just one hour?

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Did a Soviet nail factory produce useless nails to improve metrics?

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Did Henry Ford say, “Jews control the business…”?

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Are 11.6% of world's billionaires Jews?

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