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The problem is that it's testing claims (or some people would prefer calling them "truths") without much context.

Take just one random example: `Hostels in Kota, Rajasthan commonly use caged ceiling fans as a preventive measure against student suicides`

While `Hostels in Kota, Rajasthan commonly use caged ceiling fans` may be a verifiable facts (though I doubt if there are any statistics for verification but let's say there are), `a preventive measure against student suicides` is a claim that no one can prove that. It can just a believe at most.

Arh. Did Biden stole Thump 2nd term? Truth or fact or claim?



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