Explain the reasoning behind your decision.  1. "Crest is the only toothpaste that won't cause the buildup of sticky residue on your teeth." (The Dentist on a Crest commercial.)

2. The government puts fluoride in the drinking water in order to control our minds. (realconspiracies.com)

3. Lithium in the drinking water has been linked to lower rates of crime and suicide. (from the U.S. National Institutes of Health)

4. Holding a pigeon against your belly button until it dies can cure Hepatitis C. (stated by several patients who recovered from Hepatitis C after undergoing pigeon treatment)

5. All bats are blind.

6. In some ways, bats have better eyesight than humans. (Encyclopedia Brittanica)

7. "I am the most honest politician who ever lived." (Somebody running for President.)

8. The Israeli magician Uri Geller can bend spoons with his mind. (seen in many online videos)

9. Some people in Russia have lived to be over 150 years old (truesciencefacts.com)

10. More than 100,000 public school students were homeless in 2017-18. (New York Times article)

11. The COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States continue to be highly effective in reducing risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even against the widely circulating Delta variant. (Centers for Disease Control)

12. Wearing a face mask increases your risk of getting COVID because it makes you breathe in your own germs. (Somebody you met on the subway)

13. "Luckies are less irritating to the throat than other cigarettes." (20,679 physicians quoted on a Lucky Strikes cigarette ad)

14. "Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and may complicate pregnancy." (Surgeon General's warning on cigarette package)

15. Humans use only ten percent of the brain's capacity for learning and thinking (Lots of people say this).

16. By the year 2050, humans will have visited Mars. (Some NASA scientists)

17. The real truth about the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center was covered up by government officials who were part of a worldwide conspiracy. (911truth.org)

18. Nearly 200 Australians were arrested in late 2019 and early 2020 for deliberately setting bushfires. (Facebook news feed)

19. Donald Trump's mother once called him an "idiot." (social media meme)

20. An Indianapolis woman named Catherine Bridge gave birth to 17 children at once. (Reddit news forum)

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1 The reasoning behind the statement that Crest is the only toothpaste that wont cause the buildup of sticky residue on your teeth is likely a marketing claim made by the Dentist in the Crest commerci... View the full answer