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Raindrops are tear-shaped It's False Scientists with high-speed cameras have discovered that rain drops are not tear shaped but rather look like hamburger buns.	The atoms of a substance are most tightly packed in a liquid. It's False Atoms are most closely packed in solids, then liquids. The atoms of a gas are the most spread out of all.
People with blood group AB can give blood to anybody It's False – People whose blood group is AB can receive blood from anyone, but only people with group O can give blood to anyone else.	The vernal equinox occurs in autumn It's False - The vernal equinox is another name for the spring equinox and occurs at the end of March.
Recycling drinks cans saves energy as well as resources It's True Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to run a TV for three hours.	Sir Alexander Fleming is famous for inventing the telephone It's False - Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the medicine that has saved countless lives from bacterial infections. Alexander Graham Bell is the inventor of the telephone.
The word "laser" stands for "Light active streams emitted by radioactivity" It's False It stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation." although another suitable alternative might be "looking at source endangers retina"	The frisbee the flying dish that people throw to each other travels at over 70 miles per hour It's True – Boomerangs are slightly slower and average 50 miles per hour !
Osteoporosis is a disease of cartilage It's False - Ostroporosis literally means porous bones. It's an age-related disease in which bones become much thinner and more prone to fracture. It's more common amongst women than men.	In all animals blood is a red colour because it contains iron It's False - some animals have blue blood (like crabs and lobsters) which contains copper instead of iron, and the blood of some worms and shellfish turns purple when it picks up oxygen !

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