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The phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off (or "on") a brass monkey" is a colloquial expression used by some English speakers. The reference to the testes (as the term "balls" is commonly understood to mean) of the brass monkey appears to be a 20th-century variant on the expression, prefigured by a range of references to other body parts, especially the nose and tail.
Hypothesis: The phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" is an expression used to describe a very cold climate and NOT to literally mean to amputation of an extremity.
No
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Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton. The road was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1821. The pass carries the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield, but it is no longer the main signposted route between those two cities.
Hypothesis: Snake Pass was engineered by Theodore Telford and opened in 1821.
No
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Gay Sex in the 70s is a 2005 American documentary film about gay sexual culture in New York City in the 1970s. The film was directed by Joseph Lovett and encompasses the twelve years of sexual freedom bookended by the Stonewall riots of 1969 and the recognition of AIDS in 1981, and features interviews with Larry Kramer, Tom Bianchi, Barton Lidice Benes, Rodger McFarlane, and many others.
Hypothesis: Gay Sex in the 70s was directed by a gay man.
It's impossible to say