# claims

url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/morgan-freeman-dont-take-criticism/
title: Did Morgan Freeman Say 'Don’t Take Criticism from People You'd Never Go to for Advice'?
review_date: 2023-01-14T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Morgan Freeman once said, "Don't take criticism from people you would never go to for advice."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-homo-sapiens/
title: Did Mike Pence Say He Won't Utter the Words 'Homo Sapiens'?
review_date: 2019-04-03T08:01:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he doesn't like to use the scientific term "homo sapiens" because it's "unnecessarily sexual."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johnny-depp-violence-animals-quote/
title: Did Johnny Depp Really Say This About Animal Violence?
review_date: 2022-11-26T09:00:02Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Johnny Depp once said, “If you don’t like seeing pictures of violence towards animals being posted, you need to stop the violence, not the pictures.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chicken-contains-arsenic/
title: Did the FDA Admit That 70% of U.S. Chickens Contain Arsenic?
review_date: 2015-01-19T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FDA admitted in 2015 that 70% of chickens sold for food in the U.S. contain cancer-causing arsenic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-open-phones-camera/
title: Did Some Phone Cameras Inadvertently Open While Users Scrolled Facebook App?
review_date: 2019-11-14T06:24:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
User videos taken in November 2019 showed Facebook's mobile application inadvertently opening the phone's camera in the background.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/avalanche-father-leaves-family/
title: Is This a Real Video of a Dad Running Away from His Family in an Avalanche?
review_date: 2023-07-17T10:55:45Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shared in June 2023, authentically showed a father running away from his family during an avalanche.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/greta-thunberg-capitol-rioter/
title: Did Greta Thunberg Disguise Herself as Pro-Trump Rioter?
review_date: 2021-01-28T04:52:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme showed environmental activist Greta Thunberg in disguise as a member of the pro-Trump crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chelsea-clinton-female-genital-mutilation/
title: Did Chelsea Clinton Say Female Genital Mutilation Has 'Health Benefits'?
review_date: 2017-07-18T00:12:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chelsea Clinton tweeted that "genital mutilation" is a culturally loaded, racist term, and that the practice of "genital cutting" has many health benefits.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-shotgun/
title: Did Joe Biden Once Advise the Public to Use Shotguns for Self-Defense?
review_date: 2018-12-19T10:44:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former Vice President Joe Biden once said, "[If] you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-24-theologians-research-aliens/
title: Did NASA Fund Theological Research To Study How Humans Would React to Extraterrestrial Life?
review_date: 2021-12-29T08:01:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NASA provided $1.1 million in funding to a religious organization to study how humans may react to life beyond Earth.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-defense-authorization-act/
title: National Defense Authorization Act
review_date: 2011-12-14T22:05:08Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The National Defense Authorization Act would allow "the U.S. Military to arrest American citizens in their own back yard without charge or trial."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drew-carey-keto-pills/
title: Is 'Price Is Right' Ending After Drew Carey Endorsed Keto?
review_date: 2022-05-09T07:04:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"The Price Is Right" is ending after host Drew Carey endorsed keto diet pills on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."


title: Was the Austin Bombing Suspect Part of a Christian Homeschooling Group?
review_date: 2018-03-26T09:55:43Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The suspect in the fatal Austin bombings of March 2018 was part of a group calling itself "Righteous Invasion of Truth."

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-the-austin-bombing-suspect-part-of-a-christian-homeschooling-group/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steve-scalise-convention/
title: Did Steve Scalise Attend a White Supremacist Convention?
review_date: 2014-12-28T20:09:58Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was a guest speaker at a 2002 white supremacist organization's event.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buffalo-wild-wings-anthem/
title: Did a Buffalo Wild Wings Worker Turn Down the National Anthem Because It Is 'Divisive'?
review_date: 2017-09-20T02:42:19Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On 11 September 2017, a worker at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Eastvale, California, turned down the volume on the national anthem before an NFL game, saying it was "divisive."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/older-devices-no-longer-support-whatsapp/
title: Some Older Devices Will No Longer Support WhatsApp
review_date: 2021-10-27T07:47:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
WhatsApp users with smartphones using older operating systems will need to update by Nov. 1, 2021, to keep using the chat app.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephanie-cegielski-letter-trump/
title: Stephanie Cegielski Was Not Donald Trump's 'Top Strategist'
review_date: 2016-03-29T01:58:07Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Stephanie Cegielski, Donald Trump's top strategist, wrote an open letter to the Republican candidate's supporters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-seniors-social-security/
title: Did Pelosi Tell Seniors, 'You Are Not Entitled to Social Security! It's Gone!'?
review_date: 2020-05-13T07:40:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior citizens, "You're not entitled to social security! It's gone!"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-sneeze/
title: The Sneeze
review_date: 2004-05-13T11:01:36Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A sneeze during a graduation ceremony prompted a response of 'God bless you,' thereby working a prohibited blessing into the proceedings.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/homeless-stimulus-payment/
title: Do Homeless People Have Access to COVID-19 Stimulus Payments?
review_date: 2021-03-23T04:08:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People without permanent homes who do not normally file taxes can submit information to the IRS in order to receive stimulus payments as part of the March 2021 COVID-19 relief bill.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ron-howard-i-am-liberal-essay/
title: Did Ron Howard Pen the 'I Am a Liberal' Essay?
review_date: 2020-01-31T02:29:43Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Director Ron Howard penned an essay starting "I am a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/palin-flight-370-heaven/
title: Did Sarah Palin Wonder If Flight 370 'Flew Directly to Heaven'?
review_date: 2014-05-21T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sarah Palin said Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have disappeared "because it mistakenly flew too high and ended up in heaven."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-house-chamber-sign/
title: Did Nancy Pelosi Remove a 150-Year-Old 'In God We Trust' Sign from the House Chamber Entrance?
review_date: 2019-04-22T08:10:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi removed a 150-year-old sign reading "In God We Trust" from the entrance to the U.S. House of Representatives Chamber.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-arrest-dr-deborah-birx/
title: No, the US Military Didn't Arrest Deborah Birx for Spreading COVID Lies
review_date: 2021-06-02T08:55:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. military arrested former coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on May 26, 2021, after she allegedly conspired with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to “deceive the American public into believing that face masks were an effective method to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-barnwell-body-double/
title: Hillary 'Body Double' Teresa Barnwell Appeared in NYC After Clinton's 9/11 Medical Incident?
review_date: 2016-09-12T03:04:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman who appeared in New York after Hillary Clinton left a 9/11 memorial service for medical reasons was body double Teresa Barnwell, not Clinton herself.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nissan-complaint-letter/
title: Nissan Complaint Letter
review_date: 2004-11-23T00:49:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Australian mine planner's letter expresses frustration at his difficulty in obtaining replacement parts for a Nissan-manufactured bus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/morgan-freeman-trump-bonafide-sack/
title: Did Actor Morgan Freeman Call President Trump a 'Bonafide Sack of Sh*t?'
review_date: 2018-08-27T08:06:40Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a tweet tagged "@realDonaldTrump," actor Morgan Freeman wrote that "Our President is a bonafide sack of shit."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-meta-posts-made-public/
title: Does 'New Facebook/Meta Rule' Permit Company To Use Your Photos?
review_date: 2021-11-15T01:57:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new Facebook/Meta rule allows the company to use your photos without permission, and posting a legal notice on your page will prevent it from doing so.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-shithole-starterpack/
title: Is the 'California is a Shithole' Starterpack Accurate?
review_date: 2022-02-15T09:40:22Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "'California is a shithole' starterpack" picture designed to mock Southern contempt for the state shows accurate photographs and data for Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Alabama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moment-of-silence-holocaust/
title: How Long Would a Moment of Silence for Each Holocaust Victim Take?
review_date: 2021-02-02T04:35:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Observing an individual moment of silence for each Jewish victim of the holocaust would take over 11 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oz-sex-cousins-incest/
title: Did Dr. Oz Say Sex with Cousins Isn’t ‘a Big Problem’ if You’re ‘More Than a First Cousin Away’?
review_date: 2022-09-07T07:14:30Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz said having sex with a cousin is “not a big problem” if “you’re more than a first cousin away.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-trump-shirts/
title: Was Bernie Sanders Tricked into Posing with Trump Supporters?
review_date: 2020-02-26T03:50:23Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was tricked into taking a photograph with two people wearing "Trump 2020" shirts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gold-piano-queen/
title: Was the Queen's Golden Piano First Owned by Saddam Hussein?
review_date: 2022-09-12T07:01:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The gold-colored piano located in the White Drawing Room in Buckingham Palace was "stolen" or "rescued" from Iraq.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kkk-endorses-hillary-clinton/
title: KKK Endorses Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-04-29T01:27:27Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The KKK officially switched their presidential endorsement from Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton and donated $20,000 to the latter's campaign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/illegal-aliens-difference-obvious/
title: No, This 'Illegal Aliens' Meme Does Not Show the US Border
review_date: 2021-10-20T06:37:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme comparing immigration and "illegal aliens" shows two photographs related to the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-ban-chappelle-booing-video/
title: Did Elon Musk Ban User Who Posted Video of Musk Being Booed at Chappelle Show?
review_date: 2022-12-12T16:20:33Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Elon Musk or someone else at Twitter banned a user for posting videos of Musk being both cheered and booed after comedian Dave Chappelle invited him onstage at a show.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-sotu-super-bowl/
title: Was the 2019 State of the Union Address Watched by More People Than the Super Bowl?
review_date: 2019-02-06T09:53:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
More people watched President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address on television than watched Super Bowl Super Bowl LIII.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/floraspring-pooping-habit/
title: Did FloraSpring Help a 65-Year-Old Man 'Poop Out 42 Pounds'?
review_date: 2021-02-20T01:00:07Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture shows a 65-year-old man who had 42 pounds worth of bowel movements after using the FloraSpring weight loss supplement.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fani-willis-indicted-trump/
title: Dear YouTubers: Fulton County DA Fani Willis Was Not Indicted for Indicting Trump
review_date: 2023-08-30T15:55:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fani Willis, the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, was indicted in August 2023 after her office brought charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump and others in regard to their effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dc-daycare-center-raided/
title: Was a Washington, D.C. Daycare Center Raided for 'Pimping Children to Elite Pedophiles'?
review_date: 2018-05-09T04:34:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police raided a daycare center in Washington, D.C., on suspicion that it was "pimping children" to "high-society pedophiles."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-rubio-cruz-trump-tweet/
title: Cruz and Rubio Tweet That They Will Not Support Donald Trump
review_date: 2016-03-19T03:21:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio urged people to vote for a Democrat if Donald Trump wins the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dermophis-donaldtrumpi-amphibian-trump/
title: Was a Newly-Discovered Species of Amphibian Given the Name 'Dermophis Donaldtrumpi'?
review_date: 2018-12-20T00:43:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A newly discovered species of amphibian was named "Dermophis donaldtrumpi" as an unflattering reference to the U.S. President.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/duck-hatched-and-raised-alligator/
title: Did a Duck Hatch and Raise an Alligator?
review_date: 2022-02-14T01:55:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows ducks and an alligator living in the same hole after the mother duck hatched and raised the alligator.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/garth-brooks-ukraine-donate/
title: Did Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Ask for Donations to Ukraine?
review_date: 2023-07-20T12:33:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Country music star couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood once recorded a video to ask people to donate money to help Ukraine’s relief efforts following Russia’s invasion of the country.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/asymptomatic-covid-patients/
title: Did Scientists Conclude Asymptomatic COVID Patients Can't Spread Virus?
review_date: 2020-12-31T07:59:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late 2020, scientists published studies that proved presymptomatic or asymptomatic COVID-19 patients do not spread the virus in any setting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/were-ar-15s-used-mass-shooting-aurora/
title: Were AR-15s Used in Every Major Mass Shooting in the United States After Aurora?
review_date: 2018-05-18T11:22:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
AR-15 rifles were used to commit every major mass shooting in the United States since a 2012 attack in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/10cc/
title: How 10cc Got Their Name
review_date: 2000-02-13T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The band 10cc was so named because the term represents the amount of semen in an average male ejaculation (or a little bit more).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-alexander-mcqueen-dress/
title: Did Melania Trump's Dress Feature Drawings by Victims of Sexual Abuse?
review_date: 2020-07-06T02:29:30Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melania Trump wore a dress designed by Alexander McQueen that featured drawings by victims of child sexual abuse.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rock-star-david-bowie/
title: Did David Bowie Say He Supports Fascism and Call Hitler a 'Rock Star'?
review_date: 2020-12-23T00:44:20Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an interview that published widely in 1976, David Bowie said he believed in fascism and that "Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-lethal-exposure-vinyl-chloride-profile/
title: Did CDC Raise 'Lethal Exposure' Level of Vinyl Chloride Days Before Ohio Train Derailment?
review_date: 2023-02-23T16:56:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased what it considers the "lethal exposure" threshold of vinyl chloride, a toxic chemical released due to the February 2023 Ohio train derailment, mere days or weeks before the incident.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/helen-keller-anne-sullivan/
title: Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and the Nobel Prize Parable
review_date: 2021-10-05T02:42:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Did Helen Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, credit an anonymous maid's act of kindness for altering the course of her life?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/35000-soldiers-dead-anthrax-vaccinations/
title: Are 35,000 Gulf War Soldiers Dead Due to Anthrax Vaccinations?
review_date: 2017-01-18T01:23:34Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A government report from 2008 states that 35,000 veterans of the first Gulf War died as a direct result of adverse effects from an Anthrax vaccine they were mandated to receive.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cruz-wuhan-tweet/
title: Did COVID-19 Originate in Market 400 Meters From CCP Lab Studying Coronaviruses?
review_date: 2021-03-29T10:53:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "CCP lab studying coronaviruses derived from bats" is located 400 meters away from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, that saw some of the earliest cases of COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/
title: Was President George H.W. Bush 'Amazed' by a Grocery Scanner?
review_date: 2001-03-31T18:01:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During a photo opportunity at a 1992 grocers' convention, President George Bush was "amazed" at encountering supermarket scanners for the first time.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paris-hilton-britney-spears-selfie/
title: Did Paris Hilton and Britney Spears Invent the Selfie in 2006?
review_date: 2020-11-23T02:12:08Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, taken by Hilton in 2006, was the world's first selfie.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/violent-aftermath-of-coronavirus/
title: Does Video Show Guns, Violence in Aftermath of Coronavirus Outbreak in China?
review_date: 2020-02-14T03:20:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a chaotic scene in Wuhan, China, involving doctors armed with weapons, gunshots to deter people from leaving a new coronavirus quarantine, and a woman who was shot dead after she attempted to break through a roadblock.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivanka-mob-patriots-tweet/
title: Did Ivanka Trump Call a Capitol-Storming Mob 'Patriots'?
review_date: 2021-01-06T05:34:31Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump called a violent mob storming the Capitol "patriots."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/winnie-the-pooh-playground-ban/
title: No, Winnie the Pooh Wasn't 'Banned' from a Playground
review_date: 2021-09-27T01:39:00Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Winnie the Pooh was "banned" from a playground because local officials deemed him a "hermaphrodite."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cheesecake-factory-receipt/
title: Did a Cheesecake Factory Customer Receive Misleading 'Tip Suggestions' on His Receipt?
review_date: 2017-09-27T10:06:49Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2017, a Cheesecake Factory customer in California received a check that presented misleading and exaggerated tip suggestions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-booker-put-dreamers-before-veterans/
title: Did Sen. Cory Booker Put Undocumented People 'Before Seniors and Veterans'?
review_date: 2018-02-12T07:46:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sen. Cory Booker released a statement showing a preference for enrollees in the DACA program over military veterans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-ukraine-quote/
title: Is the 'What I Would Do' Trump Quote About Ukraine Real?
review_date: 2022-06-30T06:00:26Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said of how to help Ukraine during Russia's invasion, "Well what I would do, is I would, we would, we have tremendous military capability and what we can do without planes, to be honest with you, without 44-year-old jets, what we can do is enormous, and we should be doing it and we should be helping them to survive and they're doing an amazing job."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/changing-early-votes/
title: Voted Early for Hillary Clinton? Want to Change Your Mind?
review_date: 2016-10-29T09:39:02Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After FBI Director Jim Comey announced that he was reviewing e-mails potentially linked to Hillary Clinton, several states announced that they were allowing people to change their early votes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crowds-on-demand/
title: Was a Crowd Hire Company Involved in Protests Against a White Supremacist Rally?
review_date: 2017-08-15T06:55:22Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, a California crowd hire company provided actors for protests against a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-politicians-actual-psychopaths/
title: Did a Study Find That Almost All Politicians Are 'Actual Psychopaths'?
review_date: 2018-06-21T08:21:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A May 2018 study found that 99.9 percent of politicians throughout the United States are "actual psychopaths."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-usps-husband-meme/
title: Did Pelosi Pass a Bill Allowing Her Husband To Make Millions Selling USPS Property?
review_date: 2020-08-29T01:00:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed a bill that would help her husband profit off the sale of federally owned U.S. Postal Service property.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jack-black-mom/
title: Did Jack Black's Mom Help Create Abort System That Rescued Apollo 13 Astronauts?
review_date: 2021-04-25T04:11:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jack Black's mom was Judith Love Cohen, a NASA engineer who helped create the abort-guidance system that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sag-letter-president-trump/
title: Was Trump's SAG-AFTRA Letter Signed 'President Donald J. Trump'?
review_date: 2021-02-05T03:37:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a Feb. 4, 2021, letter resigning from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), a union for film and television performers, former U.S. President Donald Trump signed his name as “President Donald J. Trump.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/captain-kirk-blue-horizon-space/
title: Yes, 'Captain Kirk' Is Going to Space
review_date: 2021-10-04T00:43:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
William Shatner, who famously played Captain Kirk in the original "Star Trek" series, will go to space.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soul-voice-of-reason/
title: Did Thomas Jefferson Warn About the Dangers of Governmental Interference In Medicine?
review_date: 2012-07-24T22:22:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson warned about the dangers of governmental interference in medical care.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-illegal-immigration-quote/
review_date: 2019-01-22T05:20:26Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said: "Just because someone is here illegally doesn't mean they broke any of our laws."

title:
Did Nancy Pelosi Say 'Just Because Someone Is Here Illegally Doesn't Mean They Broke Any of Our Laws'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/margaret-mead-healed-femur/
title: Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?
review_date: 2023-07-28T13:15:52Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Anthropologist Margaret Mead said the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture is a femur that had been broken and then healed. She theorized that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die because you are unable to run from danger, hunt, and survive. But a healed thigh bone is a sign that someone has taken time to care for the injured.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-on-bees/
title: Did Einstein Say Without Bees, Mankind Would Soon Perish?
review_date: 2007-04-21T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Albert Einstein predicted that if something eliminated bees from our planet, mankind would soon perish.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-schools-gay-sex/
title: Is California Governor Jerry Brown Mandating That Schools Show Students 'Gay Sex'?
review_date: 2018-07-19T12:15:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
California Governor Jerry Brown has mandated the use of gay pornography in elementary schools in order to teach children about LGBT sex.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-supporters-beat-gay-man-in-california/
title: Trump Supporters Beat Gay Man in California?
review_date: 2016-11-10T08:13:29Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gay Canadian filmmaker Chris Ball was severely beaten and bloodied by emboldened Donald Trump supporters shortly after the 2016 election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giant-killer-hornets/
title: Mutated Fukushima Giant Hornet Responsible For Multiple Nebraska Casualties?
review_date: 2013-10-03T19:02:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Giant mutant killer hornets created by exposure to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant have killed several people in Nebraska.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abraham-lincoln-ghost-photo/
title: Did Abraham Lincoln's Ghost Appear in an 1872 Photo?
review_date: 2021-02-03T06:59:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Spirit photographer" William Mumler captured a picture of Abraham Lincoln's ghost in a studio portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-dolly-parton-say-this-about-drag-queens/
title: Did Dolly Parton Say This About Drag Queens?
review_date: 2023-03-14T13:48:19Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2023, Dolly Parton said, "I dress more provocatively and risque than any drag queen in Tennessee. Lord I hope they don't outlaw me!"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bronny-james-cardiac-arrest/
title: No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Bronny James' Cardiac Arrest
review_date: 2023-07-25T12:36:46Z
textual_rating: Unfounded
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Basketball player Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest during practice in July 2023 because of the COVID-19 vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/volodymyr-zelenskyy-cocaine-video/
title: Was Cocaine on Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Desk During Video Chat With Elon Musk?
review_date: 2022-05-04T03:25:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video that surfaced in spring 2022 showed cocaine on the desk of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a video call with Elon Musk.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-wife-teacher/
title: Is Emmanuel Macron's Wife One of His Former High School Teachers?
review_date: 2022-12-19T14:35:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
French President Emmanuel Macron is around 25 years younger than his wife, Brigitte, and they started dating when he was a teenager and she was one of his teachers. Her daughter, Laurence, was once one of his classmates, and later became his stepdaughter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gary-johnson-automatic-weapons/
title: Gary Johnson Said Removal of Firing Pins Makes All Guns Fully Automatic?
review_date: 2016-09-14T13:16:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said "guns can be made full auto by removing the firing pins."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buddy-ebsen/
title: Was Buddy Ebsen the Original 'Wizard of Oz' Tin Man?
review_date: 1997-07-25T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Buddy Ebsen was slated to play the Tin Woodman in the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz, but he had to be replaced after the aluminum makeup used with his costume made him gravely ill.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-acquittal-impeached/
title: Did US Senate Fail to Acquit Trump Because There Wasn't a 'Real' Trial?
review_date: 2020-02-25T01:13:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Trump wasn't really acquitted of articles of impeachment brought by the U.S. House because he didn't have a "real" trial with new witnesses and documents in the U.S. Senate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unicef-kids-porn-report/
title: No, UNICEF Didn't Say Blocking Kids From Porn Violates Their Rights
review_date: 2021-06-08T02:32:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A UNICEF report said pornography is not always harmful to children and blocking children from watching pornography online violates their rights.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/popular-vote-totals-rigged/
title: Debunking Trump Tweets: Popular Vote Totals Indicative of 'Rigged Election'?
review_date: 2020-12-16T06:56:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump's losing the election despite receiving millions more votes in 2020 than in 2016 is indicative of a "rigged election."


text: The American Red Cross is charging victims of Hurricane Harvey for their services.
title: Is the Red Cross Charging Victims of Hurricane Harvey for Disaster Relief Services?
review_date: 2017-09-01T13:48:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-cross-charging-victims-hurricane-harvey-disaster-relief-services/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-plastic-bag-free-giveaway/
title: SCAM ALERT: Walmart Is Not Giving Away Vouchers To Celebrate Going Plastic Bag-Free
review_date: 2021-03-24T08:34:21Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2021, a Facebook post claimed users would receive a Walmart gift bag and store credit after “validating” their entry after the retail giant went plastic bag-free.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-paid-to-frame-cosby/
title: Did a Woman Admit She Was Paid to Frame Bill Cosby With Rape?
review_date: 2019-03-01T07:31:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Hollywood insider revealed that Bill Cosby was framed with rape allegations to prevent him from buying the television network NBC.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lincoln-masters-court-congress/
title: Did Lincoln Say 'We the People Are the Rightful Masters of Both Congress and the Courts'?
review_date: 2019-01-20T10:58:33Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Abraham Lincoln once said that 'We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pokemon-go-dog-walking-program/
title: Pokemon Go Program Clears Shelter of Dogs Awaiting Adoption
review_date: 2016-07-21T05:21:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A shelter rented dogs for embarrassed adult Pokemon Go players and raked in tons of cash before all their dogs were swiftly adopted.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pinking-sheers/
title: Sheriff Joe Arpaio
review_date: 2003-08-13T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Arizona sheriff dismissed prisoners' bellyaching about the heat by pointing out that soldiers serving in Iraq cope with similar conditions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/justin-trudeau-pardon-marijuana/
title: Justin Trudeau to Pardon All Prisoners Convicted of a Marijuana Offence
review_date: 2016-07-18T08:41:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Justin Trudeau has freed from prison and expunged the record of every convicted marijuana user in Canada.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-challenge-coins/
title: Did Trump Put 'Make America Great Again' on Presidential Challenge Coins?
review_date: 2017-12-23T05:29:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Redesigned challenge coins given out by President Trump replaced the familiar 'E pluribus unum' motto with Trump's campaign slogan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pokemon-satanist-anti-christian-inverview/
title: Pokémon Was Originally Designed for Satanists
review_date: 2016-07-12T04:55:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The creator of Pokémon said in an interview that the game is anti-Christian, and was developed with Satanists in mind.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-transgender-bathrooms/
title: Obama Decrees ALL Public Schools Must Allow Transgender Bathroom Use
review_date: 2016-05-14T03:29:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama ordered all schools to make all bathrooms transgender or face a loss of federal funding.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-j6-judge/
title: Did Judge in Trump Jan. 6 Case Work at Same Burisma-Linked Law Firm as Hunter Biden?
review_date: 2023-08-03T15:44:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan worked at a law firm that also employed Hunter Biden and performed work for the Ukrainian oil company Burisma.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mayor-storage-unit-fbi/
title: Were $4 Million and Two Dead Bodies Found in a Democratic Mayor’s Storage Unit?
review_date: 2018-01-26T08:30:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FBI found $4 million in cash and two bodies in a storage unit belonging to the Democratic mayor of a Missouri town.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/world-record-charcuterie-board/
title: Did a Group Set New Record for World’s Longest Charcuterie Board?
review_date: 2021-10-03T01:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late September 2021, a group of New York foodies broke a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest charcuterie board measuring 315.3 feet long.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/david-bowie-mtv-black-artists/
title: Did Bowie Ask MTV Why It Didn't Play More Black Artists?
review_date: 2021-01-04T06:30:25Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a 1983 interview with MTV, David Bowie asked a host why the television music channel did not feature more work by Black artists.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aldrin-not-punching-trump/
title: Did Buzz Aldrin Say Not Punching Donald Trump Was His Greatest Achievement?
review_date: 2017-07-06T04:07:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Buzz Aldrin said that his greatest achievement was successfully restraining himself from punching President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-cut-meals-on-wheels/
title: Did Trump Cut Meals on Wheels Because the Elderly 'Just Die Anyway'?
review_date: 2020-07-01T04:15:42Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump explained his rationale for cutting the Meals on Wheels program as the elderly "just get older and eventually die so it’s a very poor investment."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daunte-wright-ben-jerrys/
title: Did Ben & Jerry's Say Daunte Wright's Killing Was 'Rooted in White Supremacy'?
review_date: 2021-04-15T07:19:16Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand said that Daunte Wright's killing was "rooted in white supremacy."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-giddy-covid/
title: Are Democratic Legislators 'Giddy' Over COVID-19 Economic Fallout?
review_date: 2020-05-15T05:36:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An anonymous person witnessed Democratic legislators in Washington, D.C., "giddy" over the economic fallout during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-obama-golf/
title: Did Trump Golf Six Times After Complaining About Obama's Golfing Habits?
review_date: 2017-02-23T03:06:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump played golf six times during his first month in office despite frequently criticizing his predecessor's golfing habits.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/18-migrant-children-died-obama/
title: Did 18 Migrant Children Die in Border Patrol Custody During the Obama Administration?
review_date: 2018-12-27T10:42:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Eighteen undocumented immigrant children died in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol during the Obama administration.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazon-paramedics/
title: Does Amazon Station Paramedics at Hot Warehouses Rather Than Install Air Conditioning?
review_date: 2015-08-18T03:23:19Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Amazon.com employs paramedics at hot warehouses because it's cheaper than supplying air conditioning for overheated workers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cemetery-graveyard-difference/
title: What’s the Difference Between a Cemetery and a Graveyard?
review_date: 2020-10-26T01:26:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The difference between a graveyard and a cemetery, is that a graveyard adjoins a church whereas a cemetery does not. You can also bury ashes in a cemetery, but not in a graveyard.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/press-corps-stand-biden-presser/
title: Did White House Press Corps Physically Stand for Biden at First News Conference?
review_date: 2021-03-25T06:53:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some members of the White House press corps physically stood during the March 25, 2021, news conference when U.S. President Joe Biden entered the room.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mickelsen-safeguard-complex-close/
title: Did the Mickelsen Safeguard Complex Close After One Day?
review_date: 2021-03-15T06:48:55Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. military's Mickelsen Safeguard Complex cost $6 billion and was only operational for one day.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tilapia-mutant-fish/
title: Is Tilapia a Boneless, Skinless 'Mutant' Fish That Is Unsafe to Eat?
review_date: 2018-04-12T08:57:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tilapia is a boneless, skinless, "mutant" fish that is full of cancer-causing dioxins, is worse to eat than bacon or hamburger, and is killing our families.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/los-angeles-gas-price/
title: Are Gasoline Prices Over $6.00 per Gallon in California?
review_date: 2018-06-05T07:32:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gas stations in Los Angeles are charging in excess of $6 for regular gasoline and $9 for higher-quality options.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wef-titan-submersible/
title: Was World Economic Forum Vice Chairman Aboard the Collapsed Titan Submersible?
review_date: 2023-06-23T13:02:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A passenger aboard the OceanGate submersible that imploded in June 2023, Shahzada Dawood, was vice chairman of the World Economic Forum.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hiv-infected-needle-attacks/
title: HIV-Infected Needle Attacks
review_date: 1998-03-01T03:53:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Madmen are injecting HIV-infected blood into unsuspecting moviegoers and random young people dancing in bars or at raves.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tested-very-positively/
title: Did Trump Say He 'Tested Very Positively' for COVID-19, Meaning Negative?
review_date: 2020-05-22T06:09:53Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump said he "tested very positively" for COVID-19, meaning his test results came back negative, and he did not have the coronavirus disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alley-oops/
title: Did Angels Prevent a Rape?
review_date: 2001-07-08T19:57:02Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Christian girl who prays for protection while walking home late one night is saved by two angels who keep her safe from rape.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/left-wing-mob-violence/
title: Does This Video Show the 'Left-Wing Mob' Committing Acts of Violence?
review_date: 2018-10-11T10:32:23Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Democrats, referred to as an "angry left-wing mob" by President Trump, committing various acts of violence.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mystery-flesh-pit-national-park/
title: Is 'Mystery Flesh Pit National Park' a Real Place?
review_date: 2022-03-31T01:02:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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The "Mystery Flesh Pit National Park" is a real place that was shut down in 2007 after hundreds of mysterious deaths.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denmark-tv-show-giant-penis/
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A Danish television network released a children’s show about a man with the world’s longest penis, who overcomes hardships and challenges with his massive genitals.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mandatory-penis-inspection-high-school/
title: 'Mandatory Penis Inspection' Prank Keeps on Giving
review_date: 2023-01-29T12:30:01Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
"Mandatory Penis Inspection" flyers posted in high schools across the U.S. and elsewhere are authentic notifications from school administrators.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-baby-train/
title: The Baby Train
review_date: 2001-05-16T22:03:02Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A town located near a set of railroad tracks experiences an unusually high birthrate because an early morning train's whistle wakes up sleeping couples.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-to-nuke-mexico/
title: Trump to Nuke Mexico if They Don't Build Border Wall
review_date: 2016-05-05T03:03:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Donald Trump suggested he'd use nuclear weapons against Mexico if they refused to build and pay for a wall.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-park-trump-wines/
title: Is Shenandoah National Park Selling Trump Wines?
review_date: 2017-11-23T00:59:10Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. National Park Service is selling Trump-branded wines at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/university-clapping-ban/
title: Did a UK University Ban Clapping at Student Events?
review_date: 2018-10-03T07:06:37Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The student union at the University of Manchester instituted a ban on audible clapping during their events.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prison-bus-for-babies/
title: Is This a Picture of ICE's 'Special Prison Bus for Babies'?
review_date: 2018-05-28T03:40:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph depicts a "special prison bus for babies" used by ICE at an immigrant detention facility.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blake-shelton-gwen-stefani-marry/
title: Did Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Get Married?
review_date: 2021-07-06T01:13:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs accurately show the two singers Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani getting married in July 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daycare-center-murals/
title: Did Disney Demand the Removal of Cartoon Murals from Daycare Center Walls?
review_date: 1996-12-28T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Disney forced the removal of murals featuring their cartoon figures from the walls of three Florida day care centers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-blue-dogs/
title: Did Stray Dogs in Russia Turn Blue from Chemical Waste?
review_date: 2021-02-21T03:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A pack of stray dogs in Russia was turned blue after coming into contact with chemical waste, namely copper sulphate, near a now-defunct petrochemical company.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-social-media-order/
title: Did Trump Order Facebook and Twitter to Require Users to Like and Follow Him?
review_date: 2019-08-19T00:35:02Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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President Trump issued an executive order forcing users of social platforms to follow and/or like the president’s official accounts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-rally-chant/
title: 'We Hate Muslims, We Hate Blacks' Chanted at Trump Rally
review_date: 2016-11-09T01:58:40Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
Donald Trump supporters chanted "we hate muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back" during a rally on election night.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stevie-wonder-atari-ad/
title: Did Stevie Wonder Endorse Atari Video Games?
review_date: 2021-05-18T09:58:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
An image shows a print advertisement with musician Stevie Wonder endorsing the Atari 2600 video game console.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-carrying-oxygen-concentrator/
title: Was Trump Carrying a Concealed Oxygen Concentrator When He Boarded Marine One?
review_date: 2020-10-05T05:34:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump was carrying a concealed oxygen cylinder or concentrator when he boarded Marine One for a trip to Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grandmother-with-ak-47-saves-cops/
title: Did a Grandmother with AK-47 Save Cops Being Attacked by a Street Gang?
review_date: 2016-08-15T09:41:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
79-year-old Wendy Robinson of Los Angeles came to the rescue of two LAPD officers with her AK-47 assault rifle when they were attacked by gang members.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brussels-attack-video-fake/
title: Misidentified Footage Circulated as 'Brussels Attack Video'
review_date: 2016-03-22T03:11:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video shows the "moment the explosion" of a terrorist attack occurred in the Brussels airport on 22 March 2016. .


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tweet-stimulus-checks/
title: Did Trump Tweet He'd Deny Stimulus Checks to Any Who Used #NotMyPresident?
review_date: 2020-03-20T00:57:56Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that economic stimulus checks would only go to those who have not made negative social media comments about him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-respond-donald-trump-indictment/
title: Did Hillary Clinton Respond to Donald Trump on Truth Social About His Indictment?
review_date: 2023-03-31T11:14:05Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
On March 30, Hillary Clinton responded to Donald Trump on his social platform Truth Social about his indictment the day before on hush-money charges.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-swalwell-gun-owners-nukes/
title: Did Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell 'Suggest Nuking' Gun Owners Who Resist Confiscation?
review_date: 2018-11-19T01:35:36Z
textual_rating: Mixture
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In November 2018, Democratic U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell suggested launching nuclear weapons against gun-owners who refused to hand over or sell semi-automatic rifles to the U.S. government.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-laments-no-sacrifice/
title: Did Vice President Mike Pence Lament That God Never Asked Him to Sacrifice His Children?
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textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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Vice President Mike Pence openly lamented God never asked him to sacrifice one of his children, but he was prepared in the event that a sacrifice of a grandchild was requested of him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coretta-scott-king-thanked-jeff-sessions/
title: Did Coretta Scott King Thank Jeff Sessions in a Speech?
review_date: 2017-02-09T10:17:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video shows Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions during her remarks at the dedication of the Rosa Parks Library.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cbs-news-covid-ukraine/
title: Did CBS News Use a 2016 Ukraine Photo in COVID-19 Coverage?
review_date: 2020-05-26T02:02:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
CBS News tried to pass off a photograph taken in Ukraine in 2016 as a picture of a U.S. child afflicted with a coronavirus-related disease in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boris-johnson-tussauds-wax/
title: Did Madame Tussauds Put Boris Johnson Figure Outside Unemployment Office?
review_date: 2022-07-08T07:47:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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text:
Madame Tussauds in Blackpool, England, placed its wax figure of Boris Johnson outside a local unemployment office to mark the announcement of his resignation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uncancelled-stamps-mail-bombs/
title: Do Uncancelled Stamps Prove Mail Bombs Were Not Sent Through the USPS?
review_date: 2018-10-27T16:19:34Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The lack of postmarks on explosive devices mailed to Democratic officials proves those items were not sent through the USPS.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-destroy-the-new-world-order/
title: Did Joe Biden Say Vladimir Putin Wants to 'Destroy the New World Order'?
review_date: 2018-10-15T04:02:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During a foreign policy speech in London, former U.S. vice president Joe Biden said Russian president Vladimir Putin wants to 'destroy the new world order.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/columbus-ships-names/
title: What Were the Names of Christopher Columbus' Three Ships?
review_date: 2020-10-12T05:42:48Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The ships used in Columbus’ first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492-93 were called the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whatsapp-opt-out/
title: Can You Opt Out of Having WhatsApp 'Use' Your Photos and Private Posts?
review_date: 2021-01-18T04:17:14Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
A new rule will allow WhatsApp to "use" your photos and private posts, but you can opt out of this by posting a disclaimer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/isaiah-jackson-arrest-toddler/
title: Was Isaiah Jackson Arrested After Pic Showed Man Kneeling on Toddler?
review_date: 2020-07-27T03:11:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Isaiah Anthony Wayne Jackson of Springfield, Ohio, was arrested in connection with a widely shared photograph of a man kneeling on a toddler's neck along with the caption "BLM now mf."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/f-joe-biden-maui/
title: Video of Biden on Maui Was Deceptively Edited To Add 'F*ck Joe Biden' Chant
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textual_rating: Fake
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text:
A video authentically shows U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden being greeted on Maui in August 2023 with chants of, "F*ck Joe Biden."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/super-bowl-flushing-breaks-sewage-systems/
title: Do Super Bowl Toilet Flushes Break Sewage Systems?
review_date: 2015-01-30T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Sewage systems of major cities have broken due to the tremendous number of toilets being flushed simultaneously at halftime of the Super Bowl.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-executive-order-biden/
title: Did Trump Say He Might Sign an Exec Order Barring Biden Presidency?
review_date: 2020-09-21T09:04:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump said he might sign an executive order barring Joe Biden from ever becoming U.S. president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/healthcare-deaths-terrorism-illegal-immigration/
review_date: 2019-01-08T12:17:25Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lack of affordable healthcare accounts for a greater number of deaths per year than do terrorist attacks and illegal immigration combined.

title:
Does Lack of Affordable Healthcare Kill More People in America Than Terrorism and Illegal Immigration?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/army-memo-announces-martial-law/
title: U.S. Army Memo Announces Preparations for Martial Law
review_date: 2016-08-22T04:30:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Army memorandum announces martial law training and preparation to begin at Fort Carson, Colorado, in September 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-disneyland-employee-bench/
title: No, Disney World Employees Aren't Left on a Bench if They Die in Costume
review_date: 2021-06-15T08:43:01Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
When Disney World employees die in costume, they are left "sitting" on a bench until they can be removed without the crowd noticing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/founding-fathers-pledge-anthem-in-god-we-trust/
title: Were the Founding Fathers Not Involved in Pledge, Anthem, 'In God We Trust'?
review_date: 2021-07-15T07:48:33Z
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Four major totems of American political and civic culture, including the Pledge of Allegiance and national anthem, were not created or implemented by the Founders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-restaurants-sucks/
title: Did Tucker Carlson Say He Can’t Go to Restaurants Without Being Harassed?
review_date: 2021-03-16T04:07:44Z
textual_rating: Outdated
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tucker Carlson, Fox News personality and host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," said that he cannot eat in a public restaurant without being harassed or ridiculed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/happen-riots-and-looting/
title: Did This Happen 'While Your TV Was Filled with Riots and Looting'?
review_date: 2020-06-11T10:08:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme lists political legal events that occurred during the first week of June 2020, while nationwide protests were taking place over the death of George Floyd.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-wait-swine-flu-n1h1/
title: Did Obama Declare Swine Flu an Emergency Only After 'Millions' Were Infected?
review_date: 2020-03-02T06:05:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Barack Obama waited until millions were infected and thousands were dead before declaring a public health emergency concerning swine flu, the H1N1 virus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ncaa-strip-lia-thomas-national-championship/
title: No, NCAA Didn't Strip Lia Thomas of National Championship After Test Results
review_date: 2023-05-13T16:37:38Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The NCAA stripped transgender swimmer Lia Thomas of her Division I national championship after “unfavorable” test results.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/singer-james-blunt-prevent-world-war-iii/
title: Did Singer James Blunt Prevent World War III?
review_date: 2018-05-08T09:45:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Singer James Blunt once refused to follow orders that could have triggered World War III while serving with the British Army in Kosovo.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/josephine-myrtle-corbin-4-legged-girl/
title: Is This Josephine Myrtle Corbin, 'The 4-Legged Girl'?
review_date: 2021-06-29T01:35:16Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Josephine Myrtle Corbin, a woman who was born with two pelvises and four legs in the 1860s.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/susan-collins-husband-russia/
title: Is Senator Susan Collins’ Husband a 'Lobbyist for Russian Interests'?
review_date: 2018-10-11T09:46:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thomas Daffron, Sen. Susan Collins' husband, is "a lobbyist for a firm that has numerous connections to Russia and Russian oligarchs."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kroger-unisex-bathroom-sign/
title: Kroger Unisex Bathroom Sign
review_date: 2016-03-31T07:37:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph depicts a sign on a unisex Kroger bathroom addressing recent controversies about gender and restroom use.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-leonard-refuse-play-anti-trump-comments/
title: Did Kawhi Leonard Refuse to Play Because His Coach Made Anti-Trump Comments?
review_date: 2018-04-19T06:00:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kawhi Leonard said that he refused to play for the San Antonio Spurs because of coach Gregg Popovich's anti-Trump comments.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ripon-college-9-11-memorial/
title: Did Ripon College Ban a 9/11 Memorial Because 'It May Offend Muslims'?
review_date: 2018-08-31T09:10:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ripon College banned a campus group's display of a poster commemorating 9/11 because "it may offend Muslims."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/2021-dodge-ram/
title: Does This Picture Show an Armored '2021 Dodge Ram'?
review_date: 2021-02-06T01:00:02Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture shows a silver-colored and heavily armored "2021 Dodge Ram" pickup truck, a dramatic departure from previous designs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-pirates/
title: Are Facebook Pirates 'Cloning' Accounts?
review_date: 2012-12-26T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Facebook "pirates" perpetrate scams by setting up look-alike Facebook accounts that copy other users' profiles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ketchup-trousers/
title: Ketchup Trousers
review_date: 2005-06-20T22:43:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Law firm secretary sends caustic reply to senior associate's e-mail request for a £4 cleaning bill reimbursement.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/essie-dunbar-funeral-discovery/
title: Was Essie Dunbar Discovered Alive in the Coffin During Her Funeral?
review_date: 2018-09-15T06:04:02Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 30-year-old woman was partially buried during a funeral service in 1915, only to be found alive inside the coffin by her grieving sister.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/caravan-burning-flag/
title: Are Central American Caravan Members Burning the American Flag?
review_date: 2018-10-23T05:32:42Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A series of photographs shows members of a migrant caravan on their way to the U.S. in October 2018 burning the U.S. flag.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-provincetown-covid-event/
title: Did CDC Say 74% of COVID Cases Tied to Provincetown Event Were Fully Vaxxed?
review_date: 2021-08-09T09:41:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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Three-quarters of COVID-19 cases linked to a series of events in July 2021 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, occurred in fully vaccinated individuals.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-entering-hospital-covid/
title: Did the CDC Allege Anyone Entering a Hospital is ID'ed as a COVID-19 Case?
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textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alleges that anyone who walks into a hospital is counted as a COVID-19 case because the government pays hospitals extra money for every case.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rioters-capitol-flagpole/
title: Did Rioters Break into US Capitol Using American Flagpole?
review_date: 2021-01-06T06:06:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the Jan. 6, 2021, riots in the District of Columbia over the outcome of the 2020 general election, a mob broke into the U.S. Capitol using a flagpole.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-arrested-in-japan/
title: Was Barack Obama Arrested in a Japanese Drug Bust?
review_date: 2017-04-07T06:27:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama was arrested in Japan in connection with the seizure of massive amounts of cocaine on his yacht.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chelsea-clinton-bill-gates/
title: Did Chelsea Clinton Tweet About Bill Gates' Relationship With an Underling?
review_date: 2021-05-24T01:10:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chelsea Clinton posted a message on Twitter criticizing Bill Gates for having a relationship with an employee.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walkaway-campaign-stock-photos/
title: Did the #WalkAway Campaign Use Stock Photographs for People It Claimed Left the Democratic Party?
review_date: 2018-07-25T01:48:52Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The #WalkAway Campaign used ads featuring stock photograph models and claimed they were Democrats leaving the party.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pompeo-fight-battles-rapture/
title: Did Mike Pompeo Say 'We Will Continue to Fight These Battles Until the Rapture'?
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textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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Did Mike Pompeo declare, "We will continue to fight these battles. It is a never-ending struggle ... until the Rapture."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcconnell-democrats-no-victories/
title: Did McConnell Say Democrats 'Shall Have No Victories'?
review_date: 2020-12-29T00:40:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In December 2020, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to block Democratic legislative efforts, saying, "Even if I feel it's a good bill. They shall have no victories."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scientists-solve-bermuda-triangle/
title: Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle?
review_date: 2016-10-25T00:35:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Satellite images of hexagon-shaped holes in clouds above the Bermuda Triangle prove that large blasts of sinking air are the cause of mysterious shipwrecks and plane crashes in the area.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymore/
title: 'Nobody Wants to Work Anymore' Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles
review_date: 2022-07-25T09:42:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme shows clippings of 14 real articles that were printed between 1894 and 2022, all of which show people expressing variations of, "Nobody wants to work anymore."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-us-mexico-border-president/
title: Did Joe Biden Never Visit the U.S.-Mexico Border After Becoming President?
review_date: 2022-12-01T13:10:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of Dec. 1, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden had not visited the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office in early 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taylor-greene-boebert-marrow/
title: Were MTG, Lauren Boebert the Only Lawmakers Who Voted Against Marrow-Donor Bill?
review_date: 2021-04-16T07:09:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. representatives Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Lauren Boebert were the only lawmakers who voted against the Transplant Act of 2021, which reauthorizes the National Marrow Donor Program, a database that helps match donors and patients with serious blood diseases.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/madonna-trump-2020/
title: Did Madonna Say She Would Vote for President Trump in 2020?
review_date: 2018-09-10T02:03:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an interview with Fox News in September 2018, Madonna said she regretted not voting for Donald Trump in 2016 and would support him in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stairs-exterior-concrete-building-construction-fail/
title: Does This Pic of Stairs on the Exterior of a Concrete Building Show a 'Funny Construction Fail'?
review_date: 2023-07-27T16:52:40Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph of a flight of stairs with no railing hugging the exterior of a concrete building shows the result of a "funny construction fail."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/yrbs-boston-2023/
title: Did a Boston School Distribute 'Explicit Survey' About Oral Sex to Middle Schoolers?
review_date: 2023-03-23T11:31:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Boston school district distributed an "explicit survey" on oral sex and "transgenderism" to middle schoolers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/birmingham-caught-voting-multiple-times/
title: Were 'Black People in Birmingham' Caught Voting Multiple Times With Fake IDs?
review_date: 2017-12-13T02:53:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Black voters in Birmingham were caught voting multiple times in thousands of cases during Alabama's special election on 12 December 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paracetamol-warning/
title: Is Paracetamol Contaminated with the Deadly 'Machupo' Virus?
review_date: 2017-03-07T04:36:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Over-the-counter painkiller paracetamol is contaminated with the Machupo virus and should be avoided.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-campaign-laws-massachusetts/
title: Did Bill Clinton Violate Campaign Laws in MA?
review_date: 2016-03-03T08:28:36Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill Clinton potentially violated Massachusetts election laws by entering polling places on Super Tuesday.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/celebrity-death-hoax-trump/
title: No, Another Celebrity Didn't Die and Leave a Fortune to Trump
review_date: 2020-04-16T03:21:14Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A well-known celebrity passed away and left a fortune to U.S. President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dog-rescue-beaver-mistake-surprise/
title: Did an Oklahoma Man Rescue a Dog That Had Been Chained to a Cage in the Woods?
review_date: 2020-12-02T01:08:09Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man walking his dogs in the woods in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, stumbled upon a cage with a heavy chain and saw what he thought was a beaver. It turned out to be a dog.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/political-party-abortion-rate/
title: Which Party Is More Effective at Reducing Abortions?
review_date: 2020-09-22T04:46:48Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The abortion rate in the U.S. has declined more under Democratic administrations than Republican ones due to a difference in approach.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-maim/
title: Is Barack Obama the Anti-Christ?
review_date: 2008-04-23T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Book of Revelation describes the anti-Christ as someone with characteristics matching those of Barack Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dr-benjamin-eidelman-damar-hamlin-covid-booster/
title: Zero Evidence 'Dr. Benjamin Eidelman' Gave Damar Hamlin COVID Booster Days Before Collapse
review_date: 2023-01-03T16:39:31Z
textual_rating: Unfounded
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "Dr. Benjamin Eidelman" gave Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot days before he collapsed during a game.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-refuse-trump-vaccine/
title: Did Kamala Harris Refuse To Be Vaccinated with the ‘Trump Vaccine’?
review_date: 2021-08-31T04:42:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the 2020 presidential election campaign, then-Democratic candidate Kamala Harris refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and discouraged others from getting the “Trump vaccine.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mariah-carey-dead-kennedys-antifa/
title: Did Mariah Carey Cover a Dead Kennedys Song to Support Antifa?
review_date: 2017-08-25T03:22:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mariah Carey recorded a cover of Dead Kennedys song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," with proceeds going to support Antifa.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hijack-this/
title: 'Hijack This' Photo
review_date: 2001-11-12T15:33:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Associated Press briefly carried a photo showing a sailor on the USS Enterprise signing a bomb with the words "HIGH JACK THIS FAGS."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-carter-robert-e-lee-never-hatred/
title: Did Jimmy Carter Say Robert E. Lee Was ‘Never Filled With Hatred’?
review_date: 2023-01-16T13:28:52Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said, “Robert E. Lee was a man who understood the values of a region which he represented. He was never filled with hatred. He never felt a sense of superiority. He led the southern cause with pride, yes, but with a sense of reluctance as well. He fought his battles courageously.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/animal-rescue-theft-harvey/
title: Can Animal Rescuers Be Prosecuted for Theft for Saving Animals from Harvey?
review_date: 2017-08-30T07:39:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Anyone who rescues an animal from dangers caused by Tropical Storm Harvey can be prosecuted for theft of an animal in Texas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-leaving-international-space-station/
title: Is Russia Leaving the International Space Station?
review_date: 2022-05-02T08:24:25Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Russia is pulling out of the International Space Station because of sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elizabeth-warren-mollie-tibbetts/
title: Did Elizabeth Warren Say of Mollie Tibbetts' Slaying, 'We Need to Focus on Real Problems'?
review_date: 2019-10-18T08:04:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Elizabeth Warren trivialized the killing of Mollie Tibbetts (the suspect is an undocumented immigrant) by saying, "We need to focus on real problems" like immigrant family separation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/omars-district-pledge/
title: Did a City in Ilhan Omar’s District Eliminate the Pledge of Allegiance at Council Meetings?
review_date: 2019-07-09T04:28:15Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A city in U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s congressional district voted to eliminate the pledge of allegiance before city council meetings.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-president-trump-say-canadians-smuggle-shoes/
title: Did President Trump Say That Canadians Smuggle Shoes Out of the United States?
review_date: 2018-06-19T08:49:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Donald Trump said that Canadians "smuggle" shoes out of the United States after altering them to make them "look old."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/airdrop-pianos-world-war-ii/
title: Did the US Airdrop Pianos for Soldiers During World War II?
review_date: 2022-02-19T00:00:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States airdropped pianos with parachutes to their troops during World War II in order to provide some relaxation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alex-smith-died-couldnt-afford-insulin/
title: Did Alex Smith Die at Age 26 Because He Couldn't Afford Insulin?
review_date: 2018-09-24T09:17:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 26-year-old man named Alex Smith of Minneapolis died because he had aged out of his mother's health insurance and couldn't afford insulin.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-hunter-biden-porn/
title: Did Fox News Air Pornographic Photos Showing Hunter Biden?
review_date: 2021-04-09T03:59:47Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
On April 8, 2021, Fox News' show "Tucker Carlson Tonight" aired pornographic photographs from a laptop computer that belonged to Hunter Biden showing him with sex workers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tommy-lee-fight-barry-manilow/
title: Did Tommy Lee Break His Ribs in a Fight with Barry Manilow?
review_date: 2022-06-21T03:46:16Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee broke his ribs after getting into a backstage fight with singer Barry Manilow.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-obama-worst-president-new-poll/
title: Was Obama Ranked 'Worst President Since World War II' in a New Poll?
review_date: 2018-06-25T09:16:45Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. president Barack Obama was ranked the worst president since World War II in "a recent poll."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/loser-lawn-trump-golf-course/
title: Was 'Loser' Projected Onto the Lawn of Trump's Scottish Golf Course?
review_date: 2020-12-02T06:32:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows the word "loser" projected onto the lawn of U.S. President Donald Trump's golf course in Scotland.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giant-iceberg-newfoundland-canada/
title: Authentic Video of a Giant Iceberg Approaching the Coast of Newfoundland?
review_date: 2023-08-02T12:32:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video that went viral in August 2023 authentically depicted a giant iceberg approaching the coast of Newfoundland in Canada.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-russian-state-tv/
title: Did Russian State TV Thank GOP Lawmakers for Lifting Sanctions?
review_date: 2019-02-08T11:42:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Images of GOP lawmakers were featured during a Channel 1 Russia broadcast on recently lifted sanctions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-shirkey-capitol-riot-hoax/
title: Did Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey Suggest Capitol Riot Was ‘Hoax’ in Leaked Video?
review_date: 2021-02-10T04:51:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
During a lunch with leaders of the Hillsdale County Republican Party held on Feb. 3, 2021, Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey suggested that the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was a “hoax.”


title: Elijah Cummings Said Democrats Gave Black People the Right to Vote?
review_date: 2016-07-27T11:16:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rep. Elijah Cummings incorrectly stated during his 2016 DNC speech that Democrats gave black people the right to vote.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elijah-cummings-said-democrats-gave-black-people-the-right-to-vote/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crisis-actor-mother-three-shootings/
title: Did the Same 'Crisis Actor' Play the Mother and Victim in Three Different Mass Shootings?
review_date: 2018-11-10T13:18:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The same woman appeared on television as the victim or mother of children killed in three different mass shootings.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-lithium-extraction-mines/
title: Does Viral Photo Show a 'Toxic' Lithium Extraction Field?
review_date: 2022-08-15T04:28:52Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lithium leach fields, such as the one shown in a viral photograph circulating in 2022, pose hazards to the environment and human health.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flu-vaccine-covid-buttar/
title: Do Flu Vaccines Increase Your Risk of Testing Positive for COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-05-14T02:38:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People vaccinated for seasonal influenza face higher chances of catching SARS-COV-2, which causes COVID-19, or testing positive for the virus when they do not actually have it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hot-dog-on-stick/
title: Was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Once Fired from Hot Dog on a Stick?
review_date: 2019-02-14T01:26:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez working at the Hot Dog on a Stick restaurant shortly before she was fired for incompetence.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/adam-toledo-chicago-tribune/
title: Is This a Real Chicago Tribune Column About Adam Toledo?
review_date: 2021-04-15T08:09:45Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Chicago Tribune op-ed headlined, "Let’s wait before turning slain 13-year-old Adam Toledo into a martyr," argued that "it’s not too early to stop romanticizing and infantilizing 13-year-olds."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lady-gagas-arrested-for-twitter-attack-on-melania-trump/
title: Lady Gaga Arrested for Twitter Attack on Melania Trump
review_date: 2016-11-15T07:50:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Lady Gaga being placed in a squad car after she tweeted a negative comment about Melania Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/team-mitch-aoc/
title: Do Photos Show Boys in ‘Team Mitch’ Shirts Choking and Kissing AOC Cutout?
review_date: 2019-08-05T09:42:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows several young males wearing “Team Mitch” shirts while strangling, kissing, or otherwise posing with a cardboard cutout of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tyler-perry-harry-meghan-security/
title: Did Tyler Perry Offer Harry and Meghan His Home and Security?
review_date: 2021-03-08T05:24:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry let Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stay at his Los Angeles home, and also offered them security after they left the United Kingdom following a rift with the royal family.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radioactive-diamond-batteries-real-thing/
title: Are Radioactive 'Diamond Batteries' a Real Thing?
review_date: 2017-09-21T12:04:14Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Man-made, radioactive “diamond batteries” are capable of providing thousands of years of energy without a charge.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rnc-reportedly-adopts-conversion-therapy-as-2016-platform-plank/
title: RNC Reportedly Adopts Conversion Therapy as 2016 Platform Plank
review_date: 2016-07-14T06:20:27Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Republican National Committed has officially adopted support for the discredited practice of conversion therapy for gay people as part of their platform.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frank-rocky-fiegel-popeye/
title: Was Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel the Inspiration for 'Popeye'?
review_date: 2019-06-20T05:45:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Frank "Rocky" Fiegel, a real-life person who served as the inspiration for the character "Popeye."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nancy-pelosi-with-jfk/
title: Does Photo Prove Pelosi Had an Affair with JFK?
review_date: 2020-06-09T06:37:16Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with President John F. Kennedy, with whom she supposedly "had an affair for seven long years."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cracker-barrel-menu-closing/
title: Cracker Barrel (and Its Menu) Is Here to Stay, Not Closing in 2021
review_date: 2021-06-14T06:05:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fans of Cracker Barrel should "say goodbye" because the restaurant chain is closing stores "across the nation."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aca-versus-ahca/
title: Was the Passage of Obamacare Just as Secretive as GOP Efforts to Repeal It?
review_date: 2017-06-20T12:49:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Complaints about the lack of transparency behind the creation of a bill to repeal Obamacare were hypocritical because the Democrats were just as bad when they passed Obamacare.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/conway-racist-small-price-to-pay/
review_date: 2017-01-30T09:55:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
KellyAnne Conway said that being labelled racist is a small price to pay for making the country "great again."

title:
Did KellyAnne Conway Say Being Labeled Racist is 'a Small Price to Pay' for Making America Great Again?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-garfield-comic/
title: Was Andrew Garfield’s Grandfather the Creator of Garfield Comics?
review_date: 2023-06-24T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Andrew Garfield’s grandfather created Garfield comics, and Andrew’s childhood cat "Lasagna" was the inspiration for the cartoon's main character.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bunker-obama-tweet/
title: Did Trump Complain About the State of the White House Bunker in a Tweet?
review_date: 2020-06-02T06:05:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump complained about his experience in the White House bunker on Twitter, saying that President Barack Obama left it in a bad shape, with no food or supplies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dogs-and-ice-water/
title: Is Ice Water Dangerous for Dogs?
review_date: 2014-06-16T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Giving your dog ice or ice water on a hot day is likely to cause your pet to die from bloating and spasms.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bvd-underwear-name/
title: Why Is Men's Underwear Called 'BVDs'?
review_date: 2003-12-31T09:52:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Men's underwear is referred to as 'BVDs' because the term is an abbreviation of the phrase 'Boy's Ventilated Drawers.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-salary-military-cemeteries/
title: Did President Donald Trump Donate His Entire $400,000 Salary to Rebuild Military Cemeteries?
review_date: 2018-08-03T06:55:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the summer of 2018, President Donald Trump donated his entire $400,000 annual salary to the Department of the Interior for the purpose of rebuilding military cemeteries.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-walk-away-press-conference/
title: Did Biden Leave Press Conference Podium as Reporter Asked a Question?
review_date: 2021-03-27T01:51:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During U.S. President Joe Biden's first presidential news conference on March 25, 2020, he briefly walked away from the lectern as a reporter asked him a question.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soldier-return-family-dead/
title: Did a Soldier Return From Deployment to Find Their Family Dead?
review_date: 2010-09-30T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A soldier returning from deployment discovered his wife had died during his absence, and their children had starved to death.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/seattle-chaz-trash/
title: Does This Photo Show Trash Left by Protesters in Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone'?
review_date: 2020-08-19T06:26:39Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph captures mounds of refuse and other trash left behind by protesters in Seattle's "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-kamkwamba/
title: William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
review_date: 2016-08-26T04:17:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Based on information he learned from library books, school drop-out William Kamkwamba built a windmill out of scrap parts and brought electricity to his village in Malawi.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-putin-remain-power/
title: Did Biden Say Putin 'Cannot Remain in Power'?
review_date: 2022-03-28T06:50:35Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden said of Russian President Vladimir Putin, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nixon-predicted-trump-success/
title: Did Richard Nixon Write a Letter Predicting Donald Trump's Success in Politics?
review_date: 2017-05-18T06:32:59Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former President Richard Nixon sent a letter to Trump predicting he would be a successful politician whenever he decided to run for office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cadbury-easter-egg-hunt-whatsapp/
title: 'Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt' Scam Circulates on WhatsApp
review_date: 2022-04-01T01:35:54Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Facebook users can receive free Cadbury chocolate Easter baskets by interacting with a viral WhatsApp message.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-moon-mission-nixon-apollo-11/
title: Was Pic Taken by Apollo 11 Crew Already on Nixon's Wall When He Spoke to Them by Phone?
review_date: 2023-03-30T10:31:28Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
As U.S. President Richard Nixon spoke to Apollo 11 astronauts on the phone after they landed on the moon in 1969, a photograph taken during the same mission was already on the wall in the Oval Office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gta-vi-hacker-photo/
title: Photo of Boy in Handcuffs Does Not Show 'GTA VI' Hacker
review_date: 2022-09-20T10:33:23Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture shows a 16-year-old boy being placed into handcuffs by a law enforcement officer after he was found to be the hacker who leaked content from "GTA VI."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-depopulation/
title: The Bill Gates 'Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination' Headline, Explained
review_date: 2021-07-06T07:22:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A newspaper article about Bill Gates bearing the headline "Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination" has been scrubbed from the internet.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/distracted-boyfriend-meme-come-real-movie/
title: Did the 'Distracted Boyfriend' Meme Come From a 1920's Silent Film?
review_date: 2018-06-11T10:10:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A still from a 1920s Charlie Chaplin silent film resembles an online meme popularized nearly a century later.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pokemon-go-uploads-your-data-to-google-maps/
title: Pokemon Go Uploads Your Data to Google Maps
review_date: 2016-07-18T09:43:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Pokemon Go app is covertly passing information to Google Maps as well as the National Security Agency (NSA).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nikolas-cruz-white-supremacist-group/
title: Is the Florida Mass Shooter a Member of a White Supremacist Group?
review_date: 2018-02-20T11:29:24Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nikolas Cruz, the confessed gunman in the February 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, is or was a member of a known white supremacist or white nationalist organization.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-email-selected-reward/
title: McDonald's Email Scam Claims 'You Have Been Selected'
review_date: 2022-02-14T06:22:41Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An email message that uses the McDonald's name says: "You have been selected to get an exclusive reward!"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-campaign-remove-flag/
title: Did Biden's Campaign Demand an American Flag Be Removed from a Library?
review_date: 2020-02-05T00:39:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign forced the staff of an Iowa public library to remove an American flag.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-guns/
title: Australian Gun Stats
review_date: 2001-08-20T01:16:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Statistics demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government there instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-disease/
title: Did Ronald Reagan Have Alzheimer's Disease While in Office?
review_date: 2018-01-18T04:19:28Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease five years after he left the presidency, was actually suffering from the disease while he was in office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/church-of-dirt-wedding-venue/
title: Is 'Church of Dirt' a Real Wedding Venue?
review_date: 2021-09-27T04:29:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of September 2021, "The Church of Dirt" was an authentic wedding venue near a mountainous trail in Utah.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-town-rejects-solar-panels/
title: Did a North Carolina Town Reject Solar Panels?
review_date: 2015-12-14T01:00:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Residents of a North Carolina town rejected the local installation of a solar farm over fears the technology was harmful.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/massie-neo-nazi-voltaire/
title: 'To Learn Who Rules Over You' Quote Is Misattributed to Voltaire
review_date: 2022-01-31T01:00:00Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
French writer Voltaire said: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-candidates-pay-back/
title: Did George Soros Demand That Failed Democratic Candidates 'Pay Him Back'?
review_date: 2018-11-08T09:42:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Soros is demanding that Democrats repay him for donations made to campaigns that were ultimately unsuccessful in 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/churchill-confederate-monument/
title: Did Churchill Say 'People With Contempt for Their Heritage Have Lost Faith in Themselves'?
review_date: 2021-02-10T07:05:23Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Winston Churchill once said or wrote, "Any people with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves and no nation can long survive without pride in its traditions."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/atf-reclassifies-wetted-nitrocellulose/
title: ATF Reclassifies Wetted Nitrocellulose as High Explosive
review_date: 2016-09-01T04:01:35Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco (ATF) has reclassified wet nitrocellulose as a high explosive.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/against-the-grain/
title: Is Throwing Rice at Weddings Bad for Birds?
review_date: 2000-05-13T17:17:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Wedding guests should refrain from throwing rice at newly-wedded couples because the rice kills birds who eat it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-salute-veterans-day/
title: Did Barack Obama Fail to Salute the Flag at Arlington on Veterans Day?
review_date: 2009-11-15T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photograph shows President Obama not saluting the flag during the playing of the national anthem at a 2009 Veterans Day ceremony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/derek-chauvin-kim-potter-training/
title: Were Both Derek Chauvin and Kim Potter Police Training Officers?
review_date: 2021-04-21T04:05:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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text:
Derek Chauvin, convicted of the murder of George Floyd, was a police training officer. Kim Potter, charged with second-degree manslaughter of Daunte Wright, was also a police training officer and president of her police union.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/powerball-winner-overdose/
title: FALSE: Winner of 1.5B Powerball Jackpot Dies of Cocaine Overdose
review_date: 2016-01-17T02:04:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
One of the winners who shared the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot succumbed within days to a cocaine overdose.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-national-gang-week/
title: National Gang Week — Bloody Car Seats
review_date: 2009-12-09T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gangs are using bloody car seats to lure female motorists out of their vehicles as part of a "National Gang Week" activity.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/southern-illinois-university-social-justice-warriors/
title: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Closing Down Thanks to 'Social Justice Warriors'?
review_date: 2017-01-11T10:09:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Southern Illinois University is closing down its Carbondale campus thanks to "social justice warrior" activity.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/house-25-million-raise-covid/
title: Did the House Give Itself a $25M Raise in Coronavirus Aid Bill?
review_date: 2020-03-31T05:10:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act included a $25 million raise for members of the U.S. House of Representatives.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sandberg-facebook-capitol-riot/
title: Did Sheryl Sandberg Suggest US Capitol Riot Was Not Organized on Facebook?
review_date: 2021-01-12T07:38:16Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Asked if Facebook could have done anything sooner to help prevent the U.S. Capitol riot, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said, "I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our abilities to stop hate, and don’t have our standards, and don’t have our transparency.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/furry-protocol-wisconsin/
title: 'Furry Protocol'? False Rumors Circulate About Wisconsin Schools
review_date: 2022-04-05T04:47:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A Wisconsin school district has a set of "furry protocols" that allows students to identify as cats.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-lands-plane-on-nyc-street/
title: Did a Man Twice Land a Plane on a New York Street on a Bar Bet?
review_date: 2019-04-24T08:38:56Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thomas Fitzpatrick "borrowed" a plane and landed it on a New York street in 1956 on a bar bet and then again two years later.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/legislatures-override-electors/
title: Can State Legislatures Override the Choice of Presidential Electors?
review_date: 2020-11-06T07:10:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
State legislatures can override the results of elections and designate whichever presidential electors they choose.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gunman-gambit/
title: Dianne Feinstein 'Gunman' Quote
review_date: 2015-01-07T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Senator Dianne Feinstein said "when the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in, that's human nature."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/america-as-the-last-man-standing/
title: The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe
review_date: 2009-11-16T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dutch politician Geert Wilders delivered a speech on the scenario of "America as the Last Man Standing."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/louis-farrakhan-jesus-redeemer/
title: Did Louis Farrakhan Renounce Islam and Convert to Christianity?
review_date: 2017-09-04T09:08:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During a speech in which he declared Jesus Christ his "redeemer," Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan gave indications that he was breaking with Islam in favor of following Christianity.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-live-let-die-song-mask/
title: Did 'Live and Let Die' Play as Trump Toured Factory Without COVID-19 Mask?
review_date: 2020-05-06T09:06:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump visited a manufacturing plant without wearing a face mask as Guns N' Roses' rendition of "Live and Let Die" played on loudspeakers during his visit.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-channel-north-korea/
title: Yes, Disney Channel Aired a Movie Set in a North Korean Prison Camp
review_date: 2020-11-11T06:41:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Disney Channel aired "The Rescue" in the early 1990s, a violent, action-adventure film with pivotal scenes having taken place in a North Korean prison camp.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-86-million-hotels/
title: Is Biden Spending $86 Million for Hotels To House Migrant Families?
review_date: 2021-03-22T09:40:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Biden administration is spending $86.9 million to house migrant families in hotels after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emanuel-cleaver-awoman-amen-prayer/
title: Did Democratic Congressman Add 'A-Woman' to Opening Prayer?
review_date: 2021-01-04T06:40:41Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2021, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver added "A-Woman" after the traditional "Amen" in a prayer to open the 117th Congress.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brett-kavanaughs-children-harassed/
review_date: 2018-09-06T12:19:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's children were escorted from Senate chambers as a result of being harassed by hecklers during his confirmation hearing.

title:
Were Brett Kavanaugh's Children Escorted from a Senate Hearing Room Because They Were Harassed by Hecklers?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kim-rhode-ignored/
title: Media Ignore Kim Rhode's Sixth Olympic Medal
review_date: 2016-08-15T05:41:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The media ignored Kim Rhode's bronze medal-winning performance in the 2016 Summer Olympics due to her stance on gun rights.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-epstein-maralago-meme/
title: Is This Meme About Trump and Epstein Accurate?
review_date: 2020-08-21T09:20:03Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme provides information exonerating U.S. President Donald Trump from any connection with Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lowes-air-conditioner-scam/
title: Lowe's Email Scam Promises Portable Air Conditioners
review_date: 2022-07-21T08:27:38Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An email or text message that uses the Lowe's Home Improvement name congratulates recipients on winning a "BTU Portable Air Conditioner."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-pinch-girls-nipple/
title: Did Joe Biden Pinch a Girl’s Nipple?
review_date: 2022-01-06T04:56:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden pinched a young girl’s nipple in 2015, according to video footage of the incident and the girl’s own claims on TikTok.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tgi-fridays-deal/
title: Was a $380M Deal To Sell TGI Fridays Canceled Due to COVID?
review_date: 2021-02-22T09:08:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A $380 million deal to sell TGI Fridays that was announced in 2019 was canceled on March 31, 2020, because of the oncoming COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/al-gore-in-vietnam/
title: Did Al Gore's Friends Pull Strings To Get His Vietnam Duty Shortened?
review_date: 2000-10-06T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Influential friends ensured that a "special dispensation" cut short Al Gore's tour of duty in Vietnam.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-clapton-quote-about-prince/
title: Eric Clapton's Prince
review_date: 2016-04-22T03:57:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
When someone asked Eric Clapton what it was like to be the greatest guitar player in the world, he responded: "I don't know, ask Prince."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taliban-afghanistan-parliament/
title: Is This a Real Video Showing Taliban Occupying Afghanistan’s Parliament?
review_date: 2021-08-16T06:44:57Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video accurately shows Taliban members wielding weapons and sitting in chairs in Afghanistan’s parliament building.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-n-word-recorded-speech/
title: Did Joe Biden Use the N-Word in a Recorded Speech?
review_date: 2021-02-25T02:58:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Feb. 19, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden uttered a racial slur referring to Black people in a recorded speech.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wendell-callahan-meme/
title: Wendell Callahan Pardoned by Obama, Kills Three Victims?
review_date: 2016-09-01T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama pardoned a "violent crackhead" named Wendell Callahan, who went on to murder a woman and her two small children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spicer-weapons-germans/
title: Did Sean Spicer Say Hitler Didn't Use Chemical Weapons on 'Fellow Germans'?
review_date: 2017-04-12T03:33:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a botched attempt to clarify his previous statements about Adolf Hitler and chemical weapons, Trump press secretary Sean Spicer said he meant Hitler never used them on "fellow Germans."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-jackson-medal-of-honor-death/
title: Did Medal of Honor Recipient Joe Jackson Die Without Proper Tribute?
review_date: 2020-09-12T00:00:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The death of retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Joe Jackson, a Medal of Honor recipient, went unmentioned in January 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-elections-worker-trump/
title: Was a North Carolina Elections Official Indicted for 'Rigging' the 2016 Election?
review_date: 2017-08-25T03:38:23Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, Richard Robert Rawling was indicted for "skewing vote tallies" in favor of Donald Trump and other Republican candidates during the March 2016 primaries.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-journalist-t-shirts/
title: Did Walmart Sell Shirts That Allude to Hanging Journalists?
review_date: 2017-12-05T01:45:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Walmart temporarily sold a shirt bearing the words "Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-america-embrace-socialism/
title: Bernie Sanders Said United States Would 'Embrace Socialism'?
review_date: 2016-04-01T04:46:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bernie Sanders said that "the heritage of Castro will be felt for generations to come" during a 1985 radio interview.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-art-of-the-deal/
title: Did Trump Write 'Never Admit Defeat' in 'Art of the Deal'?
review_date: 2020-11-10T03:59:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A passage from chapter 45 of U.S. President Donald Trump's book "The Art of the Deal" reads: "Never admit defeat. You win. If you don't win claim they cheated. They rigged it. They stole it."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/american-airlines-layoffs/
title: Did American Airlines Receive Billions in Federal Aid Then Lay Off 30,000 Employees?
review_date: 2021-06-22T03:01:02Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, American Airlines received almost $7 billion in PPP loans from the federal government but still laid off 30,000 employees. Meanwhile, the airline's CEO collected almost $11 million in compensation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/extraterrestrial-material-asteroid/
title: Did Scientists Recover 'Extraterrestrial Material' from Asteroid 190 Million Miles from Earth?
review_date: 2020-12-17T08:31:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Japanese scientists confirmed that the asteroid explorer Hyabusu2 successfully collected and returned soil and gas samples from the asteroid Ryugu 190 million miles from Earth.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/forced-vaccines-covid-19/
title: Will US Govt. Force COVID-19 Vaccine on Citizens?
review_date: 2020-10-23T08:04:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In fall 2020, the U.S. federal government released plans to force every citizen to get a COVID-19 vaccine.


title: Jill Stein Caught Embezzling Recount Funds for Marijuana Dinner Party
review_date: 2016-11-28T09:51:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jill Stein was arrested and charged with embezzling money raised for 2016 recount efforts in order to throw a "marijuana dinner party."

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-stein-caught-embezzling-recount-funds-for-marijuana-dinner-party/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denis-voronenkov-paul-manafort/
title: Was a Murdered Russian Ex-Politician to Testify Against Paul Manafort in Treason Trial?
review_date: 2017-03-25T08:01:37Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Russian dissident Denis Voronenkov, who was gunned down in March 2017, was slated to testify against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in a treason trial in Ukraine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capped-well/
title: Saving Plastic Bottle Caps for Medical Treatment
review_date: 2008-10-17T20:31:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Plastic bottle caps can be redeemed to provide chemotherapy treatments to cancer sufferers or prosthetic limbs for wounded soldiers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-hand-sign-used-teens-acquire-drugs/
title: Is a New Hand Sign Being Used by Teens to Acquire Drugs?
review_date: 2017-12-08T01:45:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a "new hand sign" that is being used by teenagers to signal that they wish to buy or sell drugs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schumer-daughter-cheerleader/
title: Did Senator Chuck Schumer Have an Affair with a Teenager?
review_date: 2017-12-10T05:42:46Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The daughter of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer recently spoken out about her father's supposed affair with one of her high school classmates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/betsy-devos-special-olympics/
review_date: 2019-03-27T08:16:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2019, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed eliminating a near-$18 million grant for Special Olympics programs.

title:
Did U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Announce Plans to Cut $18 Million in Funding for the Special Olympics?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walgreens-saline-covid-vaccine/
title: Did a Walgreens in NC Inadvertently Inject Saline Instead of COVID-19 Vaccines?
review_date: 2021-04-19T03:42:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2021, staff at a Walgreens pharmacy in Monroe, North Carolina, inadvertently injected some individuals with saline instead of a COVID-19 vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grade-expectations/
title: Does a Student Whose Roommate Commits Suicide Receive a 4.0 GPA?
review_date: 2001-10-07T19:19:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A standard college regulation specifies that a student whose roommate commits suicide automatically receives a 4.0 grade point average for the current school term.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ninth-circuit-court-most-overturned/
title: Does the Supreme Court Overturn 80 Percent of Ninth Circuit Court Decisions?
review_date: 2017-02-10T04:58:24Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Eighty percent of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions are overturned by the Supreme Court.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maga-militia-video-trump/
title: Does Video Show 'MAGA-affiliated Neo-Nazi Militia' Gathering to Support Trump?
review_date: 2023-06-14T12:10:05Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People depicted in a video that circulated in mid-June 2023 were neo-Nazi militia members who were gathering to support former U.S. President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/british-refugees-welcome-sign/
title: 'British Refugees Welcome' Sign on Madrid Building
review_date: 2016-06-24T08:24:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a sign hanging from the Palacio Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, welcoming British refugees.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/
title: Did Van Halen's Concert Contract Require the Removal of Brown M&Ms?
review_date: 2001-01-19T11:05:32Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Van Halen's standard performance contract contained a provision calling for them to be provided backstage with a bowl of M&Ms from which all the brown candies had been removed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-clapton-feared-guitar-covid/
title: Did Eric Clapton Say He Feared Never Playing Guitar Again After COVID-19 Vaccination?
review_date: 2021-05-19T02:21:01Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Eric Clapton described his “disastrous” experience after receiving a second-dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in a letter penned to friend and lockdown opponent, Robin Monotti.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/panthera-masks/
title: Did Trump Admin Give $55M to 'Bankrupt Company' for N95 Masks It Doesn't Make?
review_date: 2020-04-22T03:26:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump administration awarded a $55 million contract to a "bankrupt company" with no employees to supply N95 masks that it doesn't make.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/condom-snorting-challenge/
title: Is the 'Condom Snorting Challenge' a Real Teen Trend?
review_date: 2018-04-02T06:52:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The latest social media craze entails teens making videos of themselves snorting condoms into their nostrils and pulling them out through their mouths.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-ban-fracking/
title: Did Biden Propose a Ban on Fracking?
review_date: 2020-10-09T04:19:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the 2020 presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden's policy on fracking was to ban it outright.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrick-mahomes-buys-dinner/
title: Did NFL Star Patrick Mahomes Buy Dinner for All Patrons at a Restaurant?
review_date: 2020-02-04T00:02:20Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes once bought dinner for everyone at a restaurant because they didn't bother him for an autograph.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazon-donations-sick-leave/
title: Did Amazon Solicit Donations to Help Pay Worker Sick Leave?
review_date: 2020-03-25T10:20:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Amazon solicited donations from the public to pay sick leave to contractors and seasonal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/23-weeks-baby-abortion/
title: Was a Baby Born Alive at 23 Weeks 'Thrown in the Trash'?
review_date: 2019-09-30T09:50:43Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2006, an abortion-clinic owner cut the umbilical cord of a baby born alive before "throwing" her in a biohazard bag and putting her remains in "the trash."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-brady-disney-world/
title: Does Tom Brady Hold Record for Getting Paid To Say 'I'm Going to Disney World'?
review_date: 2021-02-09T04:43:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
After Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7, 2021, Disney has paid Tom Brady to say a version of "I'm going to Disney World" or "I'm going to Disneyland" four times — the most of any professional athlete.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-niger-attack-worse-than-benghazi/
title: Was an Attack on United States Soldiers in Niger a Debacle 'Worse than Benghazi'?
review_date: 2017-10-21T05:20:59Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The killing of four U.S. soldiers in an October 2017 ambush by Islamic militants in Niger was far worse a debacle than the 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chemotherapy-doctor-blows-the-whistle/
title: Chemotherapy Doesn't Work, Doctor Blows the Whistle
review_date: 2016-06-27T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Hardin B. Jones recently revealed that chemotherapy doesn't work 97% of the time, and doctors only recommend it to get kickbacks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/check-from-a-stranger-for-real/
title: Is This Unexpected Check from a Stranger for Real?
review_date: 2020-04-02T10:21:01Z
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Someone you don’t know sends you a check, and then asks you to deposit it and send some of the money to another party.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-florida-bar-teachers/
title: Did Centner Academy in Florida Bar Vaccinated Teachers?
review_date: 2021-04-27T01:25:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A private school in Miami, Florida, sent a conspiracy theory-fueled email to parents saying its policy was to not employ anyone who was vaccinated for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/directv-nfl-refunds/
title: Is DIRECTV Offering NFL Subscription Refunds Over Anthem Protests?
review_date: 2017-09-27T00:56:01Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
DIRECTV is offering refunds to NFL package subscribers to express dissatisfaction over national anthem protests


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-school-district-bans-pork/
title: Did a Washington School District Ban Pork Due to a Muslim Outcry?
review_date: 2016-08-15T04:36:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Schools in Kent, Washington, have removed pork from school menus because Muslim families were offended.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-wineries-newsom/
title: Were CA Wineries Ordered to Close Indoor Operations While Newsom’s Remained Open?
review_date: 2020-12-21T05:36:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s winery in Napa County remained open in July 2020 even as he ordered other wineries and businesses to close their indoor operations around the state.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reagan-arms-surrendered-guns-marx/
title: Did Reagan Say 'Under No Pretext Should Arms Be Surrendered'?
review_date: 2020-12-01T02:43:01Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslims-california-easter-christmas/
title: Are Muslims in California Asking People Not to Decorate for Easter or Christmas Out of Respect?
review_date: 2019-03-27T09:32:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Muslims in California are asking people not to decorate for Easter or Christmas this year out of respect.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harris-defund-police-tweet/
title: No, Kamala Harris Didn't Tweet, 'We Need to Focus on Defunding the Police'
review_date: 2020-10-06T09:39:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic 2020 vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris tweeted, "We need to focus on defunding the police rather than supporting them."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swiss-army-underwear-women/
title: Is the Swiss Army Finally Going To Issue Women’s Underwear to Female Recruits?
review_date: 2021-04-04T01:00:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Beginning April 2021, the Swiss Army will issue women’s underwear to its female recruits. Prior to this, women in the army were issued men’s underwear as part of their uniforms and gear.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-marriage/
title: Are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter the Longest-Married Couple in Presidential History?
review_date: 2021-07-07T05:53:19Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter are the longest-married couple among all the presidents in U.S. history.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nra-gun-violence-kids/
title: Did NRA Display a Billboard Saying 'F*** Your Kids'?
review_date: 2023-05-09T11:37:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2023, the National Rifle Association (NRA) put up a real billboard with a sign reading "FUCK YOUR KIDS."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jamie-oliver-mcdonalds-burgers/
title: Did Jamie Oliver Prove McDonald's Burgers Are Unfit for Human Consumption?
review_date: 2018-01-22T07:09:00Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver proved that the meat in McDonald's hamburgers is "unfit for human consumption" due to the use of beef trimmings treated with bacteria-killing ammonium hydroxide.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-hitler-time-magazine/
title: No, Putin Was Not Compared to Hitler on the Cover of Time Magazine
review_date: 2022-02-28T06:26:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Time magazine compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler on the cover of the March 14 / March 21, 2022, issue.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-vietnam-desert-storm/
title: Did Trump Say Operation Desert Storm Took Place in Vietnam?
review_date: 2020-07-05T04:34:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During an Independence Day speech, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Operation Desert Storm took place in Vietnam.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-texas-mosque-refuse-help-harvey-survivors/
title: Did a Texas Mosque Refuse to Help Hurricane Harvey Survivors?
review_date: 2017-09-04T06:27:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Members of a Houston mosque barricaded themselves inside and refused to help people evacuating Hurricane Harvey.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ocasio-cortez-capitalism-quote/
review_date: 2018-12-13T11:56:41Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Newly elected Democratic Party Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "'Under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it's just the opposite.'"

title:
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say 'Under Capitalism, Man Oppresses Man. Under Socialism, It's Just the Opposite'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maureen-dowd-election-therapy/
title: Maureen Dowd's 'Election Therapy' Column
review_date: 2016-12-09T10:10:32Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York Times columnist hailed the election of Donald Trump as a "complete repudiation of Barack Obama."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dog-the-bounty-hunter-dead/
title: No, 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Is Not Dead
review_date: 2019-11-29T03:13:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In November 2019, Duane Chapman, known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter," died either by suicide or from a pulmonary embolism.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/request-death-certificate-for-myself/
title: Does County in NC Give Option To Request Death Certificate for 'Myself'?
review_date: 2022-05-24T02:15:33Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online death certificate request portal for Mecklenburg County in North Carolina includes a button allowing the requester to select "myself" as the deceased.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jessica-leeds-phone-number-tied-to-clinton-foundation/
title: Is Jessica Leeds' Phone Number Tied to the Clinton Foundation?
review_date: 2016-10-14T03:05:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The phone number of a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually aggressive behavior matches that of a Clinton Foundation staffer.


title: Did the House Pass a Bill Letting Government Contractors Fire LGBT People?
review_date: 2016-11-21T03:12:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The House passed a bill that allows government contractors to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/house-passes-bill-letting-government-contractors-fire-lgbt-people/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-admits-98-million-got-cancer-polio-vaccine/
title: Did the CDC 'Admit' 98 Million Americans Were Given a 'Cancer Virus' via the Polio Shot?
review_date: 2015-10-23T23:05:05Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The CDC quietly removed pages from their web site that admitted a link between Simian Virus 40 (SV40), the polio vaccine, and cancer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/food-blank/
title: Text 'Hunger' to 35350 to Donate to Local Food Banks?
review_date: 2015-03-09T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Texting the word 'HUNGER' to 35350 will cause Sam's Club to donate the monetary equivalent of 12 meals to a local food bank.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/education-oregon/
title: Did Oregon Officials Say 'Showing Work' in Math Class Is White Supremacism?
review_date: 2021-02-22T08:36:35Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) told teachers that asking students to "show their work" in math class is a form of white supremacy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-did-not-donate-to-nambla/
title: Donald Trump Made Donations to NAMBLA?
review_date: 2016-08-09T10:12:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump won't release his tax returns because they reveal that he has donated millions of dollars to the North American Man/Boy Love Association.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/green-new-deal-recycle-urine/
title: Does the Green New Deal Proposal Include a 'Recycling Urine' Provision?
review_date: 2019-02-11T06:44:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Green New Deal legislation of 2019 includes a provision requiring men to recycle their urine to use for coffee.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aeromexico-dna-discount/
title: Is Aeroméxico Offering 'DNA Discounts' for People Traveling to Mexico?
review_date: 2019-01-21T09:42:09Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Mexican airline Aeroméxico is offering "DNA discounts" for U.S. travelers visiting the country, to be determined by how much "Mexican DNA" they contain.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/three-simple-tests-detect-stroke/
title: Three Simple Tests to Detect a Stroke
review_date: 2004-03-23T19:01:04Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Administering three simple tests will help diagnose a stroke, and pricking a stroke victim's fingers will prevent further harm from the cerebral attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frog-photobomb-nasa-launch/
title: Did a Frog 'Photobomb' a NASA Moon Probe Launch?
review_date: 2022-09-02T09:23:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A frog "photobombed" a shot of the launch of NASA's Minotaur V rocket carrying a moon probe into space in 2013.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/costco-coconut-milk/
title: Did Costco Stop Selling Chaokoh Coconut Milk Because of Exploited Monkeys?
review_date: 2020-11-02T12:45:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Costco stopped selling Chaokoh coconut milk due to the mistreatment of monkeys in producing the product.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fidel-castro-baseball/
title: Was Fidel Castro Given a Tryout by the Washington Senators?
review_date: 2003-05-21T01:18:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Future Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was once given a tryout by the Washington Senators baseball team.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/milky-way-3-musketeers-candy-bars-switched/
title: Were the Milky Way and 3 Musketeers Candy Bars Switched at Birth?
review_date: 2006-09-30T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Milky Way and 3 Musketeers candy bars were each given the wrong names when their wrappers were inadvertently switched.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buttigieg-campaign-donation/
title: Did a 'Russian-Linked Oligarch' Fund Pete Buttigieg's Presidential Campaign?
review_date: 2020-02-12T06:18:47Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Russian-linked oligarch" Len Blavatnik donated to Pete Buttigieg's 2020 U.S. presidential campaign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rihanna-satanic-pentagram-super-bowl/
title: Did Rihanna Wear a 'Satanic' Pentagram During Her Super Bowl Halftime Show?
review_date: 2023-02-13T12:04:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rihanna wore a "satanic" pentagram symbol on her costume while performing at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on Feb. 12, 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/legend-of-klee-tv/
title: The Mysterious Legend of KLEE-TV
review_date: 2000-03-07T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A broadcast by Houston's KLEE-TV was picked up in England three years after the station had gone off the air.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blm-gasoline-fire/
title: Two White Men Doused with Gasoline, Set on Fire by BLM
review_date: 2016-09-30T02:02:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Two white men were doused in gasoline and set on fire by Black Lives Matter members, and the story was "censored" by the media.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hell-endothermic-exothermic/
title: Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic?
review_date: 2000-12-01T00:03:09Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A student came up with a clever proof and pithy saying in response to an exam question about the physical properties of Hell.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-pelosi-mugshot/
title: Is This Paul Pelosi's DUI Mug Shot?
review_date: 2022-06-11T05:23:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photograph purporting to show a bruised and disheveled Paul Pelosi is an authentic police mug shot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/panera-bread-frozen/
title: Did TikTok Videos 'Expose' Frozen Food Served at Panera Bread?
review_date: 2020-12-08T07:33:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
TikTok videos show someone preparing frozen soup, chicken, and mac and cheese served at Panera Bread.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sex-robot-cooking-cleaning/
title: Will a Cooking, Cleaning Sex Robot Be Available by 2019?
review_date: 2018-02-01T01:19:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2018, technology companies revealed plans to sell a sex robot that can cook and clean by 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kidney-stones-energy-drinks/
title: Does a Photograph of Kidney Stones Show the Effect of Sodas and Energy Drinks?
review_date: 2018-06-06T08:25:43Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows kidney stones that were caused by heavy consumption of soft drinks and energy drinks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kavanaugh-disabilities-elective-surgeries/
review_date: 2018-08-15T22:52:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh argued that disabled people could be forced to have elective surgeries, including abortions.

title:
Did Brett Kavanaugh Argue That People with Disabilities Could Be Forced to Undergo Elective Surgeries, Including Abortions?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jerry-falwell-jr-president-looks/
title: Did Jerry Falwell Jr. Say We Have a President Who 'Looks Like Us?'
review_date: 2019-03-01T02:30:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jerry Falwell Jr. posted a message on Facebook celebrating that "we have a president" who "looks like us."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mosque-burn-american-flag/
title: Did a New York Mosque Burn an American Flag to Protest President Trump?
review_date: 2017-05-31T06:02:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Muslims from a New York mosque burning an American flag in protest of President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-war-hero-story/
title: Did Joe Biden Tell a False Story About a War Hero?
review_date: 2019-08-30T09:42:36Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told a "false" or "fabricated" story about a war hero while on the campaign trail.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/samsung-apple-nickels/
title: Did Samsung Pay a $1 Billion Judgment to Apple in Nickels?
review_date: 2012-08-28T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Samsung paid off a $1.05 billion judgment awarded to Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit entirely in nickels.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-road-sign-russia/
title: Does Ukrainian Road Sign Read 'Go F*ck Yourself Back to Russia'?
review_date: 2022-02-28T00:24:12Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a sign in Ukraine that reads: "Go fuck yourself," "Go fuck yourself again" and "Go fuck yourself back to Russia."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-finish-3/
title: Pick Out Your Photo, Send Back the Rest
review_date: 2007-06-04T16:09:16Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Woman who demands her photo back from her boyfriend receives a box of pictures with instructions to pick hers out and return the rest.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-rolling-to-remember/
title: Did Joe Biden End 'Rolling to Remember' Memorial Day Parade?
review_date: 2021-05-05T05:02:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden has ended a 30-year tradition on Memorial Day weekend, called Rolling to Remember, which is a motorcycle parade for veterans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mandalay-bay-guard-clinton-foundation/
title: Was the Mandalay Bay Security Guard on the Clinton Foundation Payroll?
review_date: 2017-10-19T07:13:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos worked in the Clinton Foundation's Las Vegas office before the mass shooting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-copy-and-paste-dont-share-hackers/
title: Do Facebook 'Copy and Paste, Don't Share' Posts Make Your Account Hackable?
review_date: 2017-02-14T06:02:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Publishing "copy and paste" and "don't share" status messages on Facebook leave users vulnerable to hacking.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whats-a-military-family-worth/
title: What's a Military Family Worth?
review_date: 2002-06-06T20:20:30Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Article contrasts compensation paid to families of September 11 victims with benefits paid to families of U.S. military personnel killed on active duty.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/born-basic-recall/
title: Was 'Born Basic Anti-Bac' Hand Sanitizer Recalled in the US?
review_date: 2020-08-11T22:26:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Born Basic Anti-Bac hand sanitizer was recalled in the U.S. after being found to contain methanol, a poisonous chemical.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/single-drop-seawater-magnified/
title: Is This a Single Drop of Seawater Magnified 25 Times?
review_date: 2022-04-15T04:12:06Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows microplankton and other organisms found in a single drop of seawater magnified 25 times.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mueller-resign-affair/
title: Will Robert Mueller Be Forced to Resign Over an Affair with Nancy Pelosi?
review_date: 2018-01-25T03:02:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Robert Mueller will soon be resigning due to the disclosure of his long-term affair with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi:


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-kik-messenger-app-shutting-down/
title: Is Kik Messenger App Shutting Down?
review_date: 2019-09-24T03:02:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ted Livingston, the CEO of Kik Interactive, announced in September 2019 that the Kik messaging app would be shutting down.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/malia-obama-arrested-again/
title: Was Malia Obama 'Arrested Again' Amid a Media Blackout?
review_date: 2019-06-07T09:33:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Malia Obama was arrested by campus security at Harvard for using a "white, powdery substance" in a women's restroom.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kyle-rittenhouse-adam-toledo/
title: Is This Meme About Adam Toledo and Kyle Rittenhouse Accurate?
review_date: 2021-04-27T09:22:12Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme comparing the treatment Adam Toledo received at the hands of police to that of Kyle Rittenhouse accurately lists the facts pertaining to both incidents.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/challenger-crew-alive/
title: Are the Crew of the Exploded Challenger Space Shuttle Still Alive?
review_date: 2015-05-02T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The seven astronauts supposedly killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion are quietly living out their lives in the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-racial-jungle-quote/
title: Did Joe Biden Say He Didn't Want His Kids Growing Up in a 'Racial Jungle'?
review_date: 2020-03-10T02:51:24Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden once said he didn't want his kids to grow up in a "racial jungle" in regards to desegregation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clint-eastwood-guns-quote/
title: No, Clint Eastwood Did Not Say 'The Problem Is Not Guns'
review_date: 2021-10-15T08:15:00Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Clint Eastwood said: "The problem is not guns. It's hearts without God, homes without discipline, schools without prayer, and courtrooms without justice."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disneyland-space-mountain-prank/
title: The Disneyland Space Mountain Prank Story Is Fake
review_date: 2021-07-12T12:34:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A boy and girl hopped off of Space Mountain while the ride was in motion and pretended that one of them died on the track, all as a prank on Disneyland cast members.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/which-side-of-the-fence/
title: Which Side of the Fence?
review_date: 2013-01-28T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A list of 'Which Side of the Fence?' entries distinguishing Republicans from Democrats originated with comedian Jeff Foxworthy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-controls-smartmatic-voting-machines-in-16-states/
title: Are 16 States Using Voting Machines from a 'Soros-Controlled Company'?
review_date: 2016-10-20T05:13:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Soros-controlled Smartmatic manufactures the voting machines used in 16 crucial states, and those states will be rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-display-names-campaign-donors-state-union/
title: Will President Trump Display the Names of Campaign Donors During the State of the Union?
review_date: 2018-01-29T07:21:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump offered that those who donated to his reelection could have their name displayed during a Trump campaign-run livestream of the State of the Union address


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/funny-names/
title: Have Babies Been Named After Embarrassing Medical Terms?
review_date: 2001-05-28T08:28:56Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman christened her baby with a name based on an embarrassing medical term or bodily part after overhearing one of the nurses use the word.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-fdr-amendment/
title: Did Congress Pass the 22nd Amendment in Order to 'Make Sure FDR Did Not Get Re-Elected'?
review_date: 2019-04-02T08:27:48Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. Congress passed the 22nd Amendment in order to "make sure President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not get re-elected."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/african-billionaire-million-leave/
review_date: 2016-11-11T06:08:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A South African billionaire is offering a large sum of money to African-Americans who leave the country due to Trump's election.

title:
African Billionaire Will Give $1 Million to Anyone Who Wants to Leave America If Donald Trump Is Elected President


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/balenciaga-satanic-stylist-lotta-volkova/
title: No, This Isn't a Real Photo of Balenciaga Stylist Lotta Volkova
review_date: 2022-11-29T08:58:10Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Balenciaga stylist Lotta Volkova holding two baby dolls drenched in blood-colored red paint.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hammer-scorecard-vote-counts/
title: Is There a 'Hammer and Scorecard' Operation to Manipulate Vote Counts?
review_date: 2020-11-09T07:54:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A supercomputer called "Hammer" and a software program called "Scorecard" are being used to alter vote counts in the U.S. presidential election of 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cruise-ship-pizza-warning/
title: Were Cruise Ship Passengers Warned Not to Have Sex with Pizza?
review_date: 2018-01-16T10:27:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Norwegian Cruise Line posted a message on one of their ships explaining that the open pizza bar was for consumption only and asked passengers to refrain from having sex with their lunches.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-and-trump-use-umbrellas/
title: Obama and Trump Use Umbrellas
review_date: 2016-09-23T06:46:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Donald Trump using an umbrella to keep only himself dry, while another image shows President Obama giving his umbrella to Michelle Obama to keep her dry.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-celebrity-had-a-flat-tire-in-your-town/
title: A Celebrity Had This to Say About Your Town!
review_date: 2016-04-03T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An A-list celebrity had car trouble in your town and afterwards praised the locals for being awesomely helpful.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lauren-boebert-matt-gaetz-zelenskyy/
title: Did Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz Not Join Standing Ovation for Zelenskyy’s Speech to Congress?
review_date: 2022-12-22T14:54:46Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz did not join the standing ovation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he gave a speech at the U.S. Capitol in late 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-salute-military/
title: Did Kamala Harris 'Fail' To Salute Military Officers?
review_date: 2021-03-24T02:25:51Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris "failing" or "refusing" to salute military officers while boarding Air Force Two.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tiger-woods-storms-off/
title: Did Tiger Woods 'Storm Off' in the Middle of an Interview, Then Reveal 'the Final Truth'?
review_date: 2023-08-28T16:04:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online ad or article accurately reports that Tiger Woods "stormed off" in the middle of an interview and then revealed "the final truth."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sailor-moon-cops-dirty-pigs/
title: Did 'Sailor Moon' Anime Series Call Cops 'Dirty Pigs'?
review_date: 2020-06-05T02:35:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A clip from the animated series "Sailor Moon" features the heroes calling police officers "dirty pigs," "fascists," and "class traitors."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/judge-trumps-mar-a-lago-case-rally/
title: Was the Judge Assigned to Trump’s Classified Documents Case Photographed at His Rally?
review_date: 2023-06-12T14:56:37Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was assigned to oversee the federal criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the alleged mishandling of classified documents, was photographed at a September 2022 rally hosted by Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-waving-video/
title: Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?
review_date: 2022-07-07T09:23:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shot from the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, shows a police officer waving in Trump supporters, signaling them to disregard barricades.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-plagiarize-mlk/
title: Did Kamala Harris Plagiarize Martin Luther King Jr.?
review_date: 2021-01-06T22:23:09Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an October 2020 interview, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris recounted an anecdote about her experience attending a civil rights protest as a toddler that was plagiarized from a 1965 interview with Martin Luther King Jr.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-michael-jackson-isnt-alive/
title: No, Michael Jackson Isn't Alive
review_date: 2020-12-11T02:41:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows U.S. pop singer Michael Jackson getting out of a coroner's van after being driven to the hospital upon his "death."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/high-school-prom-nazi-salute/
title: Was a Group of High Schoolers Photographed Performing a Nazi Salute?
review_date: 2018-11-12T09:27:56Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Several male students at Baraboo High School were photographed performing the Nazi "Sieg Heil" salute.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kohls-coupon-scam/
title: Kohl's $150 'Black Friday' Coupon Scam
review_date: 2018-08-17T02:20:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kohl's department stores are distributing free $150 coupons online as part of a "Black Friday" promotion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-americans-are-better-off-under-martial-law/
title: President Obama: Americans Are Better Off Under Martial Law
review_date: 2016-07-11T02:05:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During an interview with the Washington Post, President Obama stated that Americans would be better off under martial law.


text: President Trump exempted Ivanka Trump's clothing line from tariffs on Chinese imports.
title: Did President Trump Exempt His Daughter's Clothing Line from China Tariffs?
review_date: 2018-04-11T05:22:43Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-donald-trump-exempt-daughters-clothing-line-china-tariffs/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buttigieg-electric-cars-gas-prices/
review_date: 2021-11-30T04:34:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said families that buy electric vehicles (EVs) will "never have to worry about gas prices again."

title:
Yes, Pete Buttigieg Said Families Who Buy Electric Cars ‘Never Have To Worry about Gas Prices Again’


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medicare-at-age-76/
title: Medicare at Age 76
review_date: 2014-04-14T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Under Obamacare, patients 76 and older must be admitted to the hospital by their primary care physicians in order to be covered by Medicare.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/occupy-democrats-police-meme/
title: Does a Viral Meme Accurately Describe Police Treatment of White, Black Suspects?
review_date: 2021-03-22T08:40:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Occupy Democrats meme, shared widely in March 2021, accurately describes police treatment of various white and Black suspects in high-profile cases.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslim-prayer-curtain-white-house/
title: 'Muslim Prayer Curtain' in the White House?
review_date: 2010-06-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President removed red, white, and blue decor from the Oval Office and installed a 'Muslim prayer curtain' in the White House.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shein-lead/
title: Do Shein Clothes Contain Unhealthy Lead Levels?
review_date: 2022-08-18T08:34:49Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some clothes and accessories manufactured by the fast-fashion giant Shein contain unhealthy levels of lead, as of August 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emmanuel-mensahs-final-act-heroism/
title: Emmanuel Mensah’s Final Act of Heroism
review_date: 2018-01-12T08:33:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Ghanaian immigrant and United States Army private named Emmanuel Mensah died after saving multiple lives in a Bronx apartment building fire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maricopa-ballots-chicken-barn-fire/
title: No, Maricopa County Ballots Weren't Destroyed in a Chicken Farm Fire
review_date: 2021-05-19T05:14:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
November 2020 election ballots from Maricopa County, Arizona, were destroyed in a March 6, 2021, chicken barn fire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jason-momoa-maui-fundraiser/
title: Jason Momoa Accuses Oprah and The Rock of 'Stealing Money from the Poor' via Fundraising?
review_date: 2023-09-06T14:04:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Following the August 2023 wildfires in Maui, actor Jason Momoa accused Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson of "stealing money from the poor" via a fundraising effort intended to benefit the wildfires' victims.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-keep-voting-democrat/
title: Did Ronald Reagan Say 'Keep Voting Democrat' If You Want Freedoms Restricted?
review_date: 2020-07-20T02:27:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ronald Reagan said that people should "keep voting Democrat" if they want to have their freedoms restricted.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vampire-bats-social-distance/
title: Do Vampire Bats Practice 'Social Distancing' When Feeling Ill?
review_date: 2020-10-28T08:41:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 2020 study showed that when some vampire bats feel sick, they practice “social distancing” from group mates in their roost.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/newspaper-ad-ku-klux-klan-praise-donald-trump/
title: Did a Newspaper Ad for the Ku Klux Klan Praise Donald Trump?
review_date: 2018-04-05T07:27:37Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An ad for the Ku Klux Klan found in a 2018 newspaper praised the policies of President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iphone-sos/
title: Can You Access Emergency Services by Pressing an iPhone's Lock Button Five Times?
review_date: 2017-11-28T22:39:21Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
iPhone users can access emergency services simply by tapping the Lock button of their device five times.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-facebook-rule-tomorrow/
title: Does a 'New Facebook Rule' About Use of Photos Start Tomorrow?
review_date: 2022-06-16T04:14:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new Facebook rule starts tomorrow that allows the company to use your photos in court and also makes all of your posts and deleted messages public.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-cut-from-home-alone-2/
title: Was Donald Trump Cut from 'Home Alone 2' for Political Reasons?
review_date: 2019-12-26T06:54:17Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The CBC cut a scene featuring Donald Trump from its December 2019 broadcast of the movie "Home Alone 2" for political reasons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/autism-is-now-disclosed-as-dtap-side-effect/
title: Is Autism Now Disclosed as a DTaP Vaccine Side Effect?
review_date: 2016-03-22T07:40:36Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Autism has now been included among the known side effects of the DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, and acellular Pertussis) vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dog-howling-warn-turkey-earthquake/
title: Does Video Show Dog Howling Before Earthquake in Turkey?
review_date: 2023-02-07T17:21:01Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a dog howling in Turkey just before an earthquake struck in the region on Feb. 6, 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/orangutan-sign-help/
title: Is This Orangutan Signing for Help?
review_date: 2015-03-17T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Video shows an orangutan using sign language to ask for help in stopping the destruction of its habitat.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/microsoft-patent-chatbot-dead/
title: Did Microsoft Patent a Chatbot That Lets Users Talk to the Dead?
review_date: 2021-01-27T06:39:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A patent granted to Microsoft describes a chatbot that enables users to talk to a specific person, alive or dead, based on data gathered from the person’s social media, messages, voice recordings, images, written letters, and more.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marcel-marceau-saved-children-nazis/
title: Did Marcel Marceau Save Hundreds of Jewish Children From Nazis?
review_date: 2018-01-29T08:00:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The world-famous mime artist Marcel Marceau worked with the French underground as a teenager and help save many Jewish children from death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cpac-stage-nazi-symbol/
title: Was the CPAC Stage Intentionally Shaped Like a Nazi Symbol?
review_date: 2021-02-27T02:15:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The stage at CPAC 2021 was intentionally designed to look like an early European rune, which has also been used as a Nazi symbol.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pregnant-women-people/
title: Did CDC Change 'Pregnant Women' to 'Pregnant People' in Flu Guidance?
review_date: 2022-11-03T12:15:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mentions of the phrase "pregnant women" were changed to "pregnant people" on a page about flu guidance on the CDC website.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paypal-1000-gift-card/
title: Is Paypal Giving Away $1,000 Gift Card Rewards by Email?
review_date: 2022-02-23T08:31:41Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An email that says you have been selected to receive a pricey Paypal gift card or "exclusive reward" is legit.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rubber-band-door-knob/
title: Should Rubber Bands Be Wrapped on Doorknobs 'Tonight'?
review_date: 2021-04-17T01:00:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online advertisement urging readers to "wrap a rubber band around your door lock tonight" revealed a critical safety tip.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-worst-critics-remain-twitter/
title: Did Elon Musk Once Say He Hoped Even His ‘Worst Critics’ Remain on Twitter?
review_date: 2022-12-16T10:06:02Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
On April 25, 2022, Elon Musk tweeted: “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stickers-pipe-bomber-van-changed/
title: Did the Stickers on the Pipe-Bombing Suspect's Van Inexplicably Change After His Arrest?
review_date: 2018-11-06T11:24:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Photographs and video of pipe-bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc's van taken during and after its confiscation by the FBI reveal that some of the political stickers on its windows mysteriously changed in the process.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-tweet-tracking-chips-jan-6-rioters/
title: Did Bill Gates Tweet About Putting 'Tracking Chips' in MAGA Flags To Find Jan. 6 Rioters?
review_date: 2023-08-11T09:53:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A screenshot authentically shows that on Jan. 23, 2021, Bill Gates’ Twitter account posted, “The tracking chip was in the MAGA flags. That’s [sic] how we have been rounding up the 6th Protesters so quickly.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-strait-sexual-harassment/
title: Did a Woman Accuse Country Music Star George Strait of Stalking and Sexual Harassment?
review_date: 2018-09-27T03:33:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman accused musician George Strait of stalking and sexually harassing her when they were in grade school.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-healthcare-lesley-stahl/
title: Did the White House Give Lesley Stahl a Blank Book of Trump's Healthcare Accomplishments?
review_date: 2020-10-23T03:50:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2020, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany gave "60 Minutes" reporter Lesley Stahl a large book of U.S. President Donald Trump's healthcare accomplishments, which was blank.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/death-penalty/
title: Death May Not Be Proud, But It Is Honest
review_date: 2008-08-20T03:08:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A daughter expressed her not-so-warm feelings about her deceased mother by running a scathing and caustic obituary.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charles-automatically-becomes-queen/
title: Did TV News Chyron Say Prince Charles 'Automatically Becomes Queen'?
review_date: 2022-09-09T06:24:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The chyron text displayed during a TV news report on the death of Queen Elizabeth II said, "Queen's eldest son, Charles automatically becomes queen."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/army-style-muslim-migrants-marching-to-fight-in-germany/
title: 'Army-Style Muslim Migrants' Marching to Fight in Germany?
review_date: 2016-11-30T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows an "army-style Muslim migrants" marching in Germany to show their "willingness to fight."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/google-maps-update-fastest-route/
title: Will Google Maps Stop Showing Fastest Routes by Default?
review_date: 2021-04-22T03:17:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A planned update for Google Maps will change the app to no longer show the fastest routes by default.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-detecting-microchip/
title: Did US Government Develop Implantable COVID-Detecting Microchip?
review_date: 2021-04-15T06:12:54Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. government developed a microchip that can be implanted in the human body to detect COVID-19 infection.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-sharpie-notes/
title: Did Trump Use Notes To Self in Sharpie Pen That Said 'I Want Nothing'?
review_date: 2019-11-22T08:15:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In talking to journalists, U.S. President Donald Trump used some notes to himself written in Sharpie pen that said, in part, "I want nothing."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-trump-medical-records/
title: Did Pelosi Demand Doctor Hand Over Trump’s Medical Records?
review_date: 2019-11-27T09:26:16Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi demanded that President Donald Trump's physician turn over all of his medical records to Congress.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/evangelical-trump-gay/
title: Did an Evangelical Leader Say Trump Opposers Might be Punished With a Gay Child?
review_date: 2017-04-07T05:59:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Evangelical leader Kenneth Copeland said opponents of President Trump could be "punished" with gay children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kuwait-moves-event-four-seasons-trump-hotel/
title: Kuwait Moves Event from Four Seasons to Trump Hotel
review_date: 2016-12-21T05:16:38Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Officials from Kuwait canceled a event planned for the Four Seasons in order to book it at a Trump property due to "political pressure."


text: Furman University changed the name of its mascot to avoid a vulgar acronym.
url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-knight-before/
review_date: 2008-11-18T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
title:
'Furman University Christian Knights': Did the SC School Change Its Mascot To Avoid a Vulgar Acronym?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/susan-b-anthony-beaten-photo/
title: Is This a Photograph of Susan B. Anthony Being Beaten on the Street?
review_date: 2018-10-21T04:06:04Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony being attacked during a protest in 1872.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alton-sterling-killed-trump-supporter-robert-kinnison/
title: Alton Sterling Killed by Trump Supporter Robert Kinnison
review_date: 2016-07-06T04:45:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Louisiana police officer (and Donald Trump supporter) Robert Kinnison.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disneys-motherless-films/
title: Why Did So Many of Walt Disney's Animated Films Have Motherless Characters?
review_date: 2008-11-04T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Maternal figures were typically absent in Walt Disney's animated films because he felt responsible for his own mother's death.


text: A town in Belgium was forced to remove a nativity scene to avoid offending four Muslim residents.
title: Did a Belgian Town Remove Nativity Scene to Appease Four Muslim Residents?
review_date: 2016-12-20T05:12:25Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/belgian-town-removes-nativity-scene-appease-four-muslim-residents/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chicago-police-tweet-derek-chauvin/
title: Did Chicago Police Tweet 'We Are All Derek Chauvin'?
review_date: 2021-04-24T03:31:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chicago Police’s official Twitter account tweeted, “We are all Derek Chauvin,” alongside a picture of the former officer in the courtroom where he was convicted on April 20, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-casting-call/
title: Donald Trump Isn't Hiring a Latina Actress to Play His Assistant
review_date: 2016-03-08T01:35:36Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A casting call for a Latina actress to play a "Donald Trump Executive Assistant Supporter" was posted by the republican presidential candidate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/television-newspaper-1934-cartoon/
title: Did a 1934 'Television Newspaper' Cartoon Predict Internet News?
review_date: 2021-06-14T01:12:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In 1934, a newspaper cartoon imagined online news consumption with a cartoon entitled "Television Newspaper."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fire-and-rain/
title: The Meaning of 'Fire and Rain'
review_date: 2000-12-17T14:11:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The lyrics of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" chronicle his reaction to the death of his girlfriend in a plane crash.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/temple-of-baal-in-new-york-city/
title: Temple of Baal in New York City
review_date: 2016-03-29T05:37:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Temple of Baal is being rebuilt in New York and London as an operable house of worship, with more such temples to follow.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ghost-car-commercial/
title: Does a Never-Aired 'Ghost Car' Commercial Depict an Unexplained Supernatural Event?
review_date: 2017-09-13T08:31:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The makers of a television commercial for a car company were so "freaked out" by an apparent "ghostly" apparition in the raw footage that the ad was never released.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rice-krispies-pop-trans-cnn/
title: No, Rice Krispies Did Not Announce 'Pop Is Now a Trans Woman'
review_date: 2022-05-24T06:58:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2022, CNN reported that Kellogg's had announced the Rice Krispies mascot Pop "is now a trans woman."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-biological-father-lawsuit/
title: Obamas Being Sued by Malia and Sasha’s Biological Father?
review_date: 2017-03-13T03:35:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ezekiel Wilekenmeyer Williams, the biological father of Malia and Sasha Obama, has filed a lawsuit against Barack and Michelle Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/islamic-terror-mass-shootings/
title: Islamic Terror Versus Mass Shootings Meme
review_date: 2016-02-25T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme's map depicts mass shootings since Sandy Hook, not acts of Islamic terrorism in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-squad-dresses/
title: No, 'The Squad' Didn't Pose Wearing Swastika Dresses
review_date: 2021-01-13T03:27:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. legislators who are members of "the Squad" posed for a picture wearing swastika dresses in January 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-w-bush-guantanamo-bay/
title: No, George W. Bush Was Not Hanged at Guantanamo Bay
review_date: 2022-01-22T01:00:00Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2022, U.S. military officials executed former President George W. Bush at Guantanamo Bay.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vegan-food-unsold/
title: Are These Vegan Foods Left Unsold During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-03-17T08:38:48Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows store shelves stripped of all foodstuffs except for vegan products during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jfk-jr-trump-unstoppable/
title: Did JFK Jr. Write in 1999 That Trump 'Would Be an Unstoppable Force for Ultimate Justice'?
review_date: 2018-07-22T20:44:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
John F. Kennedy, Jr. wrote in 1999 that Donald Trump would be "would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/72-hour-challenge/
title: 72-Hour Challenge
review_date: 2015-06-18T08:47:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Teenagers are daring one another to a 72-hour challenge (or "Game of 72"), during which they disappear for several days.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doe-money-ronald-pelosi/
title: Did the Department of Energy Spend $737 Million to Benefit Ronald Pelosi?
review_date: 2011-12-11T12:15:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Department of Energy spent $737 million on SolarReserve to create 45 jobs and benefit Ron Pelosi.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goalkeeper-lost-in-fog/
title: Is This Soccer Goalkeeper 'Lost in the Fog'?
review_date: 2019-12-27T04:43:35Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a goalie who stayed on the field for 15 minutes not knowing that a soccer match had been canceled due to heavy fog.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bruce-springsteen-bathroom-law/
title: Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over 'Bathroom Law'
review_date: 2016-04-08T09:12:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bruce Springsteen cancelled a show in Greensboro, North Carolina, over the state's so-called 'bathroom law.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/canada-driver-fine-passenger-phone/
title: Can Drivers in Canada Be Fined $1,500 If a Passenger Uses a Cellphone?
review_date: 2020-08-05T05:32:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of July 2020, a new law in Canada meant motorists could be convicted and fined $1,500 if one of their passengers used a cellphone.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/illinois-goodwill-disabled-staff/
title: Did an Illinois Goodwill Fire Its Disabled Workers?
review_date: 2019-08-13T07:32:34Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the summer of 2019, the Land of Lincoln Goodwill organization ended the paid employment of disabled workers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blue-check-homes/
title: Can You Get a 'Verified Badge Crest' on Your Bay Area Home?
review_date: 2021-01-31T03:36:23Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Crests featuring a blue verification check mark are available for homes in the Bay Area that contain an influencer, public figure, or brand representative.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-golding-on-women/
title: Did Author William Golding Say That 'Women Are Far Superior' to Men?
review_date: 2016-05-25T03:11:16Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lord of the Flies author William Golding once said that women are "far superior [to men] and always have been."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-fly-zone-wdw/
title: Is There a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Walt Disney World?
review_date: 2021-04-04T05:02:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Airplanes are restricted from flying over Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, under a “no-fly” restriction issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-trump-dorian-map-sharpie/
title: Did Trump Display an Altered Hurricane Dorian Map Showing Alabama in Its Path?
review_date: 2019-09-04T08:02:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump displayed an altered graphic purporting to show Hurricane Dorian potentially hitting Alabama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cut-to-the-encore/
title: Aerosmith's Memory Problems
review_date: 2010-08-12T00:40:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Aerosmith once decided to play their set list in reverse, then opened a concert with their encore and mistakenly walked off the stage.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-warehouse/
title: Was a COVID-19 Vaccine Warehouse Set on Fire in Italy?
review_date: 2021-12-20T05:45:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A warehouse holding COVID-19 vaccine supplies was set on fire in Italy in protest of vaccine mandates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/queen-elizabeth-praised-trump/
title: Did the Queen Call President Trump an 'Amazing Person' with a 'Good Heart'?
review_date: 2019-06-07T02:29:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Queen Elizabeth II called U.S. President Donald Trump an "amazing person" with a "good heart" in a controversially suppressed interview in June 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/colin-kaepernick-2018-person-of-the-year/
title: Is Colin Kaepernick on the Cover of Time Magazine as the 2018 'Person of the Year?'
review_date: 2018-08-24T16:04:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a 'Time' cover featuring Colin Kaepernick as the magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/euthanasia-cruises/
title: Does a Florida Company Offer 'Euthanasia Cruises'?
review_date: 2006-05-27T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Florida company offers "euthanasia cruises" on which terminally ill and suicidal passengers end their lives by jumping overboard.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stanford-founding/
title: The Founding of Stanford University
review_date: 2000-03-14T21:33:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford decided to found their own university after being rebuffed by Harvard's president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barbara-boxer-gave-bernie-sanders-supporters-the-finger/
title: Barbara Boxer Gave Bernie Sanders Supporters the Finger?
review_date: 2016-05-23T03:16:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sen. Barbara Boxer flipped off supporters of Bernie Sanders off before claiming she "feared for her life" and exiting the stage at a Nevada convention, and a photo of the event has been censored by social media.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-military-disneyland/
title: Does Russia Have a 'Military Disneyland' Theme Park?
review_date: 2021-01-31T04:08:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Russia has a "Military Disneyland" theme park aimed at inspiring young people to do "military-patriotic" work.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oakland-shortstop-nra-shirt/
title: Did an Oakland A's Shortstop Wear a Shirt Reading 'Kill the NRA'?
review_date: 2018-05-10T04:44:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Oakland A's shortstop laid on his back during the playing of the national anthem, while wearing a shirt reading "Kill the NRA."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/comcasts-car-crash/
title: Comcast's Car Crash
review_date: 2016-12-15T11:40:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Indiana man filmed Comcast Xfinity repairmen causing automobile accidents, then refusing to take responsibility.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irish-times-fintan-otoole/
title: Did an Irish Times Column Express 'Pity' for the US?
review_date: 2020-04-28T09:44:51Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The Irish Times newspaper published a column by Fintan O’Toole expressing "pity" for the United States over U.S. President Donald Trump's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/indianapolis-area-code/
title: Is Indianapolis' Area Code a Tribute to the Survivors of a Naval Tragedy?
review_date: 2018-12-06T12:08:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The city of Indianapolis was assigned the 317 area code as a tribute to the number of survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joan-crawford-7-inches-orange-juice/
title: Did Joan Crawford 'Enjoy 7 Inches (of Orange Juice) Every Morning'?
review_date: 2022-05-04T02:07:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A vintage ad for orange juice from the 1970s featured the slogan from actress Joan Crawford, "I enjoy seven inches every morning."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hal-lundgren-letter-lebron-james/
title: Did Hal Lundgren Write an Open Letter to Lebron James?
review_date: 2018-12-03T03:32:52Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Freelance reporter Hal Lundgren wrote a letter to Lebron James criticizing the NBA star for comments he made about President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dr-oz-keto-weight-loss-gummies/
title: Did Dr. Oz Endorse Keto Weight Loss Gummies?
review_date: 2023-05-30T08:16:15Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A social media post or website reports that Dr. Mehmet Oz endorsed CBD or keto gummies and once called them the "holy grail" of weight loss.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/4th-grade-science-quiz/
title: Is This a Real 4th Grade Science Quiz?
review_date: 2013-04-26T06:57:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a fourth-grade science quiz about 'Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel' from a South Carolina school.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harlan-ellison/
title: Harlan Ellison and Disney
review_date: 1996-08-05T20:03:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During his first day as a writer for Disney Studios, Harlan Ellison was fired for jokingly suggesting a "porn Disney flick" be made.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-purge-slogan/
title: Was Donald Trump's Proposed Re-Election Slogan Used for a 'Purge' Film?
review_date: 2017-01-20T04:32:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Donald Trump's proposed 2020 re-election campaign slogan ("Keep America Great") was used in a 'Purge' film.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-wayne-native-americans/
title: Did John Wayne Say Native Americans 'Selfishly' Tried to Keep Their Land?
review_date: 2015-05-02T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
John Wayne once said that the taking of land from Native Americans was justifiable because they were 'selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-feminists-complaining-telepathic-rape/
title: Are Feminists Complaining About 'Telepathic Rape'?
review_date: 2018-01-16T04:56:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A feminist wrote in an op-ed that men commit "telepathic rape" by masturbating to women they don't know.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-republicans-bill-tax-cuts/
title: Do Texas Republicans Want To Give Tax Cuts to Straight Couples?
review_date: 2023-03-03T15:18:04Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In February 2023, Texas Republicans introduced a state bill that would give tax credits to straight couples who have children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-bull-hong-kong-stand/
title: Did Red Bull Stand With Hong Kong Protesters in New Ad?
review_date: 2019-10-15T08:11:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Red Bull released an advertisement in October 2019 in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/electric-car-warehouse-fire/
title: Did an Electric Car Fire at a US Warehouse Destroy Dozens of Cars?
review_date: 2023-05-25T14:37:25Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2023, an electric car battery caught fire and caused a large fire at a U.S. warehouse full of electric cars.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goldberg-rapinoe-leave-america/
title: Whoopi Goldberg To Leave America with Megan Rapinoe: 'We Get No Respect Here'?
review_date: 2023-09-06T14:46:01Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg and U.S. women's national team soccer player Megan Rapinoe said they're leaving America.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslim-funds-synagogue-victims/
title: Did Muslim Groups Raise More than $190,000 for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims?
review_date: 2018-11-01T10:00:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
American Muslim groups raised more than $190,000 to benefit victims of the mass shooting attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-watches-gorilla-channel/
title: Did Trump Watch 'The Gorilla Channel' in the White House?
review_date: 2018-01-05T05:51:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michael Wolff wrote in his book "Fire and Fury" that White House aides created a fake "Gorilla Channel" to placate President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-you-a-cop/
title: Are You a Cop?
review_date: 1998-03-12T11:44:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Prostitutes can safely challenge johns with the question "Are you a cop?" because law enforcement officers must answer truthfully.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/butterball-ground-turkey-recall/
title: RECALL: Butterball Recalls More Than 14,000 Pounds of Ground Turkey
review_date: 2021-10-14T04:19:00Z
textual_rating: Recall
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In mid-October 2021, Butterball recalled approximately 14,107 pounds of potentially contaminated ground turkey produced on Sept. 28.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rosa-parks-clarence-thomas/
title: Did Rosa Parks Say Thomas' Confirmation Would Be ‘U-Turn’ on Road to Racial Progress?
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Rosa Parks said of the Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas in 1991: "His confirmation to the highest court in the land would not represent a step forward in the road to racial progress but a U-turn on that road ... His statements on Brown v. Board of Education case and even on the Roe v. Wade to me indicate that he wants to push the clock back…”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bruce-mccandless-space/
title: Did Bruce McCandless II Float Untethered in Space Over a Mountain Range?
review_date: 2022-01-13T06:24:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A photograph shows astronaut Bruce McCandless II floating untethered in space over a mountain range.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-ratings-plunge/
title: Is CNN Permanently Closing Their Doors After a Ratings Plunge of 30 Percent?
review_date: 2018-05-21T09:24:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Due to a year-over-year decline in overall viewership during the second week of May 2018, CNN is on the verge of permanently closing its doors.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/85-babies-covid-texas-county/
title: Did 85 Babies Under Age 1 Test Positive for COVID-19 in Single Texas County?
review_date: 2020-07-21T09:43:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of July 17, 2020, Nueces County in Texas had seen 85 positive COVID-19 tests among children aged under 1 year.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nike-shoes-boycott-burn/
title: Did a Man Injure Himself by Setting the Nike Shoes He Was Wearing on Fire?
review_date: 2018-09-04T04:34:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph captured the injuries a man received when he set fire to the Nike shoes he was wearing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bottle-it/
title: Did a Stranger Sell Coca-Cola the Idea to Bottle Their Drink?
review_date: 2005-10-10T10:03:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Coca-Cola came to be bottled when a stranger sold a remarkable two-word idea to the company: "Bottle it."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barbara-bush-astrodome-quote/
title: Did Barbara Bush Say Living in the Astrodome Was 'Working Very Well' for Hurricane Refugees?
review_date: 2005-09-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former first lady Barbara Bush said that Hurricane Katrina refugees being housed in the Houston Astrodome were "underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-zelenskyy-and-soros-cousins/
title: Are Zelenskyy and Soros Cousins?
review_date: 2022-04-11T01:21:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Pentagon official said that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a cousin of billionaire investor George Soros.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-cruise-stunt-doubles/
title: Is This a Real Image of Tom Cruise's Stunt Doubles?
review_date: 2023-06-09T12:36:15Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph that went viral in June 2023 authentically showed Tom Cruise's stunt doubles posing together.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-floyd-judge-judy/
title: Did George Floyd Appear on 'Judge Judy'?
review_date: 2020-07-15T02:12:37Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died in police custody in May 2020, appeared on "Judge Judy" as a teenager.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cola-increases/
title: Is Congress Voting Against Social Security COLA Increases?
review_date: 2009-09-23T19:02:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congress will not allow Social Security recipients to get a COLA increase, while Obamacare raises the cost of Medicare premiums.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/penny-marshall-donate-estate-trump/
title: Did Penny Marshall Donate Her Estate to Trump's 2020 Election Campaign?
review_date: 2018-12-18T10:27:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The late Penny Marshall donated her entire estate to President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maryland-billboard-guns-trump-impeachment/
title: Did Maryland 'Deplorables' Erect a Billboard Warning About Attempts to Impeach Donald Trump?
review_date: 2018-05-07T03:20:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A sign in Calvert County, Maryland was erected in May 2018, warning "liberals" to arm themselves in the event of attempts to impeach President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steven-hildreth-traffic-stop/
title: Steven Hildreth Jr.'s Traffic Stop
review_date: 2016-07-08T10:46:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Steven Hildreth Jr. was stopped by police officers for a broken headlight, but was let go with a verbal warning.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pronghorn-antelope-saturn/
title: Can Pronghorn Antelope See the Rings of Saturn?
review_date: 2021-11-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pronghorn antelope have 10x (10 power, or 10 times magnified) vision, which means that on a clear night, they can see the rings of Saturn.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/japan-ad-stop-zelenskyy/
title: Is This an Authentic Ad in Japan Reading, 'Stop Zelenskyy, Stop War'?
review_date: 2023-07-31T13:18:46Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video that went viral in July 2023 authentically depicted an ad in Japan that read "Stop Zelenskyy, Stop War."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-jersey-gun-confiscation/
title: Is New Jersey Conducting Door-to-Door Gun Confiscations?
review_date: 2018-12-28T06:19:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The state of New Jersey is currently conducting, or plans to conduct, house-to-house confiscations of banned high-capacity gun magazines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/house-fire-virginia/
title: Did Protesters Set Fire to a Building with a Child Inside?
review_date: 2020-06-04T02:26:23Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd intentionally set fire to a home with a child inside and blocked firefighters from responding.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-blake-shelton-didnt-cancel-30m-project-with-cmt/
title: No, Blake Shelton Didn't Cancel $30M Project with CMT To Show Support for Jason Aldean
review_date: 2023-07-22T09:26:30Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Blake Shelton announced he was backing out of a $30 million project with CMT to show support for Jason Aldean, whose music video was pulled from the network.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nra-letter-wisconsin-judges/
title: Did the NRA Ask Judicial Candidates for 'Position Letters' on Guns?
review_date: 2018-02-22T03:17:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The NRA sent Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates a letter urging them to submit a "position statement" on gun rights, or risk opposition from NRA members in the state.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johnson-johnson-recall-sunscreen/
title: RECALL: Johnson & Johnson Recalls 5 Sunscreen Products Over Benzene
review_date: 2021-07-15T01:23:47Z
textual_rating: Recall
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2021, Johnson & Johnson issued a voluntary recall of five sunscreen products after samples were found to contain very low levels of benzene.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/british-accredited-registry-bar/
title: Does the 'Bar' in 'Bar Exam' Denote a Secret Lawyers' Conspiracy?
review_date: 2018-01-23T02:53:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the United States, the lawyers' "bar" stands for "British Accredited Registry" and is part of a property-grabbing conspiracy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-autism-1-8-billion/
title: Did Donald Trump Sign a $1.8 Billion Autism-Services Bill?
review_date: 2019-10-04T05:01:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that provides $1.8 billion in funding for autism research and services.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reeses-terminating-hersheys/
title: Is Reese's Terminating Relationship With Hershey's Chocolate Due To ‘Wokeness’?
review_date: 2023-04-18T17:01:07Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Reese's peanut butter cup confectioner was terminating its relationship with Hershey's in spring 2023 due to the chocolate maker's "wokeness."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-microsoft-chip/
title: Did Pfizer Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Upgrade That Includes Microsoft Chip?
review_date: 2021-04-11T01:06:51Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2021, Pfizer announced that it planned to integrate Microsoft’s Pluton processor chip into an upgraded COVID-19 vaccine in order to “reduce symptoms associated with the vaccine.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dogs-hot-car-police-message/
title: Did Police Give Instructions for Citizens Rescuing Dogs from Hot Cars?
review_date: 2016-08-03T03:16:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police have officially approved a series of steps you can take to avoid criminal charges when breaking a window to save a dog or baby from a hot car.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kroger-change-overcharge-coin/
title: Did Kroger Supermarkets Overcharge Customers Due to a Coin Shortage?
review_date: 2020-07-23T04:24:18Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the summer of 2020, Kroger supermarkets introduced a policy of refusing to give customers cash change, as shown in an incident in Bourbonnais, Illinois.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-aldrin-reveal-the-truth-about-aliens/
title: Did Buzz Aldrin 'Reveal the Truth About Aliens' in a Lie Detector Test?
review_date: 2018-04-09T04:51:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Voice analysis of Buzz Aldrin and other former astronauts revealed the existence of extraterrestrials.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-executive-order-dictator/
title: No, Biden Didn't Say 'You Can’t Legislate by Executive Order Unless You're a Dictator'
review_date: 2021-01-29T02:55:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
When he was still a candidate for the presidency in October 2020, U.S. President Joe Biden said, “You can’t legislate by executive order unless you’re a dictator.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-psychological-profile/
title: Is This an Excerpt from Hitler's Psychological Profile?
review_date: 2020-08-25T08:25:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme reproduces a portion of a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler commissioned by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/police-escort-proud-boys/
title: Did Police in NC 'Escort' Proud Boys to LGBTQ Library Event?
review_date: 2022-06-23T07:18:08Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2022, deputies from the New Hanover Sheriff's Office "escorted" far-right Proud Boys protesters towards an LGBTQ Pride event for children at a library in Wilmington, North Carolina.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/united-way-covid-relief/
title: Does This Phone Number Connect with United Way's COVID-19 Relief Fund?
review_date: 2020-03-19T12:01:27Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The phone number 1-866-211-9966 connects callers with the United Way's COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/human-creamains-ocean-reef/
title: Will a Company Turn Human ‘Cremains’ into Artificial Ocean Reef?
review_date: 2021-06-13T04:47:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A company named Eternal Reefs will incorporate human remains into an environmentally safe cement mixture designed to create artificial marine reef formations.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/health-concerns/
title: Barack Obama on Veterans' Health Insurance
review_date: 2009-04-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Statement reproduces President Obama's response regarding opposition to his veterans' health insurance plan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/incurable-mexican-blood-flu/
title: Is an Incurable “Mexican Blood Flu” Creating a Health Crisis at the Southern Border?
review_date: 2019-05-17T04:45:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A form of tuberculosis dubbed “Mexican blood flu” is being brought into the U.S. by immigrants crossing the Southern border.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-nixon-attack-the-presss/
title: Did Trump and Nixon Say They Attack Journalists to Destroy Their Credibility?
review_date: 2019-11-19T01:30:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Richard Nixon both said that their attacks on journalists were designed to destroy the credibility of news stories.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quantum-blockchain-watermark-vote/
title: Did Mail-in Ballots Secretly Contain Quantum Blockchain Watermarks?
review_date: 2020-11-12T08:42:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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As part of a sting operation to prevent voter fraud, the government added either a "QFS watermark" or a "quantum blockchain watermark" to mail-in ballots that will one day reveal U.S. President Donald Trump as the true winner of the 2020 presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-exchange-belgorod/
title: Did Zelenskyy Say He Would 'Exchange' Belgorod for NATO Membership?
review_date: 2023-08-22T15:16:42Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said that "we are ready to exchange Belgorod for Ukraine's membership in NATO."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sony-patent-mcdonalds/
title: Does a Sony Patent Propose Viewers Skip Commercials by Yelling Brand Names at TV?
review_date: 2023-01-16T15:46:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sony owns a patent for an interactive commercial system that allows viewers to skip commercials by yelling the brand name of the advertiser at their television or monitor.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-blue-balls-a-real-thing/
title: Are 'Blue Balls' a Real Thing?
review_date: 2017-03-15T10:08:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Prolonged sexual arousal in men without an ejaculation can cause pain, a condition colloquially referred to as "blue balls".


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/morgan-freeman-age-doesnt-define-maturity/
title: Did Morgan Freeman Say, 'Your Age Doesn't Define Your Maturity'?
review_date: 2023-01-02T11:31:51Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Morgan Freeman said, "Your age doesn't define your maturity, your grades don't define your intelligence, and rumors don't define who you are."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/school-shooting-military-deaths/
title: Which Has Killed More People in 2018: School Shootings or Military Service?
review_date: 2018-05-22T02:21:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
So far in 2018, the number of U.S. students killed in school shootings is greater than the number of U.S. military personnel who have been killed on active duty.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/indiana-abortion-reporting/
title: Did Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Sign a Law Mandating Women Disclose Abortions or Face Jail Time?
review_date: 2018-03-28T08:43:03Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb passed a law that will lead to jail time for women who fail to disclose abortions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/last-words/
title: Last Words: Teen Killed in Drunk Driving Accident
review_date: 2012-01-03T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A photograph shows a girl killed in a drunk-driving accident, with accompanying text recording her last words.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denzel-washington-meryl-streep/
title: Did Denzel Washington Criticize Meryl Streep?
review_date: 2017-01-11T04:15:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Denzel Washington criticized Meryl Streep for making a political speech during the 2017 Golden Globes award ceremony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-jr-taliban-facebook/
title: Did Don Trump Jr. Say Taliban Spokesman Not 'Wrong' About Facebook Censorship?
review_date: 2021-08-19T02:39:12Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Aug. 17, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted that a Taliban spokesman was "not wrong" when the spokesman suggested a question about free speech in Afghanistan should instead be put to Facebook because of its own censorship.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bird-foot-exam/
title: The Tale of the Bird Foot Exam
review_date: 2001-02-10T22:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A student who was dissatisfied with her visual biology exam showed up her professor by responding with a zinger and a visual of her own.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/terminator-2-commentary-policing/
title: Was 'Terminator 2' Villain Created as a Commentary on Policing?
review_date: 2020-06-19T03:17:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Film director James Cameron said that he chose a cop for the villain of "Terminator 2" in part because "cops think of all non-cops as less than they are."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/northern-lights-seen-space/
title: Are These the Northern Lights Seen From Space?
review_date: 2018-03-28T13:08:59Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral item gives a genuine glimpse of the aurora borealis (or aurora australis) from far above the planet.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-guard-biden-motorcade/
title: Did National Guard Turn Their Backs on Biden's Motorcade?
review_date: 2021-01-21T02:31:01Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows members of the National Guard turning their backs on U.S. President Joe Biden's motorcade.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-hair-salon/
title: Did Pelosi Visit Hair Salon Closed Due to COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-09-03T04:09:02Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In August 2020, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a hair appointment at a salon in San Francisco — at a time when hair salons were forbidden to operate in the city due to COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cbs-latinos-trump-biden/
title: Was CBS 'Caught' Passing Off 'Latinos for Trump' as Biden Supporters?
review_date: 2020-09-17T01:15:40Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In September 2020, CBS Evening News dishonestly presented a group of "Latinos for Trump" as Biden supporters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grade-school-teacher-fart-during-zoom-class/
title: Did a Grade School Teacher Fart During a Zoom Class?
review_date: 2022-12-27T16:04:33Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A grade school teacher in the U.S. audibly passed gas while conducting a class during a Zoom video call with students.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/megawoosh-water-slide/
title: Megawoosh Water Slide
review_date: 2009-08-12T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A video clip shows a man shooting down a waterslide, flying off a ramp, and landing in a small wading pool far away.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-ron-burgundy/
title: Did Biden Have a 'Ron Burgundy' Moment?
review_date: 2021-11-24T00:21:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden had a "Ron Burgundy" moment when he carelessly read something he wasn't supposed to say off a teleprompter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/old-news-clippings-1921/
title: Do These 1920s News Clippings Resemble 2020 Talk?
review_date: 2020-12-29T08:39:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
News clippings from the 1920s referenced "safe kisses" in a flu pandemic and mused that "Perhaps 1921 will start more happily."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/loretta-lynch-pleads-fifth-over-iran-payment/
title: Loretta Lynch Pleads Fifth Over Iran Payment
review_date: 2016-10-31T01:41:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Attorney General Loretta Lynch invoked her Fifth Amendment protection not to incriminate herself over the Obama administration's transfer of money to Iran.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arminas-pileckas-murder/
title: Was Arminas Pileckas Murdered for Protecting a Swedish Girl from Harassment by an Immigrant?
review_date: 2019-01-31T03:31:35Z
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Arminas Pileckas was murdered because he was trying to protect a Swedish girl from sexual harassment by a Syrian refugee.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drag-queen-library-convicted/
title: Did a Convicted Sex Offender Read to Children at a Houston Public Library?
review_date: 2019-10-07T04:16:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Albert Alfonso Garza was convicted of sexually assaulting a boy in 2006, before taking part in "Drag Queen Storytime" in a Houston public library in 2017 and 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-pose-crisis-actor-dayton/
title: Did Trump Pose with 'Crisis Actor' Emma Breier After Dayton Shooting?
review_date: 2019-08-12T05:06:10Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
Emma Breier, the daughter of an American diplomat, was used as a "crisis actor" for U.S. President Donald Trump's hospital visit after the Dayton mass shooting in August 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bringing-a-gun-to-a-knife-fight/
title: Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight
review_date: 2016-07-18T17:00:00Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama once said that if your opponents bring a (rhetorical) knife to a fight, you should bring a gun.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/true-colors-terracotta-soldiers/
title: Does This Pic Show True Colors of Terracotta Soldiers Before ‘Rapid Deterioration’?
review_date: 2021-07-04T03:00:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A photograph shared to Reddit in June 2021 showed the original, colorful state of China’s terracotta soldiers before environmental conditions rapidly deteriorated residual paint.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andys-coming/
title: Andy's Coming!
review_date: 2013-03-26T20:02:04Z
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Shouting "Andy's coming!" to Toy Story characters at Disney theme parks will cause them to stop and drop.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paramount-cut-cmt/
title: Did Paramount Say It May 'Cut' CMT After the Channel 'Lost Their Audience'?
review_date: 2023-07-28T13:07:37Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A Paramount executive said in July 2023 that Country Music Television (CMT) might be "cut" from its channel lineup, adding, "They've lost their audience."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-governors-covid-19/
title: Did Trump Say 'Hundreds' of Governors Are Calling Him Amid COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-04-22T02:16:48Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump said "hundreds" of governors are calling him amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uranium-one-vyacheslav-ivanov/
title: Was a Russian Nuclear Executive Killed in a Plane Crash to Cover Up Clinton Corruption?
review_date: 2018-02-12T08:20:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
Vyacheslav Ivanov, a former executive at Rosatom, was killed in a February 2018 plane crash as part of a "deep state" plot to cover up corruption by the Clintons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-united-nations-obama/
title: Did Melania Trump Steal Her United Nations Speech from Michelle Obama?
review_date: 2017-09-23T03:34:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melania Trump plagiarized her 2017 speech at the United Nations from a speech delivered by Michelle Obama in 2014.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-teleprompter-leave-now/
title: Biden's Teleprompter Did Not Say 'Leave Now' at End of Afghanistan Speech
review_date: 2021-08-17T04:05:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
President Joe Biden's teleprompter reminded him to "leave now" after his Aug. 16, 2021, speech about the Taliban and Afghanistan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-christmas-recording/
title: Did Melania Trump Say 'Who Gives a F*ck about Christmas Stuff'?
review_date: 2020-11-13T06:59:12Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a July 2018 audio recording, first lady Melania Trump can be heard saying: "Who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decoration?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-english-only-huerta/
title: Bernie Sanders Supporters Chant 'English Only' at Dolores Huerta in Nevada?
review_date: 2016-02-19T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Supporters of Bernie Sanders shouted "English only" at civil rights activist Dolores Huerta during one Nevada caucus event, ostensibly objecting to a translation of remarks into Spanish.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amy-coney-barrett/
title: Did Trump Retweet This Fake Photo of Amy Coney Barrett?
review_date: 2020-12-14T03:34:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Dec. 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump retweeted a photo of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett that was edited to make her eyes radiate cartoonish light beams.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ben-franklin-2000-dollars/
title: Did Ben Franklin Leave $2,000 Each to Boston and Philadelphia?
review_date: 2021-09-10T02:36:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Upon his death, Benjamin Franklin bequeathed $2,000 each to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia to be invested in community philanthropic initiatives 200 years later.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-laziness-is-a-trait-in-blacks/
title: Did Trump Say 'Laziness Is a Trait in Blacks; No Black President Again Any Time Soon'?
review_date: 2016-08-08T05:16:21Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump said, "Laziness is a trait in blacks ... I believe that. No black person will be president again any time soon."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-irs-letter-stimulus/
title: Did Biden Sign His Name on IRS Letter About Stimulus Checks?
review_date: 2021-05-11T03:51:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden signed his name on letters from the IRS announcing his administration's stimulus relief measures.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/label-unable/
title: AriZona Sweet Tea Label
review_date: 2008-03-24T20:01:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
AriZona changed its "Southern Style Sweet Tea" label after consumers complained that it depicted offensive images.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/7-senegal-kids-die-covid-vax/
title: Did 7 Children Die in Senegal from COVID-19 Vaccine?
review_date: 2020-04-10T08:33:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Seven children in Senegal died after being administered a COVID-19 coronavirus disease vaccine in April 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-pelosi-jr-girl-photo/
title: Pic Doesn't Show Paul Pelosi Jr. with 'Tied Up Asian Girl Doing Lines of Coke'
review_date: 2022-07-13T08:34:32Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr., the son of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, doing lines of cocaine with a "tied up Asian girl."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-crawford-police-shooting-meme/
title: The Death of John Crawford III
review_date: 2018-08-14T06:51:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
We evaluate the claims made in a viral 2018 meme about the police shooting death of John Crawford III.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-moving-to-canada/
title: Obama Declares His Family Will Move to Canada If Trump Is Elected
review_date: 2016-08-08T03:16:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama declared that he would move his family to Canada if Donald Trump were elected president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-brady-election-white-house/
title: Did Tom Brady Joke About Election During White House Visit?
review_date: 2021-07-20T06:24:04Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady joked about election denial during a White House ceremony, saying: "I think about 40 percent of people still don’t think we won .. You understand that, Mr. President?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-christian-unapproved-ways/
title: Did Zelenskyy Call for Sanctions on 'Any Christian Caught Worshiping in Unapproved Ways'?
review_date: 2023-01-04T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's administration advocated "personal economic and restrictive sanctions" be "applied to any Christian caught worshiping in unapproved ways."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fargo/
title: Was 'Fargo' Based on a True Story?
review_date: 1998-06-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The kidnapping, string of murders, and wood chipper incident portrayed in the film "Fargo" actually took place in Minnesota in 1987.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-ask-for-retribution-by-courts-in-1989-ad/
title: Did Donald Trump Ask for 'Retribution by the Courts' in 1989 Newspaper Ad?
review_date: 2023-04-05T12:33:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a 1989 newspaper ad after a brutal rape and beating in Central Park, Donald Trump called for "respect for authority, the fear of retribution by the courts, society and the police for those who break the law."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-we-choose-truth-over-facts/
title: Did Biden Say 'We Choose Truth Over Facts'?
review_date: 2023-01-16T05:00:02Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
While campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa, for the U.S. presidency in August 2019, former Vice President Joe Biden said, "We choose truth over facts."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jpl-scientist-cbp-phone/
title: American-Born JPL Scientist Forced to Unlock a NASA Phone by U.S. Customs and Border Protection?
review_date: 2017-02-13T01:35:17Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CBP seized the phone of American-born JPL scientist Sidd Bikkannavar and demanded access to its stored data.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/graham-christian-death-camps/
title: Graham Says Christians Must Support Trump or Face Death Camps
review_date: 2016-07-25T03:25:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Evangelist Franklin Graham warned Christians that they would face death camps if they didn't support Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/what-does-obama-read/
title: What Does Obama Read? 'The Post-American World'
review_date: 2008-10-07T18:01:01Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photograph shows Barack Obama carrying the book The Post-American World, "a Muslim's view of a defeated America."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jeffrey-david-cox-clinton-epstein/
title: No, Jeffrey David Cox Wasn't Involved in Any Clinton-Linked Conspiracy to Kill Jeffrey Epstein
review_date: 2019-12-04T08:23:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Union leader Jeffrey David Cox played a key role in an alleged Clinton-orchestrated conspiracy to kill Jeffrey Epstein in prison.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-ryan-said-free-lunches-give-children-empty-souls/
title: Paul Ryan Said Free Lunches Give Children 'Empty Souls'?
review_date: 2016-12-09T02:30:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2016, Speaker Paul Ryan said free lunches gave children a "full stomach" but left them with an "empty soul."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/high-school-band-police-shooting/
title: Did a High School Band Perform a Skit That Depicted Police Officers Being Shot?
review_date: 2018-10-09T03:49:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Forest Hill High School band performed a half-time show that depicted police officers being shot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/conspiracists-most-sane/
title: Did a Scientific Study Prove That “Conspiracists” Are “The Most Sane of All?”
review_date: 2018-08-27T04:34:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A scientific study demonstrated that conspiracy theorists are generally more sane than other people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-veterans-day-new-york-first/
title: Was Trump First US President to Attend New York Veterans Day Parade?
review_date: 2019-11-11T06:40:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend the New York Veterans Day Parade.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-call-trudeau-leader-igloo-people/
title: Did Trump Call Trudeau 'Leader of the Igloo People?'
review_date: 2017-02-13T10:19:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Donald Trump was overheard referring to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the "leader of the igloo people."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hr6666-remove-covid-patients-homes/
title: Does H.R. 6666 Authorize Removing COVID-19 Patients from Their Homes?
review_date: 2020-05-12T03:50:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, or H.R. 6666, would authorize federally administered COVID-19 testing groups to enter American homes and force testing against residents' will, and then "take" those who test positive to quarantine sites.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-retweet-cowboys/
title: Did Trump Retweet a Video Saying 'The Only Good Democrat is a Dead Democrat'?
review_date: 2020-05-28T07:36:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump retweeted a video in which the speaker stated, "The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nancy-pelosi-daughters-cocaine/
title: Nancy Pelosi's Daughters Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine?
review_date: 2017-07-07T04:11:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Two of U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's daughters were arrested for trafficking drugs, then turned state's evidence against their mother.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/delta-airlines-ticket-scam/
title: Delta First Class Gift Boxes Scam
review_date: 2016-01-31T10:29:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Delta Air Lines is giving away free boxes with first-class air travel tickets and $10,000 in cash to those who follow online links.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-donald-trump-demand-immigrants-adapt-or-leave/
title: Did Donald Trump Demand Immigrants 'Adapt' or Leave?
review_date: 2019-09-09T03:27:00Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Circulated text quotes President Donald Trump, among other things, demanding immigrants to "adapt" or leave the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hamas-wedding-girls/
title: Do These Photographs Show a Hamas-Organized Wedding of Men and Young Girls?
review_date: 2009-09-26T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Images document a Hamas-organized mass wedding of adult men and pre-pubescent girls in the Gaza Strip.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pluck-yew/
title: What Is the History of the Middle Finger?
review_date: 1999-09-29T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The 'middle finger salute' is derived from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fingers had been severed by the French at the Battle of Agincourt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/son-of-a-woodcutter/
title: Son of a Woodcutter
review_date: 2012-07-22T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An account documents Bill Gates explaining to a waiter why he left a much smaller tip than his son did.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lost-exam-page/
title: The Tale of the Lost Exam Page
review_date: 2001-02-10T22:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A student completed his exam outside of class, returned it to the classroom and dropped it on the floor, and waited for someone to find it and turn it in.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-administration-fire-lgbtq/
title: Did Trump Admin Ask Supreme Court to Legalize Firing LGBTQ Workers?
review_date: 2019-08-27T09:09:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Trump's Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule, in two consolidated cases, in a way that would establish the legality of employers' firing workers on the basis of their sexual orientation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-wolf-hulu-special/
title: Did Hulu Cancel Michelle Wolf’s Standup Special?
review_date: 2018-04-29T11:18:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hulu cancelled plans to stream comedian Michelle Wolf’s standup special after her appearance at the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-guard-parking-garage/
title: Were National Guard Soldiers Forced To Sleep in a Parking Garage?
review_date: 2021-01-22T07:11:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hundreds of members of the National Guard were made to vacate the U.S. Capitol and sent to rest in a nearby parking garage, while providing security around U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-oreilly-trump-poll/
title: Bill O'Reilly Telephone Poll of 25,000 Voters Shows Trump with a Huge Lead?
review_date: 2016-10-24T06:22:18Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill O'Reily hired "university grad students" to conduct a phone survey of 25,000 people about the presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/urine-into-electricity/
title: Does Nigerian Girls’ Science Fair Project Turn One Liter of Urine Into Six Hours of Electricity?
review_date: 2016-10-17T10:09:36Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A team of four Nigerian girls has created a generator that produces six hours of electricity using only a single liter of urine as fuel.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/justin-trudeau-arrest-clowns/
title: Justin Trudeau: “Clowns Will Be Arrested and Fined $10,000”
review_date: 2016-10-05T03:21:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced a new law to arrest and fine anyone wearing clown costumes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doug-williams-black-quarterback/
title: Did a Reporter Ask Doug Williams How Long He'd Been a Black Quarterback?
review_date: 2004-01-22T00:59:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before Super Bowl XXII in 1988, a reporter asked Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, "How long have you been a black quarterback?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-carter-helping-poor/
title: Jimmy Carter on Helping the Poor
review_date: 2014-02-26T18:02:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don't!"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gaylord-perry-home-run/
title: Gaylord Perry's 'Moon Shot' Home Run
review_date: 2002-07-22T07:52:46Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pitcher Gaylord Perry fulfilled his manager's prophecy by hitting his first home run minutes after Apollo 11 landed on the lunar surface.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/watch-night/
title: The Origins of 'Watch Night'
review_date: 2006-12-12T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Watch Night church services began in 1862 with blacks in the U.S. awaiting the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation of New Year's Day, 1863.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hugh-mann-alien-life-mars/
title: Did 'Hugh Mann' Write an Article Debunking Alien Theories?
review_date: 2020-12-15T06:51:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A December 2020 article that debunked a "life on Mars" conspiracy theory was written by a journalist named Hugh Mann.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-harris-vice-president/
title: Did Soros Decide That Harris Should be Biden's Vice President?
review_date: 2020-09-03T03:07:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Alexander Soros said he made the ultimate decision to pick U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pat-robertson-orlando-shooting/
title: Pat Robertson: “Orlando Shooting Is God’s Punishment for SCOTUS’ Same-Sex Marriage Ruling”
review_date: 2016-06-12T07:34:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pat Robertson asserted the Orlando nightclub shooting was God's punishment for legalizing same-sex marriage.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/betty-white-arthur-duncan/
title: Was Betty White Slammed for Having Black Tap Dancer Arthur Duncan on Her Show?
review_date: 2021-04-17T01:31:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the 1950s, Betty White was criticized for having Black tap dancer Arthur Duncan on her variety talk show, “The Betty White Show.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-putin-savvy-genius/
title: Yes, Trump Called Putin's Ukraine Strategy ‘Savvy’ and 'Genius'
review_date: 2022-02-24T05:53:58Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an interview on Feb. 22, 2022, former U.S. President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin's stated Ukraine strategy “savvy” and “genius.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-generals-tom-cruise/
title: Did President Trump Say U.S. Generals Were 'Better Looking Than Tom Cruise, and Stronger'?
review_date: 2019-01-03T03:39:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During a cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump recalled a previous meeting with U.S. military leaders, remarking that they were "better looking than Tom Cruise, and stronger."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-benghazi-msnbc/
title: Hillary Clinton: 'We Didn't Lose a Single Person' in Libya
review_date: 2016-03-16T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton overlooked Benghazi victims when she said that "we didn't lose a single person in Libya" during a campaign event on MSNBC.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-melania-trump-stormy-daniels/
title: Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and Stormy Daniels?
review_date: 2018-03-21T08:06:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows President Donald Trump with his wife Melania Trump and his alleged mistress Stormy Daniels.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-more-confrontational/
title: Did Maxine Waters Urge Protesters To 'Get More Confrontational'?
review_date: 2021-04-19T10:41:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rep. Maxine Waters urged racial justice protesters to "stay in the street," "fight for justice," and "get more confrontational" in the event that Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, was not found guilty of murder.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/federal-holiday-christmas-eve/
title: Did Trump Designate Christmas Eve 2020 a Federal Holiday?
review_date: 2020-12-13T05:35:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
On Dec. 11, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order designating Christmas Eve 2020 as a federal holiday.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/beyonce-heels-modeled-on-butt-and-legs/
title: Did Beyoncé Wear Heels Modeled After Her Own Butt and Legs?
review_date: 2023-07-28T12:24:54Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image posted to Twitter on July 27, 2023, showed Beyoncé wearing high heel shoes designed to look like her own lower body.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dutch-restaurants-pods-covid/
title: Are Dutch Restaurants Letting People Dine in Personal Pods During COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-05-04T07:42:01Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dutch restaurants solved the problem of dining out during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic by installing personal greenhouse booths.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-tendon-damage/
title: Could Cipro and Other Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Cause Irreversible Tendon Damage?
review_date: 2017-03-22T10:01:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FDA has updated its warnings for — and recommended limitations on — prescribing a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones, citing potentially irreversible side-effects including tendon damage and rupture.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/former-navy-seal-rebukes-obama/
title: Former Navy SEAL Rebukes Obama
review_date: 2012-05-08T15:39:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama attempted to stop the killing of Osama bin Laden and failed to credit those who accomplished it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oklahoma-host-woman-humphrey/
title: Did an Oklahoma State Legislator Call Pregnant Women 'Hosts'?
review_date: 2019-02-18T07:56:46Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Oklahoma State Rep. Justin Humphrey said he viewed a pregnant woman as a "host" for the fetus she carried.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-maria-cause-an-iv-bag-shortage/
title: Did Hurricane Maria Cause an IV Bag Shortage Across the United States?
review_date: 2017-12-29T08:33:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
United States health care facilities face an intravenous bag shortage because of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kanye-former-publicist-indicted/
title: Was Kanye West's Former Publicist Indicted Alongside Trump in Georgia Election Case?
review_date: 2023-08-15T14:59:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kanye West's former publicist was one of the 19 people indicted in Georgia's 2020 election meddling case against Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/martha-stewart-snub/
title: Martha Stewart Snub
review_date: 2003-09-19T22:19:54Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Martha Stewart is refused the use of a telephone, only to discover greater celebrities are also denied access to it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/napo-police-boycott-nike/
title: Did the National Association of Police Organizations Call for a Boycott of Nike?
review_date: 2018-09-14T08:57:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The National Association of Police Organizations called on its members to boycott Nike after the company announced a commercial deal with Colin Kaepernick.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-democrat-poll-survey/
title: Did Trump's 2020 Campaign Publish a Heavily Slanted 'Trump vs Democrat' Poll?
review_date: 2019-07-03T06:25:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The "Official 2020 Trump vs Democrat Poll" was published on the president's official campaign website and was authentic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pat-robertson-global-warming-trump/
title: Did Pat Robertson Say Global Warming Won't Affect America Because God Is Protecting Trump?
review_date: 2018-12-28T08:14:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Televangelist Pat Robertson said "God came to me in a dream and said that if America elected Trump, he would protect us from the effects of global warming."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-vaccine-covid-nuremberg-sign/
title: Did an Anti-Vaccine Protester Liken Nurses to Nazi War Criminals?
review_date: 2021-09-21T08:39:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2021, an anti-vaccine protester held a sign that read "Nurses & doctors who deliver the COVID-19 jab will be held accountable just like Nuremberg."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-biden-babysitter-joe-biden/
title: Was Jill Biden Joe Biden's Babysitter?
review_date: 2021-02-22T00:51:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
First lady Jill Biden was a teenager working as the Biden family babysitter when she started dating President Joe Biden.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-lie-truth/
title: Three Times a Liar?
review_date: 2016-05-21T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump wrote in "The Art of the Deal" that if you tell people a lie three times, they will believe it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-ihop/
title: Did a Sign in Alaska IHOP Blame Biden for Curtailed Hours?
review_date: 2021-12-15T03:36:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2021, an IHOP employee posted a flyer that blamed U.S. President Joe Biden for staffing problems and curtailed opening hours.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/share-the-safety-nra/
title: 'Share the Safety' Web Site Not Affiliated with the NRA
review_date: 2016-06-23T07:47:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The National Rifle Association launched a "Share the Safety" campaign, enabling people to donate guns to those who live in at-risk neighborhoods.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-selfie/
title: Did US Capitol Police Officer Take a Selfie With Rioter?
review_date: 2021-01-07T07:13:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A U.S. Capitol Police officer posed for a photograph with a member of the pro-Trump mob that stormed the federal building on Jan. 6, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/orange-juice-lsd/
title: Did Man Who Used LSD Believe Himself To Be a Glass of Orange Juice?
review_date: 1999-07-10T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Excessive LSD use left a young man in a psychiatric hospital, believing himself to be a glass of orange juice.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/video-throws-race-into-chaos/
title: Video Showing Bill Clinton Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl Plunges Presidential Race Into Chaos
review_date: 2016-10-16T04:35:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "secretly made Israeli intelligence video recording" captures "Bill Clinton raping a 13-year-old girl."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blink-182-poo-poo-butt-inc/
title: Did Blink-182 Incorporate Itself Under the Name ‘Poo Poo Butt, Inc.’?
review_date: 2022-02-17T03:15:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rock band Blink-182 named its holding company "Poo Poo Butt, Inc." because the members thought it would be funny to hear their managers, accountants, and attorneys say the name.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/17-women-pregnant-by-same-man/
title: Did 17 Women Discover They're All Pregnant by the Same Man?
review_date: 2018-12-19T07:26:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Elgin, Illinois man simultaneously impregnated 17 local women in hopes of setting a world record.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cup-of-joe/
title: Why Is Coffee Called a 'Cup of Joe'?
review_date: 2009-01-19T11:10:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Coffee is sometimes referred to as a "cup of joe" because of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fdny-health-fund/
title: Did the Trump Administration Withhold Money from FDNY 9/11 Health Fund?
review_date: 2020-09-14T09:07:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump administration withheld money from a program that covers medical care for sick and injured 9/11 first responders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ninja-braless-wife-quote/
title: Did 'Ninja' Tweet 'My Braless Wife Brings Me a Sandwich'?
review_date: 2022-05-11T07:00:44Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Richard Tyler Blevins, better known as "Ninja," once tweeted: "I am in the middle of carrying a 'League of Legends' game, about to close it out, and my braless wife brings me a sandwich (not asked for) with chips as I get a double kill bot lane. So how is your day going?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/video-shark-fort-myers-street/
title: Hurricane Ian: Is Video of Shark Swimming in Flooded Fort Myers Street Real?
review_date: 2022-09-29T06:44:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral video authentically shows a shark swimming in a flooded street of Fort Myers, Florida, during Hurricane Ian in September 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steel-wool-ignite-iphone-call/
title: Will Fine Steel Wool Ignite From an Incoming iPhone Call?
review_date: 2020-01-02T04:02:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows an incoming call on an iPhone igniting a ring of fine steel wool placed around the cell.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minneapolis-mayor-muslim-sacrifice/
review_date: 2018-08-23T06:16:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Mayor of Minneapolis didn't allow fireworks on the 4th of July, but he did allow a "Muslim animal sacrifice" at Vikings Stadium.

title:
Did the Mayor of Minneapolis Cancel 4th of July Fireworks But Allow a Muslim Animal Sacrifice at Vikings Stadium?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harvey-weinstein-suicide/
title: Did Harvey Weinstein Commit Suicide in Arizona?
review_date: 2018-03-01T04:58:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hollywood film producer and alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein shot and killed himself in a Scottsdale, Arizona, hotel room.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-trump-block-jennie-willoughby-twitter/
title: Did President Donald Trump Block Jennie Willoughby on Twitter?
review_date: 2018-02-13T03:06:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Donald Trump blocked Jennie Willoughby, one of the ex-wives of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, on Twitter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amber-heard-behind-ear-eat/
title: Did Amber Heard Pull Pills from Behind Her Ear and Eat Them?
review_date: 2022-05-25T02:51:57Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Videos show Amber Heard pulling a pill or some other small object from behind her ear and popping it in her mouth during the defamation trial brought by Johnny Depp.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dangerous-cosmic-gamma-rays/
title: Will Dangerous Cosmic Rays Pass Close to Earth ‘Tonight’?
review_date: 2017-05-24T07:10:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dangerous cosmic rays will pass near Earth tonight, causing bodily harm if you keep personal electronics near you.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nickelodeon-off-air-protest/
title: Did Nickelodeon Go Off Air for Several Minutes To Protest Police Brutality?
review_date: 2020-06-02T05:59:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nickelodeon, the children's network, went off air for eight minutes and 46 seconds to protest police brutality.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/raz-simone-guns/
title: Does This Video Show Raz Simone Handing Out Guns in Seattle's CHOP?
review_date: 2020-06-23T05:06:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a "leader" of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), Raz Simone, giving a semi-automatic weapon to a fellow protester.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fukushima-officials-never-eat-pacific-fish-again/
title: Did Fukushima Officials Warn that Humans Should Never Eat Fish Again?
review_date: 2017-08-10T12:00:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fukushima scientists have warned that fish in the Pacific Ocean will never again be safe for human consumption due to radioactive contamination


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/caba-baba-rave-baby-drag-shows/
title: Are These Real Videos of Babies at Drag Shows?
review_date: 2023-03-06T12:58:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Videos taken in the U.K. authentically show events in which babies and drag performers are co-mingling.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breyers-frozen-dessert-ice-cream/
title: Is Breyers Labeled 'Frozen Dessert' in Canada, Not Ice Cream?
review_date: 2021-06-22T07:09:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As a result of adding excessive additives, Breyers now labels its ice cream as “Frozen Dessert” in Canada because the product no longer contains enough milk and cream to meet labeling requirements for “ice cream” in the country.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andre-the-giant-bigfoot/
title: Did André the Giant Play Bigfoot on TV?
review_date: 2021-05-29T03:00:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows wrestler André the Giant portraying Bigfoot on the show "Six Million Dollar Man" in 1976.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-walmart-holiday-rawhide-bones-toxic-to-dogs/
title: Are Walmart Holiday Rawhide Bones Toxic to Dogs?
review_date: 2016-12-28T05:53:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Walmart has recalled holiday rawhide bones for dogs because they are laced with formaldehyde and have already killed at least one dog.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-trump-presidents-day/
title: Did the California Legislature Cancel Presidents Day?
review_date: 2020-02-16T09:59:50Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The California Legislature cancelled the state's observance of Presidents Day to avoid honoring U.S. President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-zealand-pm-fox-news/
title: No, New Zealand's Prime Minister Didn't Say This About Fox News
review_date: 2022-04-05T07:33:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the country's politics are less extreme than others' because Rupert Murdoch was never allowed to set up a media outlet there.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dca-cancer-cure/
title: Did Scientists Cure Cancer, But No One Took Notice?
review_date: 2011-12-30T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Researchers have found a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested because it isn't patentable.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spirit-airlines-hamster/
title: Did Spirit Airlines Tell a Customer to Flush Her Hamster Down the Toilet?
review_date: 2018-02-09T01:03:22Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Spirit Airlines employee advised a young woman to flushing her emotional support hamster down the toilet in order to board a flight.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-shutdown-bribe/
title: Did George Soros Pay Three Democrats Millions to Vote for Government Shutdown?
review_date: 2018-01-22T01:53:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros bribed three Democratic senators to vote for a shutdown of the U.S. federal government.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/papa-johns-ceo-quote/
title: Papa John's Won't Share 'Excessive Profits' with Employees?
review_date: 2016-02-18T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Papa John's CEO John Schnatter said that he has no obligation to share "excessive profits" with his employees.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/call-me-disbelieving-blondie/
title: Was Blondie's Deborah Harry Nearly Abducted by Ted Bundy?
review_date: 2000-02-02T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Deborah Harry was nearly abducted by serial killer Ted Bundy in New York and narrowly escaped with her life.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-statement/
title: Did US Capitol Police Release a Statement on Jan. 6 Commission?
review_date: 2021-05-19T08:30:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Capitol Police released a statement expressing "profound disappointment" in Republican leadership's lack of support for the Jan. 6 commission.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stormtrooper-hit-head-star-wars/
title: Did a Stormtrooper Hit His Head in ‘Star Wars: Episode IV ⁠- A New Hope’?
review_date: 2022-04-26T07:16:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An actor playing a stormtrooper in the movie “Star Wars: Episode IV ⁠- A New Hope'' hit his head on a door frame in a scene that was used in the final film. The sound of his head hitting the frame is audible.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-yorks-nursing-homes-ship-empty/
title: Were NY Nursing Homes Full of COVID-19 Patients While Hospital Ship Sat Empty?
review_date: 2020-05-27T07:38:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered thousands of COVID-19 patients to be sent to nursing homes, while the USNS Comfort, a hospital ship sent to New York to help treat patients, sat empty and unused.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christie-neely-murder/
title: Was Mother of Subway Chokehold Victim Jordan Neely Murdered in 2007?
review_date: 2023-05-04T17:00:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The mother of Jordan Neely, who was pronounced dead after being held in a chokehold by a fellow rider during an incident on a New York City subway in May 2023, was murdered in 2007.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrick-henry-constitution-quote/
title: Did Patrick Henry Say the Constitution Is 'For the People to Restrain the Government?'
review_date: 2018-10-30T05:16:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Patrick Henry once said, "The Constitution is not a document for the government to restrain the people: it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-scientists-discover-cure-homosexuality/
title: Did Russian Scientists Discover a 'Cure' for Homosexuality?
review_date: 2017-08-08T12:14:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Researchers at the Russian Institute for Medical Science discovered a new vaccine that may "prevent" or "cure" homosexuality in humans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/federal-benefit-payments/
title: Social Security as 'Federal Benefit Payments'
review_date: 2012-07-22T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Social Security retirement disbursements have recently been reclassified as 'federal benefit payments.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-golden-arches-breasts/
title: Do McDonald’s Golden Arches Symbolize a Mother’s Breasts?
review_date: 2021-03-17T07:38:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A psychologist named Louis Cheskin advised McDonald's that it should not do away with its golden arches logo because they looked like "mother McDonald's breasts."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-johnson-impeach-3-days/
title: Was U.S. President Andrew Johnson Impeached in 3 Days?
review_date: 2019-10-31T05:08:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A vote to impeach U.S. President Andrew Johnson was held just three days after the offending action.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-world-moving-new-orleans/
title: Is Disney World Moving to New Orleans?
review_date: 2023-05-01T09:36:23Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2023, Disney World announced it was moving from Orlando, Florida, to New Orleans, Louisiana.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/leni-robredo-banned-us/
title: Did the State Department Ban the Vice President of the Philippines from the U.S.?
review_date: 2017-03-25T02:05:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The State Department has imposed sanctions against Phillippines Vice President Leni Robredo, banning her from the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-stimulus-check/
title: Will Your Coronavirus Stimulus Check Count Against Your 2020 Tax Refund?
review_date: 2020-04-07T07:16:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Coronavirus stimulus payments, termed "Economic Impact Payments," are taxable and could reduce your 2020 tax refund.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelloggs-corn-flakes-masturbation/
title: Were Kellogg's Corn Flakes Created as an 'Anti-Masturbatory Morning Meal'?
review_date: 2019-08-16T10:22:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kellogg's Corn Flakes were originally created in an effort to discourage American consumers from masturbating.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-transparent-solar-panels-real/
title: Are Transparent Solar Panels Real?
review_date: 2022-04-18T09:05:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Researchers at Michigan State University created transparent solar panels that have the potential to power buildings and can be retrofitted to older glass exteriors or windows.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-said-1326-times-debates/
title: Was 'Trump' Uttered 1,326 Times During the Democratic Debates?
review_date: 2019-07-01T09:40:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The name "Trump" was spoken 1,326 times during the first 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tea-party-confederate-flag-ban/
title: Did Obama Call for Bans on Confederate and Tea Party Flags?
review_date: 2015-07-27T13:01:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama has called for banning the display of Confederate and Tea Party flags on public property.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emma-raducanu-trademark-name/
title: Did Emma Raducanu Trademark Her Own Name Hours After US Open Win?
review_date: 2021-09-17T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Emma Raducanu, acting via a U.K. attorney, applied to trademark her own name in the U.K. within hours of her U.S. Open victory in September 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pompeo-cia-quote-on-rt/
title: Did Mike Pompeo Say on Russian State TV that the CIA 'Lied, Cheated, Stole'?
review_date: 2019-12-31T08:37:51Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on the Russian state television network RT that the CIA "lied, cheated, stole."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-first-caravan-member-asylum/
title: Is This the First Caravan Member to Be Granted Asylum in the United States?
review_date: 2018-05-02T04:57:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme purporting to include an image of a Honduran asylum seeker and “caravan” member named Susana González shows the first woman to be granted asylum in the United States in that group.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-died-suddenly-covid-vaccines/
title: Did CDC Confirm That Thousands 'Died Suddenly' as a Result of COVID Vaccines?
review_date: 2022-12-20T05:00:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CDC data issued in October 2022 provide evidence that COVID-19 vaccines increase a person's risk of death.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fans-volunteer-for-duty/
title: Did Thousands of Young Trump Supporters Enlist After Soleimani's Killing?
review_date: 2020-01-06T00:49:11Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thousands of young supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump enlisted in the military after the U.S.-ordered killing of Iran Gen. Qassem Soleimani.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-donald-trump-dumbass/
title: Did Elon Musk Call Donald Trump a 'Dumbass'?
review_date: 2018-02-11T01:19:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In response to Donald Trump's congratulations on the Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called the president a "dumbass."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-pardoning-capitol-riot/
title: Is Trump Considering Pardoning Capitol Riot Extremists?
review_date: 2021-01-12T08:03:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Acting Pardon Attorney Rosalind Sargent-Burns wrote in a Parler post that U.S. President Donald Trump was considering pardoning his supporters who faced criminal charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kentucky-house-arrest-covid/
title: Were Kentucky Couple Placed Under House Arrest for Refusing To Sign Quarantine Agreement?
review_date: 2020-07-20T10:02:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Kentucky couple were placed under house arrest in July 2020 after a woman diagnosed with COVID-19 refused to agree to self-isolate because it would require her to get prior approval to go to the hospital.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-fall-asleep-during-interview/
title: Does This Video Show Biden Falling Asleep in an Interview?
review_date: 2020-08-31T05:42:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden falling asleep during a live television interview.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spielberg-universal/
title: Did Steven Spielberg Get His Start by Sneaking Into an Empty Universal Studios Office?
review_date: 2003-11-17T19:43:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Famed director Steven Spielberg got his start by sneaking into Universal Studios and commandeering an unoccupied office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-names-troops-killed-kabul/
title: Did House Democrats 'Block' GOP from Reading Names of US Troops Killed in Kabul?
review_date: 2021-09-13T07:19:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
House Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "blocked" Republican efforts to read the names of 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/statue-liberty-different-color/
title: Was the Statue of Liberty Originally a Different Color?
review_date: 2019-12-12T07:57:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Statue of Liberty was made with copper and changed color via oxidation after it was constructed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrants-numbers-arms/
title: Were Immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border Photographed with Numbers Written on Their Arms?
review_date: 2018-12-03T12:00:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Three migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border were photographed with identification numbers written on their forearms.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brooklyn-refusing-vaccinate-pets/
title: Are People in Brooklyn Refusing to Vaccinate Their Pets Over Autism Fears?
review_date: 2017-08-02T09:27:21Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People in Brooklyn are refusing to vaccinate their pets based on fears created by the anti-vaccine movement.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-tina-turner-gravely-ill/
title: Is Tina Turner 'Gravely Ill' With Stomach Cancer or Other Disease?
review_date: 2019-05-02T02:19:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tina Turner is gravely ill due to stomach or intestinal cancer, a stroke, and/or rejection of a kidney or liver transplant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-animal-cruelty/
title: Did Trump Sign a Law Making Animal Cruelty a Federal Crime?
review_date: 2019-11-26T03:30:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In November 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the PACT Act, which made several kinds of animal cruelty a federal felony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-book-bans-schools-libraries/
title: Is This a List of 'Banned Books in Florida Schools and Libraries'?
review_date: 2022-08-22T09:47:03Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A list posted to social media in August 2022 depicted the books "banned" from schools and libraries in Florida.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-pope-baseball-player/
title: Does Video Show Biden Confusing Pope Francis for a Famous Black Baseball Player?
review_date: 2023-07-05T10:53:47Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral video authentically showed U.S. President Joe Biden telling Pope Francis, "You're the famous African American baseball player in America."


text: Donald Trump was not accused of sexual assault until he ran for President in 2016.
title: Did Sexual Assault Allegations Against Donald Trump Only Start With the 2016 Election?
review_date: 2017-12-14T08:57:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-donald-trump-accused-of-sexual-assault-prior-to-the-2016-election/


text: Giant pythons were discovered in a small creek in Indiana.
title: Giant Pythons Discovered in Salt Creek in Brown and Monroe County Indiana?
review_date: 2017-07-03T03:02:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giant-pythons-discovered-in-salt-creek-in-brown-and-monroe-county-indiana/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/smugglers-drop-children-border/
title: Did Smugglers Abandon Two Young Children at the US-Mexico Border?
review_date: 2021-04-03T01:41:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image showed a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old abandoned by smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border in March 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quiktrip-safe-place/
title: QuikTrip Safe Place
review_date: 2016-05-25T03:31:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
QuikTrip's Safe Place is equipped to provide a safe room and assistance to a variety of victims of violence or persons otherwise in danger.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-phd-law/
title: Did Michelle Obama 'Complete' a Ph.D. in Law Since Leaving White House?
review_date: 2020-06-26T07:07:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former first lady Michelle Obama completed coursework for a Ph.D. in law after U.S. President Barack Obama left office and her children left home.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/toilet-licking-trump-protest/
title: Did People Start Licking Toilets as a Protest Against Donald Trump?
review_date: 2018-03-21T11:12:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People have begun licking toilets as a form of protest against United States President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sweden-bans-christmas-lights/
title: Sweden Bans Christmas Lights to Avoid Angering Muslim Refugees
review_date: 2016-10-27T07:30:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sweden has discontinued the tradition of adorning street poles with Christmas lights to avoid angering Muslim refugees.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pope-francis-covid-19-prayer/
title: Did Pope Francis Offer This COVID-19 Vaccine Prayer?
review_date: 2021-05-12T01:54:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pope Francis urged people to say the following prayer: "I am vaccinated by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. No virus can touch me. Amen."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-mccabe-donation/
title: Did Hillary Clinton Donate $700,000 to the Campaign of FBI Director's Wife?
review_date: 2020-10-05T09:39:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton illegally donated $700,000 to the political campaign of the wife of the FBI director who was supervising the investigation into her use of a private email server.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrick-mahomes-drug-cheating-allegations-espn-erexo-plus/
title: New Mahomes 'Cheating Allegations' Rumor Falsely Claims He Took Male Enhancement Pills
review_date: 2023-02-20T16:04:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and Super Bowl LVII MVP Patrick Mahomes was caught taking male enhancement supplements.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spanish-woman-fatal-elevator-accident/
title: Spanish Woman Cut in Half in Fatal Elevator Accident?
review_date: 2017-08-23T05:04:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman in Sevilla, Spain, was "cut in half" in a fatal elevator accident in a hospital that occurred shortly after she gave birth.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-under-god-pledge/
title: Did Democrats Omit 'Under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance?
review_date: 2020-08-21T09:50:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
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text:
The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/star-trek/
review_date: 2002-03-13T02:54:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before the 2000 U.S. presidential election, some celebrities said they would leave the U.S. if George W. Bush won.

title:
Did These Celebrities Say They Would Leave the US If George W. Bush Won the 2000 Presidential Election?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rabbi-michael-beals-biden-mensch/
title: Did Rabbi Michael Beals Call Joe Biden a 'Mensch'?
review_date: 2020-06-30T04:24:25Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rabbi Michael Beals called Joe Biden a "mensch" in an article about the then-senator attending a shiva minyan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ny-hospitals-unvaccinated-parents/
title: Are NY Hospitals Not Letting Unvaccinated Parents Take Their Newborn Babies Home?
review_date: 2021-10-07T03:24:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York hospitals are not releasing babies to their unvaccinated parents, and are requiring parents to show a vaccine passport in order to have their child released from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) into their care.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bunker-putin-parody/
title: Did Trump Tweet That He Talked to Putin From His Bunker?
review_date: 2020-06-09T09:31:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump thanked Vladimir Putin from a White House bunker for his "concern."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brett-kavanaugh-foreclosure-accuser-parents/
title: Did Judge Martha Kavanaugh 'Rule Against' the Parents of Her Son's Accuser, Christine Blasey-Ford?
review_date: 2018-09-17T09:03:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a 1996 foreclosure case, Judge Martha Kavanaugh ruled against Ralph and Paula Blasey, thus providing motive for revenge for their daughter Christine against Judge Kavanaugh's son Brett, a Supreme Court nominee in 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/titanic-truth-covered-up/
title: Was the 'Hidden Truth' of Titanic 'Covered Up for Decades'?
review_date: 2020-12-10T03:41:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The theory that a coal fire may have accelerated the sinking of the Titanic — along with supporting photographs presented in a 2017 documentary — had been covered up for decades.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grant-next-civil-war/
title: Did Ulysses S. Grant Predict This About the Next Civil War?
review_date: 2021-01-17T21:42:03Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant predicted that the next civil war would be "between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-mcraven-column/
review_date: 2018-08-23T05:29:49Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Retired Navy Admiral William McRaven wrote that he would "consider it an honor" if President Donald Trump revoked his security clearance.

title:
Did the Man Who Oversaw the Bin Laden Raid Say It Would Be 'An Honor' If President Trump Revoked His Security Clearance?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oklahoma-representative-god/
title: Did an Oklahoma State Representative Say Rape and Incest are the 'Will of God'?
review_date: 2017-07-13T05:06:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In March 2017, Oklahoma State Representative George Faught said rape and incest are the "will of God."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lead-in-flint-bottled-water/
title: Lead in Flint Bottled Water
review_date: 2016-05-25T05:03:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Videos of home testing of bottled water handed out in Flint demonstrate the existence of dangerous levels of lead.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/41-senators-vote-babies-born-alive/
title: Did 41 Senators 'Vote to Let Babies Scream Until They Die If Born Alive'?
review_date: 2020-08-21T10:08:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2019 and 2020, Democratic and Independent U.S. Senators voted to allow health care practitioners to let babies die, untreated, if born alive after an abortion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/berkeley-breathed-trump-letter/
title: Did President Trump's Lawyers Send Berkeley Breathed a Cease and Desist Letter?
review_date: 2017-05-26T00:48:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump's lawyers sent a cease and desist letter to a cartoonist for using doctored images of the Trump family.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kill-hibernating-bear/
title: Did This Man Shoot and Kill a Hibernating Bear?
review_date: 2017-03-31T13:26:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A photograph shows a man posing with a bear that he killed while it was hibernating, an act made legal by the passage of a new law.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jihadi-parents-kiss-child-suicide-bombers-goodbye/
title: Is This Video of 'Jihadi Parents' Kissing Child Suicide Bombers Goodbye?
review_date: 2016-12-22T04:34:46Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video shows 'jihadi' parents bidding farewell to their two children before one of them blew herself up in a suicide bomb attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-research-finally-solves-the-fibromyalgia-mystery/
title: New Research Finally Solves the 'Fibromyalgia Mystery'?
review_date: 2017-09-11T06:44:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
New research has uncovered that the true cause of fibromyalgia is an excess number of specific nerves found near a specific kind of blood vessel in the hands and feet, ending the controversy over the disease’s cause and mechanism.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/one-small-misstep/
title: Did Neil Armstrong Flub His First Words on the Moon?
review_date: 2003-01-26T04:00:00Z
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text:
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong flubbed his historic 'one small step' remark as he became the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-my-crimes-investigated/
review_date: 2019-09-23T09:21:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As part of a federal lawsuit, U.S. President Donald Trump admitted criminal wrongdoing and said or argued to the effect that "My crimes can't be investigated while I'm president."

title:
Did Donald Trump Admit Criminal Wrongdoing, Argue 'My Crimes Can't Be Investigated While I'm President'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scraping-tongue-spoon-diagnose/
title: Can Scraping Your Tongue with a Spoon Diagnose Health Conditions?
review_date: 2018-02-09T06:33:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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text:
Scraping your tongue with a spoon, placing that spoon in a bag, and putting that bag under a light for a period of time will provide useful diagnostic information about your health.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bethenny-frankel-meghan-markle/
title: Did Reality TV Star Bethenny Frankel Say This About Meghan Markle?
review_date: 2021-03-08T08:33:07Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
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text:
On the morning of March 7, 2021 — hours before CBS aired an interview featuring Oprah, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle — reality TV star Bethenny Frankel used Twitter to mock sympathetic sentiments toward the Duchess of Sussex.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fatima-noor/
title: Fatima Noor Appointed to Homeland Security
review_date: 2014-12-10T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
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President Obama appointed Fatima Noor as the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security.


title: Teen Kills Younger Brother Because He Thought He Deleted His Pokemon
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text:
A 15-year-old boy stabbed his brother to death because he thought the younger boy had deleted his Pokemon,

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teen-kills-younger-brother-because-he-thought-he-deleted-his-pokemon/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dogs-watch-bathroom/
title: Do Dogs Watch You Go to the Bathroom To Protect You?
review_date: 2020-12-14T08:05:28Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Domestic dogs stand guard when their owners go to the bathroom, an evolutionary strategy they carry from wolves that is meant to protect pack members in vulnerable moments.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scaramucci-nude-photos-wife-revenge-divorce/
title: Scaramucci Posts Nude Photos of His Wife as Revenge for Divorce?
review_date: 2017-07-31T03:15:54Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Anthony Scaramucci posted nude photographs of his wife in order to get revenge for her filing for divorce.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazon-logo-hitlers-mustache/
title: Did Amazon Change Logo After Users Compared It to Hitler’s Mustache?
review_date: 2021-03-02T03:36:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
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text:
Amazon issued an update to a logo released in early 2021 after social media users compared the design to Adolf Hitler's mustache.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wahlberg-sound-of-freedom-hollywood/
title: Did Mark Wahlberg Comment About 'Sound of Freedom' and Hollywood, Saying 'Enough Is Enough'?
review_date: 2023-08-03T16:44:56Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Actor Mark Wahlberg made remarks about the 2023 child sex-trafficking film "Sound of Freedom," saying of Hollywood that "enough is enough."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/delta-unions/
title: Did Delta Air Lines Encourage Employees to Buy Video Game Consoles Instead of Joining a Union?
review_date: 2019-05-10T06:02:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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text:
A flier that encouraged Delta employees to buy a video game console rather than paying union dues was authentic and created by Delta Air Lines.


title: Florida Moves for Full Recount of State Votes Over Massive Voter Fraud
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text:
The state of Florida is "moving" to undertake a "full recount" of all 2016 general election votes after "massive voter fraud" was uncovered.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-moves-for-full-recount-of-state-votes-over-massive-voter-fraud/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/malia-obama-harvard/
title: Did Barack Obama Order Harvard to Reverse His Daughter Malia's Suspension?
review_date: 2017-08-14T01:09:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In August 2017, Harvard University reversed its suspension of Malia Obama, after an intervention by Barack Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-carter-nuclear-meltdown/
title: Yes, Jimmy Carter Really Did Once Help Contain a Nuclear Meltdown
review_date: 2022-01-08T02:00:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter once helped contain a potentially dangerous accident at a nuclear reactor in Canada, back in 1952.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scooby-doo-what-is-you/
title: Do Scooby Doo Characters Represent Colleges in Eastern US?
review_date: 2006-05-04T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The main characters of the Scooby Doo universe each represent a college within the eastern U.S.'s Five College Consortium.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/german-soap-opera-muslim/
title: Did the German Government Use a Soap Opera to 'Brainwash' Children to Become Muslim?
review_date: 2018-01-17T07:08:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A scene from a 2006 episode of the soap opera 'Lindenstrasse' is evidence of a German government effort to convince Germans to accept Muslims or become Muslim.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-schiff-epstein-emails/
title: Did the FBI Find 256 Emails Between Schiff and Epstein?
review_date: 2020-07-10T07:21:04Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An FBI investigation uncovered 256 emails between U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff and deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/listen-to-scientists/
title: Did Trump Criticize Biden for Saying He'll 'Listen to the Scientists'?
review_date: 2020-10-19T07:01:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump mocked his political opponent Joe Biden for vowing to "listen to the scientists" in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schiff-refuse-gop-talk/
title: Did Schiff Unfairly Squelch Stefanik at Impeachment Hearing?
review_date: 2019-11-17T04:12:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff unfairly refused to allow a Republican House member to pose questions during an impeachment inquiry.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clark-gable-accident/
title: Did Clark Gable Kill a Pedestrian While Driving Drunk?
review_date: 2002-11-10T09:26:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Clark Gable killed a pedestrian while driving drunk, but MGM covered up the accident and sent another man to jail in his place.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-buying-oil-from-russia/
title: Was the US Still Buying Oil From Russia in Early 2022?
review_date: 2022-03-07T04:16:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States was still importing energy products, including oil, from Russia after the latter invaded Ukraine in early 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-nfl-players-police-brutality-absentee-parents/
review_date: 2017-10-24T10:16:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NFL players protesting police brutality are doing so because they have many children with different women, leading their families into lives of crime.

title:
Are NFL Players Protesting Against Police Brutality Absentee Parents Putting Their Children at Risk?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-origins-of-policing-in-the-united-states/
title: The Origins of Policing in the United States
review_date: 2016-09-26T12:26:26Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The modern policing system in the United States originated from patrols intended to corral escaped slaves.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-10000-children-in-u-s-detention-centers/
title: Are More Than 10,000 Children in U.S. Detention Centers?
review_date: 2018-06-08T11:40:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of May 2018, there were more than 10,000 unaccompanied children in United States government immigration detention centers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shopping-spree/
title: Did Walmart Ban a Family Over Husband's Pranking?
review_date: 2006-07-01T11:56:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A discount store chain threatened to bar a family from shopping at one of their stores due to the husband's pranking.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kate-bush-never-seen-hill/
title: Did Kate Bush Say She Has Never Even Seen a Hill?
review_date: 2022-08-04T04:00:46Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kate Bush, the singer and composer behind the song “Running Up That Hill” said, “Some think it’s literally about running up a hill, but it’s not. I’ve never even seen a hill, let alone run up one.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-admit-trump-indictment-political-gain/
title: Did Biden Admit To 'Coordinating Trump's Indictments' for Political Gain?
review_date: 2023-04-04T13:43:20Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video authentically shows U.S. President Joe Biden confirming his team was "coordinating Trump's indictments" in 2023 to prevent the former U.S. president from taking power again.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reincarnate-woolly-mammoth/
title: Are Scientists Attempting to 'Reincarnate' the Woolly Mammoth By 2027?
review_date: 2023-02-01T08:41:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Using recovered genetic material from extinct specimens, a team of scientists is working to "reincarnate" the Woolly Mammoth by 2027.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kanye-west-living-in-stadium-donda/
title: Was Kanye West Living in Mercedes-Benz Stadium to Finish His Album?
review_date: 2021-07-27T05:50:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rapper Kanye West is living in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium to work on his 10th studio album, which is slated for release on Aug. 6, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soldier-grandmother-russian-kherson/
title: Is This a Real Video of a Soldier Greeting Grandmother After Russians Left Kherson?
review_date: 2022-11-14T12:58:20Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video depicts a grandmother tearfully kneeling before her grandson, a member of Ukrainian forces that liberated Kherson in Ukraine from the invading Russian army.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nypd-arm-bands/
title: Do Plainclothes NYPD Officers Wear Colored Arm Bands?
review_date: 2020-06-03T05:57:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Plainclothes New York City police officers wear colored arm bands to identify themselves to other police officers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jerry-falwell-unzipped/
title: Does a Photograph Show Jerry Falwell, Jr. with His Pants Unzipped?
review_date: 2020-08-07T09:41:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows evangelical Liberty University president Jerry Falwell, Jr. posing next to a woman with his pants unzipped.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslim-family-day/
title: Is Six Flags Closing Their Theme Parks to the Public to Host 'Muslim Family Day?'
review_date: 2015-10-16T05:16:05Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Six Flags is temporarily closing one or more of their theme parks to the public to host "Muslim Family Day."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-predict-titanic-submersible/
title: Did 'The Simpsons' Predict the Missing Titanic Submersible?
review_date: 2023-06-22T15:55:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An episode of "The Simpsons" TV show predicted a five-person submersible going missing near the site of the Titanic in June 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carlson-crenshaw-eye-patch-mccain/
title: Did Tucker Carlson Call Dan Crenshaw ‘Eye-Patch McCain’?
review_date: 2022-05-17T06:41:10Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fox News talk show host Tucker Carlson called U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, “Eye-Patch McCain” during a May 16, 2022, broadcast.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/leftist-activists-statue-theodore-roosevelt/
title: Leftist Activists Demand New York Museum Take Down Statue of 'Racist' Theodore Roosevelt?
review_date: 2017-08-16T08:36:39Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After "demanding that southern states take down statues of Confederate figures, the activist Left is now targeting" a New York City statue of President Teddy Roosevelt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maricopa-county-audit/
title: Maricopa County Audit Did Not Find 712,152 New Trump Votes
review_date: 2021-11-02T08:59:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An audit of votes in Maricopa County, Arizona, found 712,152 new votes for former U.S. President Donald Trump for the state of Arizona.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1950s-magazine-ad-colt-cobra/
title: Is This a 1950s Women's Magazine Ad for a Handgun to Shoot 'Depraved Creeps'?
review_date: 2018-08-06T05:28:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A magazine advertisement from the 1950s promoted a handgun for women's use with the slogan "for that strange, depraved creep who won't leave you alone."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/article-1-section-8-clause-17/
title: U.S. Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17
review_date: 2016-02-04T10:12:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution holds that "the Federal Government shall never own title to any real property which is not specifically authorized by this Constitution such as parks, forests, dams, waterways, and grazing areas without the consent of the State where same is located."


title: Celebrity Cruise Lines Attacks Trump and His Supporters in New Ad?
review_date: 2016-11-17T09:18:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Celebrity Cruise lines released an ad saying that Donald Trump's supporters were no longer welcome on their ships.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/celebrity-cruise-lines-attacks-trump-and-his-supporters-in-new-ad/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/death-of-houdini/
title: Did Houdini Die from a Punch to the Stomach?
review_date: 2001-05-02T10:44:32Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Escape artist Harry Houdini died from a ruptured appendix caused by his being punched in the stomach.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/caravan-mexico-offer/
title: Did the Whole Migrant Caravan Turn Down Mexico's Offer of Jobs, Medical Care and Education?
review_date: 2018-11-07T12:10:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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The entire Central American migrant caravan rejected Mexico's offer of jobs, medical care and education.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coronavirus-test-donate-blood/
title: Can You Get a Free Coronavirus Test by Donating Blood?
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Donating blood requires that you be administered a free test for COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/silence-of-the-lambs-moth-poster/
title: Is This True About Moth on 'Silence of the Lambs' Poster?
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textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The moth depicted on the poster for the 1991 film "Silence of the Lambs" includes an optical illusion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nikki-haley-affair-accidentally/
title: Did Nikki Haley 'Accidentally Confess' to an Affair with Donald Trump?
review_date: 2018-02-01T07:37:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley "accidentally confessed" to being romantically involved with President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usps-christmas-stamps-2021/
title: Is USPS Issuing No New Christmas Stamps in 2021?
review_date: 2021-11-10T01:58:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The USPS has issued no new Christmas stamps for 2021, although there are stamps for Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/will-cosmo-after-dark-show-porn/
title: Will Snapchat's 'Cosmo After Dark' Channel Show Pornography to Children?
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textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The Snapchat channel "Cosmo After Dark" features pornography and will be shown to children as young as 13.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giuliani-jake-angeli-capitol-riot/
title: Was Giuliani Photographed with Capitol Rioter Jake Angeli?
review_date: 2021-01-09T02:05:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Rudy Giuliani with Jake Angeli, who took part in the U.S. Capitol riot wearing horns.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cigar-listening-devices/
title: Is The Government Installing Listening Devices in Swisher Sweets Cigars?
review_date: 2015-07-10T02:40:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States government is installing listening devices in packages of Dutch Masters and Swisher Sweets brand cigars in order to spy on American citizens.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mother-deer-cheetahs/
title: Did a Mother Deer Sacrifice Herself to Cheetahs to Save Her Fawns?
review_date: 2018-06-09T05:33:17Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an impala who allowed herself to be captured by cheetahs so her offspring could escape.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deray-mckesson-and-the-summer-of-chaos/
title: DeRay Mckesson and the Summer of Chaos
review_date: 2016-07-08T08:39:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hacked Twitter DMs reveal that activist DeRay Mckesson planned a "summer of chaos" involving protests and riots with Attorney General Loretta Lynch.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uterus-mailed-supreme-court/
title: Was Uterus Mailed to Supreme Court? TikTok Fantasy Goes Viral
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textual_rating: Unfounded
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publisher_name: Snopes
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Someone mailed their uterus to the Supreme Court to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-moon-face-world-cup/
title: Is This 'Moon Face' Pic of Elon Musk at the World Cup Final Real?
review_date: 2022-12-20T08:45:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A real photo of Elon Musk at the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup shows him looking old, with a thinner hairline, rounder face, and sagging neck and cheeks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elizabeth-warren-muslims-tolerance/
title: Did Elizabeth Warren Say Women Should Be Raped by Muslims to ‘Prove Our Tolerance’?
review_date: 2017-01-10T04:17:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Senator Elizabeth Warren said that women being raped was an acceptable cost for the tolerance of Muslims and praised Planned Parenthood.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jennifer-aniston-delivers-angry-response-to-brangelina-breakup/
title: Jennifer Aniston Delivers Angry Response to ‘Brangelina’ Breakup
review_date: 2016-09-20T08:37:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jennifer Aniston went on an angry tirade on the 'Today Show' after she was asked about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brian-sicknick-fire-extinguisher/
title: Did US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Die After Hit With a Fire Extinguisher?
review_date: 2021-02-16T08:48:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died after being struck with a fire extinguisher during the pro-Trump Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teachers-accidentally-discharge-gun/
title: Did a Firearms-Trained Teacher Accidentally Discharge a Gun in a Classroom, Injuring a Student?
review_date: 2018-03-15T07:50:09Z
textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A teacher trained in the use of firearms accidentally discharged a handgun in a California classroom, causing minor injury to a student.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-white-house-statue/
title: Obama Orders Life-Sized Bronze Statue of Himself to Be Permanently Installed in White House?
review_date: 2017-01-17T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama ordered a life-sized bronze statue of himself to be permanently installed at the White House.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/strung-beads/
title: Did Biden Say This About People Questioning His Religion?
review_date: 2010-06-29T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joe Biden said, "The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ass."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gillibrand-social-security/
title: Did Kirsten Gillibrand Call for Taxpayer-Funded Social Security for Undocumented Immigrants?
review_date: 2019-05-29T08:15:41Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand called for taxpayers to fund Social Security benefits for undocumented immigrants.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-recall-pcr-covid-19-tests-failed-review/
title: Did the CDC Recall PCR COVID-19 Tests Because They ‘Failed Full Review’?
review_date: 2021-07-28T09:44:47Z
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text:
The FDA announced that the CDC's PCR test for COVID-19 “failed its full review” because it is "unable to differentiate between COVID and flu," resulting in the diagnostic tool’s emergency use authorization (EUA) being revoked under a Class 1 recall.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/phillies-tornado-baseball-video/
title: Did a Tornado Pass by a Philadelphia Phillies Game in 2021?
review_date: 2021-07-08T07:00:22Z
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text:
As shown in a popular TikTok video, a tornado passed dangerously close to a Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, in 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-foreign-student/
title: Was Barack Obama a Foreign College Student?
review_date: 2009-05-08T05:00:00Z
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text:
Records document that Barack Obama received college financial aid in the U.S. as a "foreign student from Indonesia."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hollywood-writers-actors-strike-1960-pensions/
title: Did Hollywood Writers’ and Actors’ Strike of 1960 Result in Pensions and Healthcare?
review_date: 2023-07-24T11:46:42Z
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The 1960 writers’ and actors’ strike resulted in healthcare, pensions, and residuals on broadcast film.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/catholic-church-opposed-street-lights/
title: Did the Catholic Church Oppose Street Lights?
review_date: 2022-04-20T04:42:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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The Catholic church once formally opposed street lights for religious reasons, and Pope Gregory XVI banned gas lighting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/puerto-rico-teamsters/
title: Did Puerto Rico's Teamsters Union Go on Strike During Hurricane Maria Relief Efforts?
review_date: 2017-10-02T03:56:15Z
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language_code: en
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text:
In September 2017, truck drivers' unions in Puerto Rico went on strike and refused to take part in relief efforts after a series of hurricanes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michael-saari-michigan-facebook/
title: Did a Michigan State Senate Candidate Defend Men Having Sex with Underage Girls?
review_date: 2018-02-05T04:19:48Z
textual_rating: Outdated
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text:
A Michigan state senate candidate wrote that it was "normal" for adult men to marry and have sex with pre-pubescent girls.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-floyd-valentine/
title: Are LAPD Officers Under Investigation for Sharing Racist George Floyd 'Valentine'?
review_date: 2021-02-15T04:42:50Z
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language_code: en
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In mid-February 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department announced an investigation into reports that officers were passing around a photo of George Floyd with the caption, “You take my breath away."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-degrasse-tyson-girl-on-jupiter/
title: Neil DeGrasse Tyson 'Completely Shuts Down' Girl Who Wants to Live on Jupiter
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Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson admonished a little girl who said she wanted to live on the planet Jupiter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/richard-rose-covid-face-mask/
title: Did an Ohio Man Die of COVID-19 After Vowing Not To Wear a Face Mask?
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text:
Richard Rose of Port Clinton, Ohio died of COVID-19 after earlier vowing not to buy a face mask and dismissing advice to use face masks as "hype."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivermectins-hidden-cost/
title: Did Fox News and Candace Owens Tweet About 'Ivermectin's Hidden Cost'?
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textual_rating: False
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text:
On Twitter, conservative commentator Candace Owens retweeted a Fox News article about "Ivermectin's hidden cost" being long-term bowel and urinary incontinence for users, writing: "Well, this explains a few things."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-alabama-state-police-arrest-poll-workers/
title: Did Alabama State Police Arrest Three Poll Workers in Birmingham?
review_date: 2017-12-17T02:46:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Three poll workers were arrested for voter fraud during Alabama's special election in December 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-strange-case-of-time-traveling-rudolph-fentz/
title: The Strange Case of Time Traveling Rudolph Fentz
review_date: 2019-11-07T11:25:00Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
A man named Rudolph Fentz who had mysteriously disappeared 74 years earlier turned up alive in Times Square in 1950.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-the-trump-administration-puerto-rico-evacuees/
title: Is the Trump Administration Price Gouging Puerto Rico Evacuees and Seizing Passports?
review_date: 2017-09-28T02:36:29Z
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text:
The Trump administration is making Puerto Ricans sign promissory notes and surrender passports before evacuating them or rendering aid.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/graham-buttigieg-repent/
title: Did Franklin Graham Call on Pete Buttigieg to 'Repent' for Being Gay?
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textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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Evangelist Franklin Graham tweeted that Pete Buttigieg's homosexuality was "something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-bible-verse-sensitive-content/
title: Post with Bible Verse Labeled by Facebook as 'Sensitive Content'
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A Facebook post showed a "sensitive content" label over an image displaying the words, "Be still, and know that I am God."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-briefing/
title: Did Trump Wish Ghislaine Maxwell Well During a Briefing?
review_date: 2020-07-23T07:39:32Z
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During a White House press briefing regarding COVID-19, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he knew Ghislaine Maxwell and wished her well.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jake-sullivan-afghan/
title: Did Biden Adviser Jake Sullivan Say 'We Could Not Give Afghan Forces the Will' To Fight Taliban?
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textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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In August 2021, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that despite extensive U.S. funding, equipping, and training of Afghan security forces, "we could not give them the will" to fight the Taliban.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cbs-report-blood-children/
title: Did CBS Report That 'Elites Are Lining Up to Ingest the Blood of Children'?
review_date: 2018-12-29T11:28:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CBS reported that elites are ingesting the blood of young children in order to achieve ‘eternal youth.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-illegal-immigrants-guns/
title: Did Democrats Vote Against Notifying ICE When 'Illegal Immigrants' Buy Guns?
review_date: 2021-03-16T10:27:03Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted against a requirement that ICE be notified when an "illegal immigrant" fails a gun background check, thus demonstrating they only oppose American citizens buying firearms.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/family-drowns-in-carwash/
title: Family Drowns After Leaving Sunroof Open in Automated Carwash
review_date: 2016-03-24T04:51:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A family of three drowned when they neglected to close their car's sunroof before going through a carwash.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/what-does-koko-know-about-climate-change-nothing/
title: What Does Koko the Gorilla Know About Climate Change?
review_date: 2016-01-06T10:46:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Koko the gorilla spontaneously using sign language to issue a warning about climate change.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/final-fast-and-furious-f9/
title: Is ‘F9’ the Last ‘Fast and The Furious’ Film?
review_date: 2021-05-01T03:46:41Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
“F9,” the final film in “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, is set to be released on June 25, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1980s-food-ad-meat-nazi-poster/
title: Was a 1980s Meat Industry Ad Based on Nazi Propaganda?
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textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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The design for a 1980s American food advertisement was based on a piece of Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/age-faster-34-60-78/
title: Do Humans Age Most At 34, 60, and 78 Years Old?
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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A study suggested that humans experience periods of accelerated aging around 34, 60, and 78 years old.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/greene-biden-mark-of-the-beast/
title: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Call Vaccine Passport 'Biden's Mark of the Beast'?
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to the idea of a vaccine passport as "Biden's mark of the beast."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-show-teenage-girl-pregnant-devil/
title: Did Disney+ Order a Show About a Teenager Impregnated by Devil?
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publisher_name: Snopes
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Disney+ greenlit a TV show about a teenage girl who gets pregnant after a one-night stand with the devil.


title: Van Full of 'Illegals' Shows up to Vote Clinton at Six Polling Places
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textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A van full of "illegals" traveled from voting booth to voting booth in Arizona in order to vote (illegally) for Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/van-full-of-illegals-shows-up-to-vote-clinton-at-six-polling-places/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-cancer-surgery/
title: Is Putin Preparing To Hand Over Power To Undergo Cancer Surgery?
review_date: 2022-05-03T08:07:32Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In spring 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hand over power temporarily in order to undergo cancer surgery.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alex-jones-mcallen/
title: Did Alex Jones Stop Smugglers From Illegally Transporting Children at Border?
review_date: 2021-04-08T01:23:17Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones saved children from smugglers who were illegally transporting them at the border.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fcc-alert-system/
title: Can President Trump Send Unblockable Text Messages to Every American?
review_date: 2016-12-01T02:45:25Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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President Trump has the right and the means to send unblockable text mesage to all American cellular phones.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-dog-watch/
title: Dating Disasters: The Dog Watch
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textual_rating: Legend
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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A young man tries to distract his date's parents from his dinnertime faux pas by inadvertently calling their attention to an even more embarrassing situation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/costco-email-exclusive-reward/
title: Costco and T-Mobile Email Scam Promises 'Exclusive Reward'
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textual_rating: Scam
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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An email using the Costco and T-Mobile names promises an "exclusive reward" and says, "We have been trying to reach you - Please respond!"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moving-to-canada-search/
title: 'Moving to Canada' Search Spike?
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The volume of Americans researching the details of immigrating to Canada was so high on Super Tuesday that it temporarily crashed the country's immigration site.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-marriage-children/
title: Did Rush Limbaugh Say the Purpose of Marriage Is Raising Children?
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publisher_site: snopes.com
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While opining on the topic of gay marriage, Rush Limbaugh said “Marriage is about raising children. That’s the purpose of the institution.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/power-outages-la-sf-nyc/
title: Were Power Outages in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York Caused by Cyberattacks?
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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Three power outages that coincided in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York were caused by Russian hacking.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-dot-campaign/
title: The Black Dot Campaign
review_date: 2015-09-14T07:19:30Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Victims of domestic violence can effectively send out a secret signal for help by drawing black dots on their palms.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-womens-soccer-kneel-anthem/
title: Did US Women's Soccer Kneel During National Anthem at 2020 Olympic Opener?
review_date: 2021-07-21T05:02:57Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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The U.S. Women's Soccer team took a knee in protest of racial injustice during the national anthem before their opening game of the postponed 2020 Olympics on July 21, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-daylight-saving-time/
title: Does U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Oppose Daylight Saving Time Because It Speeds Up Climate Change?
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textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she opposed daylight saving time because “the extra hour of sunlight drastically speeds up climate change.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weighty-matters-3/
title: Was 'I Love Lucy' Co-star Vivian Vance Contractually Obligated to Remain Overweight?
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textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"I Love Lucy" co-star Vivian Vance was contractually obligated to remain at least 20 pounds overweight.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-gender-equality-tweet/
title: Did the UN Tweet This About Gender Equality?
review_date: 2022-03-25T03:11:29Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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U.N. Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality, shared a tweet that claimed no countries had achieved gender equality.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joanie-loves-chachi/
title: Was 'Joanie Loves Chachi' the Highest-Rated TV Show Ever in Korea?
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textual_rating: False
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The 1980s sitcom 'Joanie Loves Chachi' garnered tremendous ratings in Korea due to an inadvertent language issue.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chicken-lice-sores-walmart/
title: Does Photo Show Lice Sores on Chicken at Walmart?
review_date: 2021-03-18T19:30:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph showed chicken products distributed by Maple Leaf Foods and sold in Walmart stores that had red marks indicative of poultry lice infestation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-campaign-data-breach-controversy/
title: Bernie Sanders Campaign Data Breach Controversy
review_date: 2015-12-18T09:43:55Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Staffers on Bernie Sanders' campaign deliberately and improperly accessed information about the Hillary Clinton campaign during a brief (30-40 minute-long) data security lapse.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/faceapp-russians-photographs/
title: If You Used FaceApp, Do Russians Now Own All of Your Photographs?
review_date: 2019-07-18T10:32:49Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
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text:
If you did the "age challenge" and used FaceApp to upload your picture, Russians now own all of your photographs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/last-photo-queen-mongolia/
title: Does Photo Show Last Queen of Mongolia Before Execution?
review_date: 2022-01-25T06:40:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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A picture shows the last photograph of the last queen of Mongolia, just before she was killed in 1938.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazon-spray-boxes-chemicals/
title: Does Amazon Spray Boxes With Chemicals Dangerous to Pets?
review_date: 2020-12-30T07:02:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Shipping and technology company Amazon sprays its boxes with chemicals that have been shown to cause chemical burns in some pets.


text: Televangelist Creflo Dollar's pulpit is made entirely out of hundred dollar bills.
title: Creflo Dollar Debuts New Pulpit Made Entirely of Hundred Dollar Bills?
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
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url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brigham-young-byu-lgbt-chalk/
title: Did BYU Repeatedly Wash Away Pro-LGBT+ Chalk Art on Campus?
review_date: 2021-09-02T07:17:08Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2021, Brigham Young University repeatedly washed away chalk murals containing messages of love and support for LGBT+ students.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-gift-card/
title: Walmart Thanksgiving/Black Friday Coupon Scams
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Walmart stores are distributing free coupons via Facebook as part of Thanksgiving or Black Friday promotions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-warren-million-offer-dna/
title: Did Trump Offer $1 Million If Elizabeth Warren Could Show Native American Heritage?
review_date: 2018-10-15T06:12:07Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
President Donald Trump offered to donate $1 million to a charity of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's choice if she would take a DNA test to demonstrate that she had Native American ancestry.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jennifer-granholm-electric-car/
title: Did US Energy Secretary Say Gas Crisis ‘Would Not’ Affect Electric Car Drivers?
review_date: 2021-05-15T04:26:01Z
textual_rating: True
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text:
On May 11, 2021, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in response to a question about a cyberattack on a pipeline that crippled fuel delivery, that “if you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you, clearly.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/revocation-of-independence/
title: John Cleese's Letter to the USA
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textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Former Monty Python member John Cleese penned a satirical piece announcing the revocation of America's independence for failure to elect a competent president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-canadian-women-isis-threat/
title: Did U.S. President Donald Trump Declare Canadian Women the Biggest Threat After ISIS?
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
President Donald Trump posited that Canadian women were the second biggest threat to America following ISIS.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/words-of-wisdom/
title: 'Life Is Hard; It's Even Harder When You're Stupid'
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
John Wayne (or one of the characters he portrayed) said, "Life is hard; it's even harder when you're stupid."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-found-alive-bear-kept-food/
title: Was a Man Found Alive After Bear Broke His Spine, Kept Him as Food?
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publisher_name: Snopes
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A video shows a man named Alexander who was found alive after a bear broke his spine and kept him as food.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/navajo-reservation-letter-obama/
title: President Obama to Reduce the Size of Navajo Reservation
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
The U.S. Department of Interior sent out an official news release stating that President Obama was reducing the size of the Navajo Reservation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-floyd-daunte-wright/
title: Was George Floyd's Girlfriend Daunte Wright's Teacher?
review_date: 2021-04-15T08:02:05Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Courteney Ross, George Floyd's former girlfriend, taught Daunte Wright — a 20-year-old Black man who was killed by a white Minnesota police officer on April 11, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/second-covid-stimulus-foreign-aid/
title: Did Second COVID-19 Stimulus Include Foreign Aid?
review_date: 2020-12-23T00:13:26Z
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language_code: en
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The coronavirus relief package passed by U.S. Congress in December 2020 included aid to foreign countries, while giving Americans $600 relief checks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-biden-coffin/
title: Did Trump Post a Video with Biden Logo on a Coffin?
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A video posted to U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook page showed Joe Biden's campaign logo superimposed on a coffin.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/could-trump-defy-popular-vote/
title: Could Trump Defy Popular Vote By Halting Voter Certification?
review_date: 2020-11-19T05:46:10Z
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As of mid-November, several battleground states had not certified results of the popular vote in the 2020 presidential race, which meant U.S. President Donald Trump had an opportunity to defy the election's outcome.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ad5-vaccine-hiv/
title: Did Researchers Warn Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Could Increase HIV Risk?
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Researchers warned in The Lancet that a form of COVID-19 vaccine in development (and approved for limited use in China) could potentially increase the risk of acquiring HIV.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/revolving-door-inventor-women/
title: Was the Revolving Door Invented by a Man Who Disliked Holding Open Doors for Women?
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text:
Theophilus Van Kannel, who developed the revolving door, did so because of an aversion to holding open doors for women and other acts of chivalry.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/snakes-pool-noodles/
title: Have Rattlesnakes Been Found Inside Pool Noodles?
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An Arizona family preparing for a swim found several rattlesnakes hiding inside two pool noodles stored near their home.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schitts-creek-motel-seattle/
title: Does Seattle Have a ‘Schitt’s Creek’-Inspired Mini Rosebud Motel?
review_date: 2020-12-17T02:35:08Z
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A man created a miniature Rosebud motel facade in a Seattle neighborhood, inspired by the setting of the popular comedy series “Schitt’s Creek.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/egypt-air-fire-ball-video/
title: Video Shows 'Fireball' in the Sky As EgyptAir Flight Disappears from Radar
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textual_rating: False
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text:
A video shows a ball of fire streaking across the sky at the same moment an Air Egypt flight went missing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-wear-masks-indefinitely/
title: Did Fauci Say Americans Can Expect to Wear Masks Indefinitely?
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In an interview with “Meet the Press,” Anthony Fauci said that Americans will be required to wear masks indefinitely.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-riots-private-party/
title: Did Trump Watch Capitol Riots From a Private Party Nearby?
review_date: 2021-01-08T08:17:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
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On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump and his closest associates held a private tent party near the U.S. Capitol to livestream footage of supporters breaking into and vandalizing the federal building.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/phillip-morris-toy-lighter/
title: Was This Phillip-Morris-Branded Toy Lighter Set Real?
review_date: 2023-02-28T06:31:07Z
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language_code: en
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text:
Mister Merry's Play Lighter Set, which came with a pretend lighter and bubble gum cigarettes, was a real product.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/americanism/
title: US Servicemen Refused Service at Dunkin' Donuts
review_date: 2007-09-04T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The owner of a Dunkin' Donuts franchise told U.S. servicemen he would not serve them because "you are killing my countrymen."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ohio-police-makhia-bryant/
title: Did Ohio Police Say 'Blue Lives Matter' After Killing Ma'Khia Bryant?
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Shortly after a Columbus police officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant on April 20, 2021, officers at the scene told Black witnesses: "Blue lives matter."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/european-parental-leave-benefits/
title: European Parental Leave Benefits
review_date: 2017-03-16T07:29:52Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Canada, Norway, and Germany each offer federally paid family leave programs ranging from 35 weeks to 1 year in length.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-search-result-racist-twitter/
title: In Search Results for 'Racist,' Does Trump Appear First on Twitter?
review_date: 2020-06-05T08:13:43Z
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U.S. President Donald Trump was the first result for the term "racist" on Twitter under the "People" section in June 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/equinimity/
title: Did the Byrds Replace David Crosby with a Horse?
review_date: 1999-05-30T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Byrds fired David Crosby in the middle of recording an album, then replaced him with a picture of a horse on its cover.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-quote-never-died-before/
title: Did President Trump Say 'People Are Dying Today That Have Never Died Before'?
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Referring to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "People are dying today that have never died before."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-biden-fishnet-stockings/
title: Is This a Photograph of Jill Biden in 'Fishnet Stockings'?
review_date: 2021-04-05T14:19:36Z
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language_code: en
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text:
A photograph shows First Lady Jill Biden deplaning in black patterned hosiery, ankle boots, and a skirt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-thieves-stealing-license-plates-in-a-carjacking-scheme/
title: Are Thieves Stealing License Plates in a Carjacking Scheme?
review_date: 2016-12-21T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A new trend in carjacking involves the theft of your license plates by robbers who later lure you into a carjacking by pretending they "found" your tags.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-gobbler/
title: Turkey Neck
review_date: 2000-11-17T01:28:58Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Prankish kids leave a turkey neck sticking out of Dad's pants; Mom faints when she sees the cat gnawing on it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/benjamin-franklin-turkey/
title: Did Benjamin Franklin Want a Turkey, Not a Bald Eagle, on USA's Great Seal?
review_date: 2022-12-23T13:00:06Z
textual_rating: False
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Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey — not the bald eagle — to be on the Great Seal of the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shania-jones-cross-eyed-arrest/
title: Crazed Woman Cuts Off Man’s Penis for Not Making Eye Contact During Sex
review_date: 2016-09-07T06:10:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A fake news article reported that a cross-eyed woman cut off her partner's penis after he refused to look her in the eye during sex.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslims-destroy-wwii-graves-libya/
title: Does This Video Show Muslims Destroying British WWII Graves in Libya?
review_date: 2015-12-27T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a group of Muslims destroying burial plots of non-Muslims at a British WWII cemetery in Libya.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-healthy-body/
title: Did Stalin Say 'America Is Like a Healthy Body with Threefold Resistance'?
review_date: 2012-03-15T14:15:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin said, "America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-flags-houston-reagan/
title: Obama Lowered Flags for Whitney Houston But Not Nancy Reagan
review_date: 2016-03-09T03:32:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama ordered flags be flown at half-staff to mark the death of singer Whitney Houston, but he did not extend that honor to former first lady Nancy Reagan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-abortion-law/
title: Did Georgia Pass a Law Imposing Severe Criminal Penalties for Abortions and Miscarriages?
review_date: 2019-05-17T02:21:16Z
textual_rating: Unproven
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publisher_name: Snopes
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Georgia's House Bill 481 would, when implemented, leave women open to prosecution for criminal abortion, murder, or second-degree murder for having abortions or miscarriages.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/letter-from-an-airline-pilot/
title: Letter from an Airline Pilot
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textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Letter from airline pilot describes a flight on which the remains of a fallen U.S. soldier were carried.


text: Casey Anthony is opening a home daycare center in Florida.
title: Casey Anthony Obtains License for Home Daycare Business in Florida
review_date: 2016-08-05T10:04:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/casey-anthony-obtains-license-for-home-daycare-business-in-florida/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/london-milkman-wwii-bombing/
title: Is This an Actual Pic of London Milkman Delivering Milk After WWII Bombing?
review_date: 2022-10-04T09:38:57Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A vintage photograph authentically shows a milkman delivering milk in the aftermath of a bomber attack on London during World War II.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/josh-hawley-college-roomate/
title: Did Josh Hawley’s College Roommate Say He ‘Sucked’ To Live With?
review_date: 2021-03-14T01:43:07Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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The college roommate of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said that the Republican lawmaker from Missouri “sucked to live with.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keanu-reeves-i-have-great-times/
title: Did Keanu Reeves Say, 'I Buy Myself Clothes. I Have Great Times by Myself'?
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textual_rating: Unproven
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Keanu Reeves once said, "Someone told me the other day that he felt bad for single people because they are lonely all the time. I told him that’s not true I’m single and I don’t feel lonely. I take myself out to eat, I buy myself clothes. I have great times by myself. Once you know how to take care of yourself company becomes an option and not a necessity."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-cultural-differences-norms/
title: Did Biden Defend China's Atrocities Against Uyghurs as 'Cultural Differences'?
review_date: 2021-03-16T08:17:31Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden "dismissed" or "excused" China's atrocities against its Uyghur population as the result of "different norms."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wef-order-governments-ration-water/
title: Did World Economic Forum Order Governments to Begin Rationing Water?
review_date: 2023-04-14T17:16:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The World Economic Forum is teaming up with the United Nations to seize control of the world’s water supplies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/humpback-whale-swallows-two-women/
title: Is the 'Humpback Whale Swallows Two Girls in California' Video Real?
review_date: 2022-08-01T06:03:51Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shot in November 2020 shows a humpback whale swallowing two women who were kayaking in Avila Beach, California.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jcs-chairman-resignation-speech/
title: What the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Must Tell the Nation
review_date: 2016-04-18T07:33:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford announced his retirement with a fiery political resignation speech.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boy-scouts-condoms-jamboree/
title: Did the Boy Scouts of America Implement a New Policy Requiring Condoms to Be Available at Jamboree?
review_date: 2018-05-22T05:07:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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The Boy Scouts implemented a new policy requiring condoms to be available at its quadrennial World Scout Jamboree, shortly after announcing that girls would be able to join the organization.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whittier-alaska-residents-building/
title: Do All Residents of Whittier, Alaska, Live in This One Building?
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textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a 14-story apartment building known as the Begich Towers where every resident of the remote town of Whittier, Alaska, lives.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/james-brown-diplomatic-immunity/
title: Is the 'Ambassador' of Soul Music Entitled to Diplomatic Immunity?
review_date: 2002-03-29T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
James Brown's wife once tried to beat misdemeanor charges by claiming she was entitled to diplomatic immunity for being married to a musical "ambassador."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcconnell-trump-attack-capitol/
title: Did McConnell Say Trump 'Provoked' Attack on U.S. Capitol?
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textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that U.S. President Trump "provoked" the attack on the Capitol.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tunnel-from-bedroom-to-pub/
title: Did the 'Shawshank Husband' Dig a Tunnel from His Bedroom to a Pub?
review_date: 2018-10-25T01:49:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man in Ireland earned the nickname "Shawshank Husband" after he dug a tunnel from his bedroom to a local pub over the span of 15 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christian-crowdfunding-rittenhouse/
title: Did Christian Crowdfunding Campaign Raise Money for Kyle Rittenhouse?
review_date: 2020-09-01T02:23:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A crowdfunding campaign on the Christian site GiveSendGo solicited donations to help Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old accused of killing two people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-speech-presidential-seal/
title: Did Trump Deliver a Speech Next to an Altered Presidential Seal?
review_date: 2019-07-25T02:34:05Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows U.S. President Donald Trump standing next to a manipulated version of the presidential seal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-ban-gas-stoves-climate-change/
title: Is Biden Administration Banning Gas Stoves Over Climate Change Concerns?
review_date: 2023-01-10T13:39:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is planning to ban gas stoves over concerns surrounding climate change.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-signature-audit/
title: Debunking Trump Tweets: Should Georgia Conduct a Ballot Signature Audit?
review_date: 2020-11-30T03:21:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A signature audit of absentee ballots in Georgia must be conducted and could overturn the 2020 presidential vote results in that state.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/atlanta-shooter-parents-police/
title: Did Robert Aaron Long's Parents Help Police Find Him?
review_date: 2021-03-18T05:51:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The parents of Robert Aaron Long, who was arrested on suspicion of killing eight people in Atlanta-area massage parlors, helped law enforcement apprehend him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teddy-stoddard/
title: Teddy Stoddard
review_date: 2001-10-22T12:15:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Did a boy named Teddy Stoddard give his teacher old perfume and a bracelet in gratitude for her kindness, thereby creating a friendship that turned his life around?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/advice-to-young-brides/
title: Was This 'Advice' for Brides Real?
review_date: 1998-08-27T12:17:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An 1894 treatise against the evils of marital sex exhorted young brides to "give little, give seldom, and above all, give grudgingly."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/3d-printed-rhino-horn-developed/
title: Have 3D Printed Rhino Horns Been Developed to Stop Poaching?
review_date: 2016-07-11T10:08:30Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A biotech company has developed a 3D synthetic rhino horn that will eventually undercut the market for poached horns.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-oxmall-trump-dildos/
title: Did a Gun Store Sell Trump-Shaped Dildos?
review_date: 2021-05-06T02:15:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April and May 2021, an actual gun store in Philadelphia sold sex toys molded to resemble the face of former U.S. President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mail-in-voting-ballots/
title: Did a Pennsylvania Voter Receive Two Usable Ballots?
review_date: 2020-08-06T08:36:17Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
One Pennsylvania resident received two mail-in ballots in 2020, both of which could be used in an upcoming election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eagle-scout-nuclear-reactor/
title: Did a 17-Year-Old Eagle Scout Build a Nuclear Reactor in His Mom’s Backyard?
review_date: 2018-10-24T02:53:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1994, a 17-year-old Eagle Scout built a nuclear reactor in his mother’s backyard, an act that ultimately necessitated a Superfund cleanup.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stopwatt-elon-musk-tesla/
title: Was StopWatt Created by Elon Musk and Tesla?
review_date: 2023-08-28T11:50:09Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online article or product listing says that the StopWatt "electricity-saving box" was created by Elon Musk and Tesla.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kissinger-forced-vaccinations/
title: Did Henry Kissinger Advocate 'Forcible Vaccinations'?
review_date: 2019-04-11T07:19:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Henry Kissinger spoke to a "eugenics council" on controlling populations through forcible vaccinations.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-purple-heart-news-media/
title: Did President Trump's Awarding of a Purple Heart to a Wounded Vet Go Unreported by News Media?
review_date: 2019-03-22T05:11:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph showing U.S. President Donald Trump awarding a purple heart to a wounded veteran went unreported by the mainstream news media.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-bypass-system-hoax/
title: 'Here's How To Bypass the System' Post Is a Facebook Hoax
review_date: 2023-08-17T14:00:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The act of copying and pasting a block of text into a new Facebook post can "bypass the system" that limits the number of friends' posts that appear in your News Feed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-probation-meeting-clintons/
title: Did a Judge Give Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein Probation After Meeting with the Clintons?
review_date: 2019-07-15T08:58:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A judge set convicted registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein free on probation in a sex-trafficking case after a meeting with the Clintons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/don-wagner-tracking-device/
title: Was an Orange County Supervisor Seriously Concerned About Vaccine 'Tracking Devices'?
review_date: 2021-04-29T08:30:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner expressed genuine concern over "tracking devices" when he asked a health official about their potential presence in COVID-19 vaccines during a county board meeting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dick-van-dyke-trump-dictator/
title: Did Dick Van Dyke Say 'We Have to Stop a Man Who Wants to Be the Dictator'?
review_date: 2018-11-28T10:26:20Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dick Van Dyke said of Donald Trump, "There are millions of people who share his anger, paranoia, and his hatred ... I think we have to stop a man who wants to be the dictator."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paris-hilton-anti-paparazzi-scarf-for-flash/
title: Was Paris Hilton Wearing an 'Anti-Paparazzi' Scarf That Obscures Flash Photography?
review_date: 2022-12-13T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Paris Hilton was seen wearing an "anti-paparazzi" scarf that ruins pictures taken with flash photography.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cia-michael-hayden-put-me-down-with-kaepernick/
title: Michael Hayden Said of NFL Protest Dispute 'Put Me Down with Kaepernick'?
review_date: 2017-09-27T05:40:45Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michael Hayden said that he stood with Colin Kaepernick and other NFL Players in dispute over protests during the national anthem.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-trump-fake-speech-quote/
title: Michelle Obama Stole Her Speech from Melania Trump
review_date: 2016-07-19T08:11:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Eric Trump defended his stepmother's speech at the Republican National Convention by saying it was actually Michelle Obama who stole from Melania.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/veal-crates/
title: Veal Crates
review_date: 2016-03-30T07:30:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photograph shows crates in which calves are kept immobilized for six weeks before they are slaughtered for veal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-changes-oath-of-allegiance/
title: President Obama Changes Oath of Allegiance
review_date: 2015-07-22T06:12:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama has changed the Oath of Allegiance for naturalized citizens to remove a vow to defend the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-jail-wearing-slacks-1938/
title: Did a Woman Go To Jail for Wearing Slacks in 1938?
review_date: 2022-09-02T05:32:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1938, Helen Hulick was held in contempt of court and sent to jail for repeatedly wearing slacks to court after being told by the judge to wear a dress.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sex-trafficking-girls-snapchat/
title: Is a Sex-Trafficking Ring Adding Girls on Snapchat to Easily Locate, Kidnap Them?
review_date: 2019-04-24T10:53:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A sex-trafficking ring is using Snapchat to locate and kidnap unwitting girls into sex-trafficking operations in Lawrence, Mass.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cronkite-war-form-of-madness/
title: Did Walter Cronkite Say War Is 'a Form of Madness'?
review_date: 2023-03-03T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Longtime CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite once said, "War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It's hardly a civilized pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-versus-fish/
title: Does This Video Capture a Weather Reporter Slapped in the Face by a Large Fish?
review_date: 2016-02-09T09:03:57Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a "weather reporter" getting smacked in the face by a flying fish during a television segment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-end-of-men/
title: Did Tucker Carlson Produce an Unusual Trailer for 'The End of Men'?
review_date: 2022-04-18T04:31:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shared widely in April 2022 showed an authentic trailer for a Tucker Carlson program entitled "The End of Men."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wishes-destantis-happy-pride-month-slur/
title: Did Trump Wish DeSantis 'Happy Pride Month' in Post with Homophobic Slur?
review_date: 2023-06-05T17:04:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On the social platform Truth Social, former U.S. President Donald Trump posted "Happy PRIDE MONTH to the 'Governor' of Florida, Ron DeFAGGOT."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hot-mic-fox-news-covid/
title: Was Fox News' John Roberts Caught on Hot Mic Discussing COVID-19 as a Hoax?
review_date: 2020-04-22T09:12:14Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video documents a hot-mic exchange between Fox News reporter John Roberts and a "fake news tech" in which they admit COVID-19 was a hoax, and that everyone in the news media has already been vaccinated.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-showers-dishwashers/
title: Did Trump Decry Low-Flow Showers and Dishwashers During a Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-07-20T09:58:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump gave a talk during the COVID-19 pandemic in which he remonstrated about showers and dishwashers not functioning properly due to low-flow standards.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-dc-blackout/
title: Did the Internet Go Dark in D.C. During White House Protests?
review_date: 2020-06-02T04:08:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Internet and cell service for people protesting police brutality in Washington, D.C., turned off for a temporary "blackout" on June 1.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-hurricane-victims-delay-their-mortgage-payments/
title: Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments?
review_date: 2017-09-15T09:03:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Homeowners affected by hurricanes are allowed, under certain circumstances, to delay their mortgage payments.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dc-dancing-weddings-covid-19/
title: Did the Mayor of DC Ban Dancing at Weddings Because of COVID-19?
review_date: 2021-05-06T04:00:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On April 26, 2021, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser banned dancing at weddings in an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-falling-down-stairs-video/
title: Is This Video of a Man Falling Down a Flight of Stairs Real?
review_date: 2018-08-17T05:29:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a man surviving a tumble down a long flight of stairs, only to be hit by a car in the street.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-messages-scam/
title: 'Look Who Died in an Accident' Facebook Messages Are a Scam
review_date: 2023-05-03T12:31:40Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Facebook messages seemingly authored by a friend, beginning with the phrase, "Look who died, in an accident," and containing a link are legitimate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-seal-team-6-reveal/
title: Did Joe Biden Publicly Reveal the Identity of the Special-Ops Unit That Killed Bin Laden?
review_date: 2019-05-08T02:24:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Then-Vice President Joe Biden publicly revealed the identity of the special-operations unit responsible for Osama bin Laden’s killing during a 3 May 2011 speech at the Atlantic Council Awards Dinner.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-employees-n-word/
title: 'Twitter Employees Forced To Say the N-Word' Is Satire
review_date: 2022-12-08T16:08:43Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twitter employees were forced to "say the N-word" to keep their jobs after Elon Musk's takeover of the company.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pilot-flying-j-flag-controversy/
title: Is Flying J Taking Down U.S. Flags Because They 'Offend Foreigners'?
review_date: 2018-05-10T02:53:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pilot Flying J is removing American flags from their truck stop flagpoles because the flags "offend foreigners."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/climatology-fraud-global-warming/
title: Peer-Reviewed Study Proves All Recent Global Warming Fabricated by Climatologists?
review_date: 2017-07-14T07:41:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A peer-reviewed study has found evidence that nearly all of global warming has been fabricated by climate scientists.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-happy-easter-radical-left/
title: Did Trump Wish Happy Easter to 'Radical Left CRAZIES'?
review_date: 2021-04-06T01:28:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump released a statement wishing a Happy Easter to the "Radical Left CRAZIES" who want to "destroy our country."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denzel-washington-criticized-quote/
title: Did Denzel Washington Say 'You’ll Never Be Criticized by Someone Who Is Doing More than You'?
review_date: 2022-04-01T04:00:30Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Denzel Washington said: "You’ll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You’ll always be criticized by someone doing less. Remember that."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/meme-debunk-sea-level-rise/
title: No, This Meme Doesn’t ‘Debunk’ Sea Level Rise, Climate Change
review_date: 2022-07-08T03:13:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme debunks climate change by showing that melting sea ice (represented by ice cubes) placed in a measuring cup does not contribute to sea level rise (represented by the unchanging water level of the cup).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bedbug-letter/
title: The Bedbug Letter
review_date: 2000-12-09T20:06:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Apology letter sent to a wronged customer is marred by attached instructions to send the recipient the standard grovel.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/supreme-court-rule-1943-patriotic-rituals/
title: Did the Supreme Court Rule in 1943 That No One Can Be Forced to Participate in Patriotic Rituals?
review_date: 2018-08-13T09:50:41Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1943 the Supreme Court ruled that no one can be forced to participate in patriotic rituals such as the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem, so calling for NFL players to be fired for "taking a knee" in protest amounts to calling for the law to be broken.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/star-trek-scotty-ashes-space/
title: Were Ashes of 'Star Trek' Star Smuggled onto Space Station?
review_date: 2020-12-29T07:30:22Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The ashes of actor James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott on the hit "Star Trek" television series, were smuggled aboard the International Space Station by private astronaut Richard Garriott.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/signs-of-a-protest/
title: 'No Mother Should Have to Fear for Her Son's Life Every Time He Robs a Store'
review_date: 2014-12-01T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a protester holding a "No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store" sign in front of a fire station in Ferguson, Missouri.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scott-kelly-heart-shrink/
title: Did Astronaut Scott Kelly's Heart Shrink From Space Travel?
review_date: 2021-04-08T08:56:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 2021 study found astronaut Scott Kelly's heart shrank by 27% over the course of roughly one year in space.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/starbucks-red-christmas-cups/
title: The War on Christmas Cups
review_date: 2015-11-05T00:10:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The coffee chain Starbucks removed all mentions of Christmas from their red holiday cups because "they hate Jesus."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/peter-strzok-grew-up-in-iran-cia-operative/
review_date: 2018-07-23T03:17:26Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
FBI agent Peter Strzok II grew up in Iran; had a father who engaged in clandestine activities overseas under the guise of doing charitable work; served as a "Middle East intel operative" in the Obama administration; and was a CIA agent "placed" in the FBI to help Hillary Clinton win the presidency.

title:
Is Peter Strzok a CIA Operative Who Grew Up in Iran and Was 'Placed' in the FBI to Help Hillary Clinton?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mass-shootings-obama/
title: Did More Mass Shootings Take Place Under Obama Than Any Other President?
review_date: 2015-12-04T03:46:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Vastly more mass shootings have taken place during President Obama's administration than that of any other recent President.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-vaccine-mandate/
title: Are White House Staff and Vaccine Company Employees Required to Get Vaccinated for COVID?
review_date: 2021-08-24T09:10:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Employees at the White House, CDC, FDA, WHO, Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson are not required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-friday-origins/
title: How Did 'Black Friday' Get Its Name?
review_date: 2013-11-30T22:50:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The term "Black Friday" originated with the practice of selling off slaves on the day after Thanksgiving.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carjacker/
title: Carjacker Run Over by Truck?
review_date: 2004-01-14T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show a failed carjacker who was run over by a truck after the driver pushed him under its wheels.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donated-hair/
title: Does Locks of Love Sell Donated Hair?
review_date: 2015-03-02T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Locks of Love sells most donated hair for profit and charges ailing children exorbitant amounts for wigs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-coronavirus-funding/
title: Did US House Speaker Pelosi 'Hold Back' Coronavirus Funding?
review_date: 2020-03-11T08:26:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held up a coronavirus funding package so that Democrats could run negative ads about Republicans that made the latter look bad.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usps-closing-due-to-covid-19/
title: Is USPS Closing Soon Because of COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-04-29T10:10:13Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. economic downturn due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 was forcing the United States Postal Service to close.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-biden-nazi-flag/
title: Did Jill Biden Give a Speech in Front of a Nazi-Inspired Flag?
review_date: 2021-04-02T04:15:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On March 31, 2021, first lady Jill Biden stood in front of a Nazi-inspired flag while giving a speech to farmworkers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/in-n-out/
title: Do In-N-Out Burger Food Containers Include Bible Verses?
review_date: 2002-12-06T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Cups and burger wrappers used by the In-N-Out Burger chain are printed with references to Bible verses.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/license-to-squeal/
title: Online Driver's License Look-Up
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You can look up anyone's driver's license for free through the 'National Motor Vehicle Licence Organization' web site.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pipeline-protest-photo/
title: Young Protester Stares Down Police
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language_code: en
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text:
A photograph shows a young woman staring down a police officer during a pipeline protest in North Dakota.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ricky-schroder-costco/
title: Did Actor Ricky Schroder Confront a Costco Employee About Masks?
review_date: 2021-05-17T02:07:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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Actor Ricky Schroder filmed himself confronting a Costco employee in California about the store's mask rules.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/real-video-arrow-always-points-right/
title: Is This a Real Video of an Arrow That Always Points to the Right?
review_date: 2018-05-02T10:44:14Z
textual_rating: True
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An optical illusion allows a 3D arrow to appear as if it is always pointing in the same direction (with its mirror reflection showing the opposite direction), even when it is rotated 180 degrees.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-sheriff-god-trust/
title: Florida Sheriff Won’t Remove 'In God We Trust' from Police Cars Despite Complaint?
review_date: 2023-09-06T13:45:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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Sheriff Wayne Ivey of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office refused to remove an "In God We Trust" decal from his officers' patrol cars.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/franceska-mann/
title: Did a Jewish Ballerina Shoot an SS Guard at Auschwitz?
review_date: 2017-03-09T03:11:27Z
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In a dying act of defiance, Polish dancer and Holocaust victim Franceska Mann shot and killed SS officer Josef Schillinger.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-cancun/
title: Did Ted Cruz Fly to Cancun During Texas Energy Crisis?
review_date: 2021-02-18T00:44:39Z
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On Feb. 17, 2021, amid a winter storm crisis in Texas, that state's U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz took a trip to Cancun, Mexico.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/starbucks-drive-thru-secrets/
title: Do Multiple Starbucks Employees Listen in on Drive-Thru Orders?
review_date: 2020-12-21T04:05:01Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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While preparing food and beverages, multiple Starbucks employees wear headsets and listen to customers making drive-thru orders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transfusion-confusion/
title: Transfusion Confusion
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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A brave little boy agrees to transfuse his ailing little sister, thinking the procedure will kill him even as it saves her life.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uk-issues-lgbt-travel-warning-for-united-states/
title: UK Issues LGBT Travel Warning for United States
review_date: 2016-04-21T06:38:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The UK issued a travel advisory for LGBT citizens visiting the United States after Mississippi and North Carolina passed controversial laws.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mass-shooter-shooting-mugshots/
title: Does a Meme Show the Faces of Suspected Mass Shooters in U.S. in 2019?
review_date: 2019-08-06T09:45:23Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
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A widely shared meme in August 2019 showed the faces of known mass-shooting suspects in the U.S. in 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coach-refuse-kaepernick-phone-call-trump/
review_date: 2017-10-31T06:35:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
NFL coach Bill Belichick reversed his decision to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick after a phone call with President Trump.

title:
Did a National Football League Coach Reverse a Decision to Sign Colin Kaepernick After a Presidential Call?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-athletes-menstrual-periods/
title: Did Florida HS Athletics Association Recommend Requiring Student Athletes To Submit Menstrual Info?
review_date: 2023-01-26T13:17:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The Florida High School Athletics Association (FHSAA) voted to recommend that student athletes be required to turn in their menstrual histories to schools.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-robot-cashiers/
title: Is McDonald’s Replacing All Cashiers with Robots to Avoid a Minimum Wage Increase?
review_date: 2018-06-10T07:56:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
McDonald's is planning to replace all the cashiers in their restaurants with robots by the end of 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-tucker-carlson-twitter-ceo/
title: No, Elon Musk Did Not Offer Tucker Carlson the Job of Twitter CEO
review_date: 2023-04-26T12:47:59Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Twitter owner Elon Musk offered the CEO job at his company to television host Tucker Carlson after he was fired from Fox News in April 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/glowing-firefly-trees/
title: Are Scientists 'Literally Creating Glow-in-the-Dark Trees' With Firefly DNA?
review_date: 2021-02-04T02:57:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dutch scientists literally created glow-in-the-dark trees by inserting genetic material from fireflies, making them "eco-friendly outdoor nightlights."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/report-vermont-power-grid-infiltrated-by-russian-hackers/
title: Was a Vermont Power Grid Infiltrated by Russian Hackers?
review_date: 2017-01-03T04:20:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A computer infected by malware proved a Vermont power company has been targeted for disruption by Russian hackers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frida-kahlo-wife-mural-article/
title: Is This a Real Article Claiming Frida Kahlo 'Gleefully Dabbles in Art'?
review_date: 2021-08-29T01:00:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A real Detroit News article written in 1933 described Frida Kahlo as “Wife of the Master Mural Painter” who “Gleefully Dabbles in Art.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vodka-butt-shots-riot/
title: New Year's Eve Vodka Butt Shots Riot
review_date: 2016-01-05T06:36:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A riot broke out after a woman accidentally defecated while administering "vodka butt shots" on New Year's Eve.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-arrest/
title: Hunter Biden Arrest Rumors Are Latest From Alternative Universe
review_date: 2021-09-02T01:26:07Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was arrested in August 2021 at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-afghan-women/
title: Did Hillary Clinton Charter Flights for Afghan Women?
review_date: 2021-08-31T06:53:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been chartering private flights out of Afghanistan for at-risk Afghan women and children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vintage-ad-pregnant-woman-smoking/
title: Is This a Real Vintage Ad Featuring a Pregnant Woman Smoking?
review_date: 2023-05-27T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A real vintage advertisement for “Nico-Time Cigarettes” shows a pregnant woman smoking and features the caption, “The smooth taste expectant mothers crave.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-reporter-recording-clinton/
title: Did a Dead Reporter Mail Her Lawyer an ‘Open If Something Happens to Me’ Recording of Bill Clinton?
review_date: 2018-05-01T01:02:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A reporter who was found dead mailed her lawyer a recording “to be played if anything happens to her."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-jacob-oppenheimer-schmidt/
title: No, Oppenheimer’s Full Name Wasn't ‘John Jacob Oppenheimer Schmidt’
review_date: 2023-07-21T10:24:38Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The full name of the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is credited as “the father of the nuclear bomb,” was John Jacob Oppenheimer Schmidt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fire-alarm-box-lock-pranksters/
title: Did This Old Fire Alarm Box Lock Pranksters in Place?
review_date: 2019-11-13T01:50:53Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An old photograph shows a fire alarm box equipped with an anti-prank mechanism that locks the alarm sender in place until authorities arrive.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-boulder-shooting-morally-white/
title: Did CNN Report That Boulder Shooting Suspect Was 'Morally White'?
review_date: 2021-03-27T06:22:58Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2021, CNN reported the suspect in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, was "morally white."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-signing-blank-papers/
title: Does Video Show Biden Signing Blank Executive Orders?
review_date: 2021-01-27T02:46:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S President Joe Biden signed "blank executive orders" on Jan. 21, 2021, rendering those orders invalid.


