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This fuzzy image of Saturn's largest moon showed a celestial body that looked similar to Earth. snopes.com/fact-check/sat…
A photo spread on social media platforms claiming that it was taken in Palestine "before Israel came into existence." Here's what we found: snopes.com/news/2024/04/2…
✅ Yes, a small dog named George gave his life on April 29, 2007, to save five children from two pit bulls. snopes.com/fact-check/geo…
❌ No, Angelina Jolie did not say, "Arabs and Muslims are not terrorists. The world should unite against Israel." snopes.com/fact-check/jol…
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Rumors swirled that billionaire George Soros was funding pro-Palestine protests at U.S. universities. Here's what we found. snopes.com/news/2024/04/2…
Claims about Elon Musk dying in April 2024 were nothing but a hoax. snopes.com/fact-check/no-…
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✅ Yes, novelist Kurt Vonnegut once told a story about buying one envelope at a time. snopes.com/fact-check/kur…
A man built a self-sustaining ecosystem inside a sealed glass bottle that survived for half a century and has only been watered once, in 1972. snopes.com/fact-check/sel…
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17K Followers 339 Following Vi faktasjekker det offentlige ordskiftet og avdekker falske påstander og historier som sprer seg i det norske samfunnet. [email protected]This is very misleading. We interviewed Claire Bridges. She said she was born with a heart condition. "My legs were amputated due to COVID/Rhabdo, not the vaccine." She also railed against users who "twisted" her story for a "personal agenda." Read more: snopes.com/news/2023/01/2…
TRAGIC: Claire Bridges was a 21 year old model when she received the mRNA vaccine 💉💉 Clair ended up having legs amputated due to blood clots, and now suffers from myocarditis & kidney failure. #diedsuddenly
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I watched yesterday's broadcast and can confirm that yes, Fox News talk show host Tucker Carlson called U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, “Eye-Patch McCain." Here's the context in my latest for @snopes. 👇🏽 snopes.com/fact-check/car…
We transcribed @elonmusk's full explanation into text regarding the idea of unbanning Trump on Twitter. He spoke on the subject after being asked about it earlier today. It's also available as a video in the story. snopes.com/news/2022/05/1…
❌ Nope, neither @NASA nor researchers at @NASAJPL intend to send "nudes" to space. For @snopes, I spoke with the author of a widely cited study who said this image was part of a scientific concept to describe a means of communication — not an action plan. bit.ly/3Fww5c0
Where are @Google and @facebook , these news sites and @BankofAmerica and @@WellsFargo fraud detection units ? The @FTC ? This shit has been going on for years. We report them, the platforms do nothing and people get ripped off !
Sponsored content space is being bought on legit news websites to push fake "reviews" for a scam that falsely claims the cast of "Shark Tank" endorsed CBD gummies. cc: @BarbaraCorcoran @mcuban @LoriGreiner @robertherjavec @TheSharkDaymond @kevinolearytv snopes.com/fact-check/sha…
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Researchers at @bengurionu trained goldfish to steer a tank on wheels, otherwise known as a fish-operated vehicle (FOV). Bizarre? Yes. True? Also yes. Learn more about this fin-tastic research that I covered for @snopes 👉🏽 bit.ly/fishoperatedve….
We contacted the corporate team at @McDonalds twice yesterday. No response yet. We just sent a third request for an answer. Xylitol is not included in the ingredients list for their ice cream. However, we are looking to obtain definitive confirmation. snopes.com/fact-check/mcd…
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