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FalseThe Simpsons predicted 2025 California wildfiresSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025FalseActor Denzel Washington donated $50 million to victims of the January 2025 wildfires in California.SnopesJan 16, 2025FalseVideo proves Biden farewell address was pre-recordedSaid by instagram.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025FalseVideo shows Mexican helicopters going to California to help in wildfire relief efforts in January 2025Said by instagram.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025FalseSouth African firefighters danced on their way to LA wildfiresSaid by instagram.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025TruePresident Joe Biden erred in saying "end of quote" during his farewell address on January 15, 2025, as some social media posts suggested.Said by instagram.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025MixedA teenager's breasts grew from a B-cup to a triple G-cup after she received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.SnopesJan 16, 2025FalseAmazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 16, 2025FalseLos Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025FalseVideo claims to show the Los Angeles fires.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025FalseVideo clips show “wildfires in Los Angeles, California.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025False“Bomberos que combaten los incendios en Los Ángeles sostienen imagen de Nuestra Madre Santísima”.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025False“El Departamento de Bomberos de Los Ángeles está utilizando bolsos de mujer para recoger agua en su lucha contra el incendio”.Said by X postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025False“El ejército de Los Estados Unidos se encuentra preparado para entrar a Venezuela a derrocar la dictadura de Nicolás Maduro”.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025False“So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 16, 2025TruePenelope Hegseth, the mother of Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News presenter and President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, once wrote an email accusing him of being an "abuser of women."SnopesJan 16, 2025TrueU.S. President-elect Donald Trump said that if Israeli hostages held by Hamas "are not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East."SnopesJan 16, 2025TrueDuring defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing, a senator questioning Hegseth employed a prop sign that misspelled the word military as "miltary."SnopesJan 16, 2025FalseA flight attendant humiliated Google CEO Sundar Pichai after observing his dressed-down appearance and questioning his first-class airline ticket.SnopesJan 16, 2025FalseCalifornia fire officials announce lithium deposits found in January 2025 wildfire relief efforts proving a land grab theorySaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025FalseBritish prime minister attended US inauguration in 1941, 1961, 1973 and 2001Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025FalseVideo shows the son of a Ukrainian prosecutor in an expensive car in MonacoSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 16, 2025FalseA video shows the perspective of a firefighter as they tackle a blaze in Los Angeles.Full FactJan 16, 2025Can’t tellBovaer reduces the fertility of cattle and poisons them and us by extension.Full FactJan 16, 2025