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FalseCan drinking tomato juice cure diabetes in 6 months to 1 year?Said by fried_moniMedical DialoguesJan 16, 2025Can’t tellEnoch Burke was forced to stand outside a school in Ireland for refusing 'transgender ideology'Said by Josiah BurkeTheJournal.ieJan 16, 2025FalseThe Welsh Refugee Council used 12-year-old girls in a video inviting refugees to Wales.Said by Social media usersLogically FactsJan 16, 2025Can’t tellThe government says 16,400 failed asylum seekers have been returned since the election.Full FactJan 16, 2025FalseVideo shows California fire department deputy chief ballet dancingSaid by X, FacebookLogically FactsJan 16, 2025TrueMark Zuckerberg said the corporate world needs more "masculine energy."SnopesJan 15, 2025Can’t tellWhoopi Goldberg's mansion was destroyed in the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.SnopesJan 15, 2025Falsevideo shows wildfires in Los Angeles California, Hollywood is burningSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025FalseWildfires intentionally set to promote smart city programsSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025FalseChuck Norris Died In Car Accident In January 2025Said by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025FalseA list shows the names of U.K. Members of Parliament who voted against deporting "foreign rapists."Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025FalseBiden's national security advisor just said an "unexpected event" in the next few days is "totally possible" and would be the only thing that keeps him in power.Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025TrueStudies have found that cola drinks may negatively impact bone health.SnopesJan 15, 2025Can’t tellFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter said the best part about heaven is knowing President-elect Donald Trump will not be there.SnopesJan 15, 2025TrueFormer Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy once said, “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”SnopesJan 15, 2025FalseAn image shows Robert Redford’s Oscar statuette destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 15, 2025FalsePhoto shows Elon Musk and Taylor Swift visiting “production facilities” for an energy-saving device.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 15, 2025FalseThe Biden administration is offering only “$770 for people who lost everything” in the Los Angeles wildfires.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 15, 2025FalseTrees still standing amid wildfire damage in the Los Angeles area are evidence of directed energy weapons.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 15, 2025FalseVideo shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 15, 2025True“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."Said by Tony EversPolitiFactJan 15, 2025False“If they wanted to stop the fires they would make it rain.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 15, 2025False“Oprah Winfrey announces she will leave America before January 20.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 15, 2025False“The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 15, 2025