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FalseCan warm water with ghee on first day of periods prevent PCOD?Said by fried_moniMedical DialoguesJan 9, 2025Can’t tellThe signals emitted by 5G towers are damaging to humans, animals and plants.Full FactJan 9, 2025FalseNatallia Goodman missingSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 8, 2025FalseWoodrow Wilson private papers birth certificateSaid by instagram.comLead StoriesJan 8, 2025FalseHouse Resolution 7 will make women get permission from their husbands, fathers or priests to use birth control or have an abortion.Said by threads.netLead StoriesJan 8, 2025FalseTaxi driver, Andrew McIntyre, jailed for seven and a half years over Southport social media postsSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 8, 2025Falselos angeles fire department lafd asking public assistance help in fighting wildfiresSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 8, 2025FalseAfter Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, “Denmark clapped back saying they’d buy the USA, give us free healthcare, and actually make America great again.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 8, 2025FalseSays Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 8, 2025FalseVideo shows Sean “Diddy” Combs “riding a bike in jail.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 8, 2025False“DEAL DONE: New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson make(s) a handshake deal of $789.5 million contract with former Saints QB Drew Brees as new general manager following Mickey Loomis departure…”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 8, 2025False“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 8, 2025TruePresident-elect Donald Trump said he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."SnopesJan 8, 2025FalseA video authentically shows former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeatedly falling while using a walker on the House floor.SnopesJan 8, 2025TrueOn Jan. 2, 2024, Elon Musk claimed that performing more cesarean sections (C-sections) allows for babies having larger brains.SnopesJan 8, 2025Can’t tellA social media post claimed that UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called US President-elect Donald Trump a racist. It also claimed that “Starmer sent British Labour Party members to campaign in the US against President Trump this year.”Said by Social media userPA MediaJan 8, 2025Can’t tellA video shows Mr Starmer saying he thought some claims against Jimmy Savile “felt slightly frivolous”.Full FactJan 8, 2025Can’t tellOne million children were sexually abused by grooming gangs.Full FactJan 8, 2025MixedThere is HIV in COVID vaccinesSaid by Instagram usersLogically FactsJan 8, 2025FalseMultiple UFOs spotted in the skies over Alaska todaySaid by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 7, 2025Falsenasa live stream abruptly cut as ufo mysterious craft comes into viewSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 7, 2025FalseInvestigators have been unable to unlock the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, as of January 6, 2025.Said by thehill.comLead StoriesJan 7, 2025TrueParis’ Eiffel Tower grows as much as 6 inches in height each summer.SnopesJan 7, 2025TrueA photo circulating on social media for years authentically showed a 37-million-year-old fossilized whale skeleton discovered in Egypt.SnopesJan 7, 2025