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FalseHarris 25K for first time homeowners if your mother, father, brother, sister has ever owned a home, you were not eligibleSaid by instagram.comLead StoriesOct 14, 2024Falsetim walz douglas emhoff did not pay for coffee drinks at Arizona cafeSaid by x.comLead StoriesOct 14, 2024FalseCIA Director John Brennan confessed that they control the weatherSaid by x.comLead StoriesOct 14, 2024Can’t tellA photo shared online in September 2024 authentically showed a 75-pound pearl with an estimated value of $100 million that a Filipino fisherman kept under his bed for 10 years.SnopesOct 14, 2024Can’t tellFollowing Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton in October 2024, Kid Rock shipped millions of dollars worth of supplies to areas impacted by the disasters.SnopesOct 14, 2024FalseThe Simpsons predict Hurricane MiltonSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesOct 14, 2024TrueA photo shared online for years authentically shows Princess Diana in 1991 shaking hands with a man who was diagnosed with AIDS.SnopesOct 14, 2024FalsePhotos show that Disney World was “destroyed by Hurricane Milton.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 14, 2024TrueNo hurricane has been known to cross the equator.SnopesOct 14, 2024FalseA picture shows Tel Aviv lit up in flames.Full FactOct 14, 2024MixedAre 15 almonds equivalent to 1 aspirin for headaches?Said by health.wealth5Medical DialoguesOct 14, 2024Can’t tellBusiness Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said that “unbelievably the UK has lost more days due to strike action than France”.
This is a claim the Labour Party has repeated on social media while promoting the party’s Employment Rights Bill, specifying that it relates to Rishi Sunak’s premiership.Said by Labour PartyPA MediaOct 14, 2024Can’t tellIDF Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi has been assassinated.Full FactOct 14, 2024MixedPoster of Devendra Fadnavis with a gun linked to Baba Siddique’s murderSaid by Naresh Balyan, X usersLogically FactsOct 14, 2024Falsefarm-raised eggs are menstrual wasteSaid by Social Media UserTHIP MediaOct 14, 2024Falseprominent people are endorsing a hypertension cureSaid by Social Media UserTHIP MediaOct 14, 2024Falsesimple exercises can cure heart failure at homeSaid by Social Media UserTHIP MediaOct 14, 2024Can’t tellElon Musk's brother, Kimbal Musk, accurately relayed in an interview that Elon (and Kimbal) were once "illegal immigrants" in the U.S.SnopesOct 13, 2024False"Kid Rock heads to North Carolina with Millions in supplies. Taylor Swift Nowhere to be Found.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactOct 13, 2024FalseAt George Dawson Middle School in Texas, an autobiography co-authored by George Dawson, the grandson of an enslaved person, was banned.SnopesOct 13, 2024Can’t tellBillionaire Bill Gates created the mpox, and is spreading it to make a profit.First CheckOct 13, 2024Falsekishmish water cure pimples and prevent heart attacksSaid by Social Media UserTHIP MediaOct 13, 2024MixedIn 2005, manufacturing conglomerate 3M placed $3 million inside bulletproof glass at a Vancouver, British Columbia, bus stop as part of a marketing stunt, challenging passersby to break the glass and take the money.SnopesOct 12, 2024FalseRepublican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.”Said by Terence EverittPolitiFactOct 12, 2024