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TrueAmazon founder Jeff Bezos once said he tells employees to “wake up terrified every morning” in order to best serve customers.SnopesFeb 3, 2025FalseGenuine photo shows "stand up for rapists" and "rapists welcome" signs at demonstration in LondonSaid by x.comLead StoriesFeb 3, 2025TrueA 1990s advertisement authentically read, in part: "They say in thirty years a burger & fries could cost $16, a vacation $12,500, and a basic car $64,000."SnopesFeb 3, 2025FalsePhoto shows Black Hawk helicopter pilot in fatal crash worked for years with President Joe Biden at the White House.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 3, 2025FalsePhoto shows “a dangerous serial killer” named Jaden Williams in Monroe, Louisiana.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 3, 2025FalseThe Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactFeb 3, 2025FalseVideo shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 3, 2025False“1,500 IRS agents have submitted letters of resignation after Trump announced he would put 90,000 superfluous IRS personnel on border patrol.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 3, 2025FalseA photo shows Melania Trump reading the programme at Jimmy Carter’s funeral service upside down.Full FactFeb 3, 2025FalseA viral video suggests drinking from plastic bottles leads to ingesting a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly.Said by Social Media UserFirst CheckFeb 3, 2025FalseRubbing Warm Hands, Saliva, and Finger Motions correct Vision?Said by the_podcastvineMedical DialoguesFeb 3, 2025FalseThe pilot of the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash with an American Airlines airplane above Washington DC has been identified as Jo Ellis, a transgender woman.Said by Social media usersLogically FactsFeb 3, 2025FalseThe pilot of the US Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in a crash with a commercial plane above Washington DC has been identified as Jo Ellis, a transgender woman.Full FactFeb 3, 2025FalseA photograph of Avril Lavigne and Steven Anthony Lawrence posing together was found saved on Osama bin Laden's hard drive.SnopesFeb 2, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump once played tennis with tennis star Serena Williams.SnopesFeb 2, 2025TrueThe ancient Egyptian workers who built the pyramids at Giza received daily rations of 4 to 5 liters of beer.SnopesFeb 2, 2025FalseA video authentically depicts U.S. President Donald Trump saying he signed an executive order allowing people to call their friends "f*gs" and "re**rds."SnopesFeb 1, 2025FalseIn 2020, Senator Bernie Sanders was "the single largest receiver of pharmaceutical money" in Congress.SnopesFeb 1, 2025TrueElon Musk posted on X in January 2024, regarding aviation hiring, "It will take an airplane crashing and killing hundreds of people for them to change this crazy policy of DIE."SnopesFeb 1, 2025MixedTennessee lawmakers passed a bill that makes it a felony to vote against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.SnopesFeb 1, 2025FalseJo Ellis, a trans woman, was piloting the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2025.SnopesFeb 1, 2025MixedU.S. President Donald Trump disbanded the Aviation Security Advisory Committee. He also fired the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard as well as 400 Federal Aviation Administration senior officials.SnopesFeb 1, 2025FalseDenmark announced an export tariff on Ozempic to the US, discount for Canada, in response to Trump's Greenland threatsSaid by linkedin.comLead StoriesFeb 1, 2025TrueRepeated and chronic experiences of déjà vu are a sign of neurological or psychological illness, such as temporal lobe epilepsy or psychiatric conditionsSaid by Social Media UserFirst CheckFeb 1, 2025