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lia thomas
Was Reka Gyorgy Banned by Twitter for Criticizing Lia Thomas? A number of misleading and false claims were circulated after Lia Thomas became the first...
    False
Was Reka Gyorgy Banned by Twitter for Criticizing Lia Thomas?
Person, Human, Building
Did Turkish Football Fans Chant Putin ‘Looks Like a Dick’? This wasn't the first time anti-Putin chants rained down from the rafters.
    True
Did Turkish Football Fans Chant Putin ‘Looks Like a Dick’?
Plant, Cactus
Does Watching the Super Bowl Cause Male Impotence? It was rumored that a 2011 study “successfully linked the watching of high-intensity, fast-paced sports...
    Research In Progress
Does Watching the Super Bowl Cause Male Impotence?
Kevin Garnett
Did Kevin Garnett Say ‘If You Can’t Win Alone, You’re Considered a Bum?’ Twitter users were quick to point out that K.G. played with Paul Pierce and Ray...
    False
Did Kevin Garnett Say ‘If You Can’t Win Alone, You’re Considered a Bum?’
simpsons super bowl bengals
Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict 2022 Super Bowl Winner? "The Simpsons" is not nearly as good at "predicting" things as the internet believes the...
    False
Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict 2022 Super Bowl Winner?
2022 beijing olympics
No, the 2022 Olympics Aren’t Taking Place at Chernobyl These photographs are real, but this isn't the site of a nuclear power plant, much...
    Miscaptioned
No, the 2022 Olympics Aren’t Taking Place at Chernobyl
us bobsled team renames their sled biden
No, the US Bobsled Team Didn’t Name Their Sled ‘Biden’ The claim originated with a website that bills itself as "the most reliable source of...
    Labeled Satire
No, the US Bobsled Team Didn’t Name Their Sled ‘Biden’
Person, Human, Crowd
Do 25% of Americans Believe God Decides the Super Bowl Winner? An intriguing claim was shared widely online during the build-up to the 2022 Super Bowl.
    Mostly True
Do 25% of Americans Believe God Decides the Super Bowl Winner?
federer nadal
Was Djokovic Mocked by Federer and Nadal? This video of Federer and Nadal laughing is real, but they aren't talking about Djokovic.
    Miscaptioned
Was Djokovic Mocked by Federer and Nadal?
An ad claimed that former NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos John Elway was broke.
No, Former NFL QB John Elway Is Not ‘Broke’ The misinformation stemmed from an online advertisement that was being paid for by unknown persons.
    False
No, Former NFL QB John Elway Is Not ‘Broke’
Mike Tyson
No, Mike Tyson Did Not Actually Die But he felt like he did.
    False
No, Mike Tyson Did Not Actually Die
Person, Human, Building
Did PETA Ask MLB to Rename Bullpen ‘Arm Barn’? The animal rights organization claims that the word has “speciesist roots.”
    Correct Attribution
Did PETA Ask MLB to Rename Bullpen ‘Arm Barn’?
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