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Is West Virginia Giving Away Free Guns to Those Who Get COVID Vaccinations? Vaccine-related freebies get more and more creative.

True

Watch the Borders! Heard the legend about a misunderstood J. Edgar Hoover directive?

Legend

Supersonic Travel Is Coming Back at United Airlines The announcement brought back memories of Concorde planes, which last flew in 2003.

True

Was ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ Mistranslated as ‘The Angry Raisins’? "You'd get a blank look at McDonald's, too, if you asked for a slice of...

False

Jefferson and Reagan Were Alive During Harriet Tubman’s Life A TikTok video asked viewers to "stop saying everything was 400 years ago."

True

No, ‘Disneyland Texas’ is Not Going Maskless A routine review of content labeled satire.

Labeled Satire

Were LGBTQ Skittles Labelled ‘White Pride’? An unfortunate old photograph re-emerged online in June 2021 — LGBTQ Pride Month in the...

Mixture

Did an Iranian Navy Ship Catch Fire and Sink in the Gulf? The Kharg was the largest warship in the Iranian navy.

True

Facebook Introduces New ‘Prayer Request’ Posts We reached out to Facebook for more information regarding screenshots that circulated on Twitter.

True

Bill Gates Releasing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Florida? Here’s the Whole Story No, it's not another microchip conspiracy.

True

Did Coca-Cola Run ‘Coke Ist Es’ Ads in Nazi Germany? "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Getrank" ("One People, One Realm, One Drink") read a supposed...

False

Is Jill Biden the Oldest Sitting First Lady? First lady Jill Biden celebrated her 70th birthday on June 3, 2021.

True