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Can’t tellFormer British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, “When Muslims are in the minority they are very concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights.”SnopesFeb 17, 2025FalseFour images shared in social media posts were authentic photographs of a well-preserved mammoth skeleton discovered at a North American archaeological site.SnopesFeb 17, 2025FalseUnder the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.”Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactFeb 17, 2025False“Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 17, 2025False“Mel Gibson passes on $100 million Netflix deal to work with Robert De Niro, declares: ‘Keep that woke clown away from me.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 17, 2025TrueA photograph authentically shows former first lady Jill Biden as a young woman.SnopesFeb 16, 2025TrueA photograph authentically shows a framed mug shot of U.S. President Donald Trump hanging on a wall in the White House.SnopesFeb 15, 2025FalseAn image authentically shows a Truth Social post from U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he said of the prices of eggs and gas in October 2024, "On DAY ONE, I'll SLASH prices."SnopesFeb 15, 2025FalseA memo purportedly issued by President Donald Trump declared the word “felon” can no longer be used on the White House grounds.SnopesFeb 15, 2025FalseGreeting card companies invented Valentine's Day.SnopesFeb 14, 2025TrueIn 1712, Sweden added an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to its calendar, for that year and that year alone.SnopesFeb 14, 2025Can’t tellMalia Obama, one of former U.S. President Barack Obama's two daughters, said she deserved every penny of the more than $2.2 million she received from USAID.SnopesFeb 14, 2025FalseAn episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalseFormer USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s net worth “skyrocketed” from $6.7 million to $30 million in three years.Said by Mario NawfalPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalsePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalsePhoto shows National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump at her swearing-in.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalsePresident Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025False“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”Said by Elon MuskPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025TrueSince the invention of the nuclear weapon, the United States has misplaced at least three such weapons.SnopesFeb 13, 2025TrueFederal employee retirement claims in the U.S. are processed by hand in a limestone mine in Pennsylvania.SnopesFeb 13, 2025MixedU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi called for the death penalty for immigrants residing in the country illegally.SnopesFeb 13, 2025FalseThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided a grant of $32,000 for a "transgender comic book" in Peru.SnopesFeb 13, 2025FalseCoca-Cola “sells out its own workers to ICE.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 13, 2025FalseElon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 13, 2025