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FalseThieves operating in public places are using drug-filled perfume bottles to render their victims unconscious.SnopesJan 21, 2025False"Llego la ayuda Mexicana a California" para combatir los incendios.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseCalifornia wildfires have “nothing to do with climate change.”Said by Donald Trump Jr.PolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseImágenes muestran animales heridos en los incendios de Los Ángeles.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseSecond lady Usha Vance “will have her citizenship revoked if (President Donald) Trump signs his executive order banning birthright citizenship.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseThe United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseVideo shows a “group of South African firefighters who have landed in Canada to make their way to LA, to help.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseVideo shows “The Simpsons” predicted the Los Angeles wildfires.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseVideos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 21, 2025False“Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support will get to declare those children on their taxes.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 21, 2025False“Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 21, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial that a woman who receives child support from a man can no longer claim the child on her taxes.SnopesJan 21, 2025Can’t tellMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched his own dog meat farm in Hawaii.SnopesJan 21, 2025Can’t tellFollowing news that President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration speech would be held indoors because of cold weather, the prime minister of Greenland posted on social media, "If Trump can't handle one polar vortex, he can't handle Greenland."SnopesJan 20, 2025MixedWomen need more sleep than men.SnopesJan 20, 2025FalseA photo authentically shows "future French President Macron with his future wife" while he was a teen and she was his teacher.SnopesJan 20, 2025TrueFormer U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said: "We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."SnopesJan 19, 2025TrueVice President-elect J.D. Vance once said of President-elect Donald Trump, “Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”SnopesJan 19, 2025FalseU.S. President-elect Donald Trump is the only U.S. president ever to not attend their successor's inauguration.SnopesJan 19, 2025MixedU.S. President Joe Biden issued more pardons than any other American president.SnopesJan 18, 2025TrueNo U.K. Prime Minister has ever attended a U.S. president’s inauguration.SnopesJan 18, 2025FalseAfter experiencing racial discrimination from a hotel employee, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes bought the hotel and fired the employees who disrespected him.SnopesJan 18, 2025FalseThe BBC website once displayed a headline reading, "Tom Hanks arrested on 135 counts of child porn possession."SnopesJan 17, 2025FalseA copy-paste message authentically lists side effects of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine released by the pharmaceutical company.SnopesJan 17, 2025