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False“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."Said by More Perfect UnionPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“P Diddy’s California mansion has been completely consumed by fire.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025FalseDozens of fire-fighting vehicles from Oregon were turned away from helping to fight L.A. wildfires in January 2025 because they didn't meet California’s smog-certification standards.SnopesJan 14, 2025FalsePhotos prove U.S. President-elect Donald Trump failed to place his right hand over his heart during former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral.SnopesJan 14, 2025TrueTech entrepreneur Elon Musk turned his college house into a nightclub, charging $5 entry to pay rent.SnopesJan 13, 2025TrueSinger Dolly Parton declined receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and once from U.S. President Joe Biden.SnopesJan 13, 2025FalseA photo shows a Christian’s home that “miraculously survived Los Angeles wildfire.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 13, 2025FalseEsta imagen muestra los incendios en California de enero 2025.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 13, 2025FalseImage shows former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 13, 2025FalseLos incendios en California “han llegado a Tijuana en la entrada de villa del campo en los cerros”.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 13, 2025FalseVideo shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 13, 2025MixedCredit scores were invented in 1989.SnopesJan 13, 2025MixedSocial media app TikTok can monitor keystrokes or taps made by a user.SnopesJan 12, 2025Can’t tellBenjamin Franklin once said, "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."SnopesJan 12, 2025MixedSome air fryers could be "spying" on their users.SnopesJan 12, 2025FalseA video shows Black people looting bagged items and a TV during the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.SnopesJan 11, 2025FalseA video shared online in January 2025 authentically shows firefighters in Los Angeles using women’s handbags to fight wildfires in the county.SnopesJan 11, 2025FalseA black-and-white photograph shows an 1895 headache treatment known as "vibration therapy."SnopesJan 10, 2025TrueAn historic photo shows a woman in a short dress cutting her own birthday cake in Iran.SnopesJan 10, 2025FalseActor Tom Hanks died in a “fatal car accident.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 10, 2025FalseImage shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJan 10, 2025FalseImagen muestra el letrero de Hollywood en California en llamas el 8 de enero de 2025.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 10, 2025