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TrueSome snow globes contain the antifreeze ingredient ethylene glycol, which is a danger to pets.SnopesDec 25, 2024TrueAs of December 2024, South Carolina lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow the death penalty for people who get abortions.SnopesDec 24, 2024FalseA screenshot authentically shows a post by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that begins, "Let me clear something up right now: I am the President-elect of the United States. Not Elon Musk."SnopesDec 24, 2024Can’t tellLaw enforcement officials arrested a "MAGA televangelist" after they discovered a methamphetamine lab in the basement of his Mississippi church.SnopesDec 24, 2024TrueTech mogul Elon Musk can't be president of the United States because he wasn't born in the United States.SnopesDec 24, 2024TrueThe popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song.SnopesDec 23, 2024TrueA photograph authentically shows a dinosaur limb with intact skin.SnopesDec 23, 2024Can’t tellAs of December 2024, Paul Rudd was the same age as Gloria Stuart when she filmed the 1997 film "Titanic."SnopesDec 23, 2024MixedKodak invented the world's first portable, digital camera in the 1970s, but didn't release the technology for public sale until years later to avoid hits to the company's photographic-film business.SnopesDec 23, 2024MixedProject 2025 proposes eliminating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).SnopesDec 22, 2024TrueOpenAI’s o1 model, used in ChatGPT Pro, was caught lying to developers to keep from being shut down.SnopesDec 22, 2024FalseIn 2024, Pope Francis will open “five sacred portals” on Christmas Eve for a ritual that has never been performed before — and one of them leads to the tomb of Lucifer.SnopesDec 21, 2024MixedUnited States military service members don’t get paid during a government shutdown and congresspeople do.SnopesDec 21, 2024TrueU.S. President Joe Biden pardoned two Chinese spies and the relative of a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party caught with tens of thousands of images of child pornography on his computer.SnopesDec 21, 2024FalseTech entrepreneur Elon Musk bought Boeing in late 2024.SnopesDec 21, 2024TrueA picture authentically shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell photographed together.SnopesDec 20, 2024TrueA black-and-white photograph authentically shows patients lying in hospital beds on a sundeck.SnopesDec 20, 2024FalseImage shows Kate, the Princess of Wales, without hair.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactDec 20, 2024FalseResidents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 20, 2024FalseThe NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 20, 2024FalseVideo shows Dr. Mehmet Oz and singer Reba McEntire promoting treatment for chronic lung diseases.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactDec 20, 2024FalseVideo shows Vice President Kamala Harris “is plastered again!”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactDec 20, 2024False“The NFL has abruptly fired three referees who officiated the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 20, 2024TrueThe speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is not required to be a member of Congress.SnopesDec 20, 2024