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FalseTesla announced plans to integrate hydrogen fuel cell technology into a new car called the "Model H."SnopesDec 4, 2024Can’t tellPodcaster Joe Rogan is to replace Rachel Maddow as MSNBC's prime-time host after Elon Musk's network takeover.SnopesDec 4, 2024Can’t tellMorgues prefer to hire women due to acts of necrophilia by men.SnopesDec 4, 2024False"The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic."Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 4, 2024FalseThe NFL said Beyoncé is “not a good artist” and rejected her Christmas halftime show.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 4, 2024False“Elon Musk announces January 20th as the date for bombshell release of Diddy and Epstein client list.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 4, 2024FalseTech entrepreneur Elon Musk rewarded a "Black boy" named Michael after he helped his mother, Maye Musk, patch a flat tire on her Tesla Cybertruck.SnopesDec 4, 2024FalseU.S President-elect Donald Trump once helped a homeless veteran in New York City find housing and a stable job by holding a White House ceremony honoring his acts of service.SnopesDec 4, 2024TrueU.S. President Joe Biden said on numerous occasions he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted in a criminal case and pleaded guilty in another.SnopesDec 4, 2024Can’t tellU.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Mexican former drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán as U.S. ambassador to Mexico.SnopesDec 4, 2024FalseA photo authentically shows Elon Musk wearing a black mesh crop top.SnopesDec 4, 2024Can’t tellBritish statesman Winston Churchill once said, “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”SnopesDec 3, 2024TrueA photo shared on social media authentically showed a 192-year-old tortoise named Jonathan, born in 1832.SnopesDec 3, 2024TrueA photograph shared online authentically shows French union workers grilling food on a barbecue fitted to tram tracks during a protest march.SnopesDec 3, 2024TruePenelope Hegseth, the mother of Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News presenter and President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, once wrote an email accusing him of being an "abuser of women."SnopesDec 3, 2024FalseOhio State fired head coach Ryan Day on Dec. 1, 2024, one day following the football team's 13-10 loss to Michigan.SnopesDec 3, 2024False"Mark Wahlberg calls for immediate firing of teachers who removed American flags from classrooms"Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 3, 2024FalseDonald Trump ordered the “Dallas Police Department and Dallas Attorney General’s Office to begin the preparation for the arrest” of a suspect in John F. Kennedy’s assassination.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactDec 3, 2024False“Disney selling ABC for $20 Billion: New owner plans to cancel 'The View’.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 3, 2024TrueA photograph authentically shows U.S. President Joe Biden exiting a Nantucket bookstore holding a copy of writer Rashid Khalidi's book, "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017."SnopesDec 3, 2024Can’t tellElon Musk once said, "Imma focus on making life harder for trans people."SnopesDec 3, 2024Can’t tellSean “Diddy” Combs poisoned actor and comedian Jamie Foxx, prompting Foxx to turn Combs into the FBI, which presumably led to the mogul’s arrest on sex charges.SnopesDec 3, 2024Can’t tellAriana Grande received a cancer diagnosis during filming of the screen adaptation of the "Wicked" musical.SnopesDec 3, 2024Can’t tellPoster authentically depicts a 2024 sequel to the 1989 film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."SnopesDec 3, 2024