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Can’t tellThe Country Music Hall of Fame said it won’t consider Taylor Swift or her “bubblegum music” for induction.SnopesSep 4, 2024FalseAn image authentically shows Kamala Harris wearing "communist dictator" garb.SnopesSep 4, 2024FalseThe name of the children's game "tag" originated as the acronym of "touch and go."SnopesSep 3, 2024TrueComedian George Carlin once said: "Don't just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything."SnopesSep 3, 2024FalseFour government agencies donated nearly $900,000 of taxpayer money to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactSep 3, 2024FalseNine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.Said by X postsPolitiFactSep 3, 2024FalseRep. Elissa Slotkin “voted recently to let illegals vote in U.S. elections.”Said by Mike RogersPolitiFactSep 3, 2024TrueA map shared on social media in August 2024 authentically showed the Mississippi River and its tributaries.SnopesSep 3, 2024FalseA video authentically shows a member of the British Royal Guard in London punching a man in the face for harassing him and knocking him out.SnopesSep 3, 2024TrueActor Chadwick Boseman's final tweet before he died in 2020 expressed support for then-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's vice-presidential nominee.SnopesSep 2, 2024Can’t tellWalt Disney World Resort in Florida will close due to an August 2024 outbreak of mpox.SnopesSep 2, 2024FalseFormer Disney Channel stars Olivia Rodrigo and Jenna Ortega are cousins.SnopesSep 2, 2024Can’t tellHumans were inspired to consume coffee when a goatherd noticed his goats dancing after eating coffee berries centuries ago.SnopesSep 2, 2024TrueIn 2023, two people used an excavator to clear a path through the Great Wall of China.SnopesSep 2, 2024TrueAuthor James Baldwin once said: "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."SnopesSep 1, 2024TrueA Disney short film features Donald Duck dreaming he worked in a munitions factory in Nazi Germany.SnopesSep 1, 2024Can’t tellIn the 1980s, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris worked at McDonald's while completing her undergraduate degree.SnopesSep 1, 2024MixedMedieval peasants worked only around 150 days per year, a result of the church scheduling frequent holidays to keep the labor force happy.SnopesSep 1, 2024TrueTwo photos shared on social media authentically showed former U.S. President Donald Trump with his daughter Ivanka as a child sitting on his lap.SnopesAug 31, 2024TrueA photograph genuinely shows a pile of 1 million mosquitoes "caught in a trap in Sanibel, Florida."SnopesAug 31, 2024TrueU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris once said, "An undocumented immigrant is not a criminal."SnopesAug 31, 2024FalseA law approved by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bans Christians, Jews and Muslims from teaching.SnopesAug 31, 2024TruePope Francis said in a speech, “There are those who work systematically and with every means possible to repel migrants. And this, when done with awareness and responsibility, is a grave sin.”SnopesAug 31, 2024TrueA photograph accurately showed passengers aboard Aloha Airlines 243 flight after its roof ripped off mid-flight on April 28, 1988.SnopesAug 31, 2024