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TrueBreakdancing won't be included as an event at the 2028 Los Angeles summer Olympic Games.SnopesAug 14, 2024TrueElon Musk once said: "Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America."SnopesAug 14, 2024FalsePhotos shared online in early August 2024 authentically showed a young Kamala Harris in revealing clothes, working as an escort.SnopesAug 13, 2024Can’t tellU.S. gymnast Simone Biles plans to announce a $4 million donation to the 2024 Kamala Harris-Tim Walz presidential ticket.SnopesAug 13, 2024MixedRachael Gunn ("Raygun"), an Australian breakdancer who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a Ph.D. in breakdancing.SnopesAug 13, 2024TruePhotos shared in August 2024 authentically showed U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance wearing a dress and a blonde wig.SnopesAug 13, 2024TrueA mug shot shared online in August 2024 authentically showed a young Bill Gates after he was arrested in 1977 for running a stop sign and driving without a license in Albuquerque, New Mexico.SnopesAug 13, 2024TrueNorth and South Korean athletes took selfies together at the 2024 Paris Olympics.SnopesAug 13, 2024TrueThe U.S. government has a 1.4 billion pound stockpile of cheese stored in Missouri caves.SnopesAug 13, 2024Can’t tellSinger Oliver Anthony filed a cease and desist order against Tim Walz for playing his hit song, "Rich Men North of Richmond."SnopesAug 13, 2024FalseCraigslist ad shows “every single person” at Kamala Harris’ Arizona rally was paid.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactAug 13, 2024FalseMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”Said by Jesse WattersPolitiFactAug 13, 2024FalseTim Walz claimed to have traveled to Bagram Airfield as a service member and also incorrectly stated that Bagram was in Iraq, not Afghanistan.SnopesAug 13, 2024TrueA photo authentically shows a crowd greeting Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz at an Aug. 7, 2024, rally at Detroit Metro Airport.SnopesAug 13, 2024FalseU.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill allowing "gender reassignment surgery for children."SnopesAug 13, 2024FalseA video authentically shows Kamala Harris and Tim Walz posing in front of a sign reading, "Revolutionary Communists of America."SnopesAug 13, 2024FalseA newspaper article authentically reported that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had to get his stomach pumped after ingesting horse semen.SnopesAug 12, 2024FalseDemocratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill requiring schools to stock tampons in boys' bathrooms.SnopesAug 12, 2024TrueUrsula Le Guin wrote about fellow fantasy author JK Rowling, “The only thing that rankles me is her apparent reluctance to admit that she ever learned anything from other writers.”SnopesAug 12, 2024TrueA photo circulating on social media in early August 2024 authentically showed a Russian textbook claiming former U.S. President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud.SnopesAug 12, 2024TrueAdidas athletic shoe manufacturer uses kangaroo leather in shoe production as of August 2024.SnopesAug 12, 2024TrueEl gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, firmó una ley dando educación universitaria gratuita “a los inmigrantes ilegales”.Said by Lindsey GrahamPolitiFactAug 12, 2024FalsePhoto of Kamala Harris’ Aug. 7 rally near Detroit was AI-generated and “there was nobody there.” Attendees pictured “didn’t exist.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 12, 2024TrueSays Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”Said by JD VancePolitiFactAug 12, 2024