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TrueVice presidential candidate Tim Walz is younger than actor Brad Pitt.SnopesAug 12, 2024FalseMicrosoft Co-Founder Bill Gates and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell are family members.SnopesAug 12, 2024TrueA video widely shared on social media in 2024 authentically showed footage from the 1908 Olympics held in London.SnopesAug 11, 2024FalseAn image that circulated on social media in early August 2024 showed the official portrait of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the Colorado State Capitol.SnopesAug 11, 2024TrueU.S. Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris said 220 million people in the United States died of COVID-19.SnopesAug 11, 2024Can’t tellConservative political commentators Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson will host a new late-night show to replace "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"SnopesAug 10, 2024Can’t tellA video shared on social media authentically shows a very young Simone Biles falling and being comforted after attempting a vault.SnopesAug 10, 2024FalseA photo posted to Taylor Swift's Instagram revealed the singer's endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.SnopesAug 10, 2024Can’t tellFox News aired a graphic on Aug. 7, 2024, titled, "Tim Walz's Communist Agenda."SnopesAug 10, 2024Can’t tellThe United Nations is set to declare global emergencies for mpox (formerly called monkeypox) and bird flu, and will use these emergencies as a pretense to deploy troops around the world.SnopesAug 10, 2024Can’t tellActor Kurt Russell ended his relationship with "woke Disney," saying: "I've wasted enough of my career on them."SnopesAug 10, 2024Can’t tellIn April 2024, a news article accurately reported that actor Mark Wahlberg had stepped away from a $65 million project because he thought his co-star Tom Hanks was a "woke creep."SnopesAug 10, 2024FalseDuring a rally in August 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz announced a gun ban if they win the presidential election in November.SnopesAug 10, 2024TrueA photo authentically shows a crowd greeting Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz at an Aug. 7, 2024, rally at Detroit Metro Airport.SnopesAug 10, 2024Can’t tellTim Walz posted on X, "The best part about being the VP candidate for the Dems is that my running mate will never try to have me hung by a crowd of her own supporters."SnopesAug 10, 2024MixedWomen were not allowed to attend the Olympic Games in ancient Greece.SnopesAug 9, 2024Can’t tellFormer NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines criticized WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner for kneeling during the national anthem.SnopesAug 9, 2024TrueThomas Wedders (or Wadhouse) is recorded as having the world’s longest nose at 7.5 inches.SnopesAug 9, 2024FalseDonald Trump's speech in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, featured a larger crowd than did Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.SnopesAug 9, 2024Mixed"El crimen violento aumentó bajo Donald Trump".Said by Tim WalzPolitiFactAug 9, 2024True"Tim Walz firmó una ley para dar licencia de conducir a inmigrantes ilegales en Minnesota".Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 9, 2024True"Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota."Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 9, 2024FalseImage shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactAug 9, 2024TrueMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.”Said by Lindsey GrahamPolitiFactAug 9, 2024