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FalsePhoto shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 6, 2024FalseTim Walz “changed the Minnesota flag so it could resemble the Somalian flag.”Said by X postsPolitiFactAug 6, 2024False“Elon Musk backs Caitlin Clark, offers $10 million endorsement.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 6, 2024False“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”Said by Laura LoomerPolitiFactAug 6, 2024Can’t tellIn August 2024, Harley-Davidson's sales dropped more than 40% after the company announced DEI initiatives.SnopesAug 6, 2024TrueIn August 2024, U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to dumping a bear carcass in New York's Central Park a decade earlier, staging the scene to look like a bike accident.SnopesAug 6, 2024FalseA photograph shows protesters relaxing on the bed of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her official residence in August 2024.SnopesAug 6, 2024FalseFox News reported in late July 2024 that U.S. gymnast Simone Biles announced her first publicly disclosed pregnancy and her retirement.SnopesAug 6, 2024FalseVoting ballots that are marked by poll workers are disqualified.SnopesAug 6, 2024TrueAlgeria prohibits being transgender or undergoing gender-affirming treatment such as a medical or surgical transition.SnopesAug 6, 2024TrueA photo posted on social media in late July 2024 authentically showed Britney Spears posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in 2000.SnopesAug 5, 2024TrueA video clip authentically shows Donald Trump saying he would run for president "if it [the country] got so bad" on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1988.SnopesAug 5, 2024FalseU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris cannot be president because her parents were not natural-born U.S. citizens, or naturalized citizens, at the time of her birth.SnopesAug 5, 2024FalseOlympic air pistol shooting medalist took up the sport during his divorce and told his ex-wife from the podium, “I want my dog back.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactAug 5, 2024FalseSays Simone Biles “announces retirement” and “reveals she is ‘expecting a baby.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 5, 2024FalseVideo shows a “strong tornado in Atlanta.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 5, 2024TrueU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' father is a marxist economist.SnopesAug 5, 2024Can’t tellAn image shared online in July 2024 showed an official poster for a new “Blade” movie starring Wesley Snipes, produced by Marvel Studios and coming to theaters in 2025.SnopesAug 5, 2024TrueA wire-enclosed "baby cage" was invented in 1922 to suspend toddlers outside of apartment building windows to get “proper fresh air.”SnopesAug 4, 2024TrueA photo circulating on social media for years authentically showed a 37-million-year-old fossilized whale skeleton discovered in Egypt.SnopesAug 4, 2024FalseMarathon-brand cigarettes were the "official cigarette of the 1984 Olympics."SnopesAug 4, 2024FalseA photo shared online in late July 2024 authentically showed Ryan Reynolds wearing a T-shirt that read: "Kamala removes nasty orange stains."SnopesAug 4, 2024TruePolice officers touch the taillights of cars they pull over so their fingerprints are on the vehicle if anything happens to them during a traffic stop.SnopesAug 3, 2024FalseU.S. President Joe Biden boarded an empty plane after three freed Americans arrived back in the U.S. and exited the aircraft.SnopesAug 3, 2024