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Can’t tellTurkish Sport Shooter Yusuf Dikec, who won a silver medal in air pistol at the 2024 Paris Olympics, picked up the sport after a heated argument with his ex-wife.SnopesAug 3, 2024FalseKevin Costner became engaged in major lawsuits following risky business practices involving CBD gummies or other medicinal products.SnopesAug 3, 2024Can’t tellTenacious D frontman Jack Black lost nearly $15 million in concert tours "after he went woke" in the summer of 2024.SnopesAug 3, 2024TrueA photograph authentically shows Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates attending the 2024 Paris Olympics.SnopesAug 3, 2024FalseA photo shared online in late July 2024 showed Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong holding up a fake severed head of Donald Trump two weeks after the attempted assassination of the former president.SnopesAug 2, 2024Can’t tellElon Musk, owner of the social platform X, permanently banned author Stephen King from the platform after the writer "trolled" him.SnopesAug 2, 2024TrueThe 2024 U.S. presidential election will be the first since 1976 that doesn't feature a Bush, Biden, or Clinton on the ballot.SnopesAug 2, 2024TrueCountry singer Tim McGraw once said, “I want to see a world where my daughters have control of every decision. Whether it be medically, personally, or the way they want to live their lives.”SnopesAug 2, 2024Can’t tellJohn Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981, makes $3,500 a month on eBay by selling the same portrait of his cat he paints.SnopesAug 2, 2024False"Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta, ha retirado la verificación” de Nicolás Maduro en Facebook e Instagram.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 2, 2024False"Samsung drops out of $1 billion advertising campaign with Olympics."Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 2, 2024FalseBiden Executive Order 14019 “requires our taxpayer-funded federal agencies to violate the Hatch Act and engage in illegal vote harvesting.”Said by Claudia TenneyPolitiFactAug 2, 2024FalseEl 31 de julio de 2024 confirmaron el fallecimiento del expresidente Donald Trump en un accidente de helicóptero.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 2, 2024FalseA picture authentically shows Donald Trump and gunman Thomas Crooks planning the July 2024 Trump assassination attempt.SnopesAug 2, 2024Can’t tellThe 2024 Paris Olympics are the "lowest-rated" Games in modern history, and the IOC said the event would lose more than $300 million.SnopesAug 2, 2024FalseAuthentic footage shows 2024 U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance as a young boy screaming and preaching religious verses on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."SnopesAug 2, 2024TrueA resurfaced photo authentically depicts U.S. Sen. JD Vance — and 2024 Republican vice presidential running mate — wearing a Soviet T-Shirt.SnopesAug 2, 2024TrueU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris failed the California bar exam on her first attempt, soon after she graduated law school in 1989.SnopesAug 1, 2024TrueA photograph shared widely online in late July 2024 authentically depicted the planet Venus.SnopesAug 1, 2024FalseSocial media users in 2023 and 2024 correctly stated that a map of forest growth in Asia showed no country in the world had ever planted as many trees as China.SnopesAug 1, 2024FalseVice President Kamala Harris “was born in Canada.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactAug 1, 2024Can’t tellA video broadcasted by an Iranian sports channel authentically showed the bodies of female athletes competing in the Olympic Games being censored.SnopesAug 1, 2024Can’t tellA group of "MAGA fans" in Montana announced a hunger strike, vowing the protest would last until "Democrats stop calling Donald Trump and JD Vance 'weird.'"SnopesAug 1, 2024Can’t tellHome Depot ended its 30-year sponsorship of the Olympics because of the controversial opening ceremony of the 2024 Games.SnopesAug 1, 2024