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Mixed“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactJun 6, 2024FalseA photo authentically shows Chick-fil-A packaging that reads, "Made with 100% heterosexual chicken."SnopesJun 6, 2024FalseAn authentic photograph shows the body of a massive octopus washed up on the coast of Indonesia.SnopesJun 6, 2024Can’t tellIn June 2024, Paramount Studios permanently banned actor Robert De Niro, calling him a "creepy clown."SnopesJun 6, 2024TrueA photo authentically shows a giant pink blow-up bear in bondage gear outside the Crowne Plaza Orlando near Walt Disney World in Florida.SnopesJun 6, 2024TrueThe caps of ballpoint pens are perforated to prevent choking accidents.SnopesJun 5, 2024TruePenguins trade sex acts for pebbles, which they use for their nests.SnopesJun 5, 2024FalseIn 1998, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 in hush money.SnopesJun 5, 2024FalseUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy purchased a casino resort in Cyprus in May 2024.SnopesJun 5, 2024FalseFormer President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJun 5, 2024FalsePhoto shows former President Donald Trump’s probation officer.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJun 5, 2024TrueSays in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."Said by Ron JohnsonPolitiFactJun 5, 2024False“Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJun 5, 2024True“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactJun 5, 2024False“Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom is 38.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJun 5, 2024MixedThe official FBI account on X deleted a June 2024 post celebrating Pride Month and diversity.SnopesJun 5, 2024Can’t tellX owner Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against Kathy Griffin to "sue the pants off" the comedian.SnopesJun 5, 2024Can’t tellActor Kurt Russell called working with Robert De Niro the worst six weeks of his life and said, "Never again."SnopesJun 5, 2024Can’t tellIn June 2024, Walt Disney World announced it would be permanently closing its new, not-yet-open "Tiana's Bayou Adventure" ride.SnopesJun 5, 2024MixedA picture shows U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wearing a surgical-style mask in an airport.SnopesJun 5, 2024Can’t tellJohn Kerry's daughter Vanessa said billions of humans must die for the "New World Order."SnopesJun 5, 2024TrueAll the eggs a woman will carry throughout her life form in her ovaries while she's a 4-month-old fetus.SnopesJun 4, 2024Can’t tellAbraham Lincoln once said, "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years."SnopesJun 4, 2024FalseTom Anderson, co-founder of Myspace, vanished after selling his social media company to News Corp. for $580 million.SnopesJun 4, 2024