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Can’t tell"E.T.: The Return to Earth," a sequel to Steven Spielberg's "E.T.," reunites the original cast and will be released in 2025.SnopesApr 9, 2024FalseIn March 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a redacted 148-page study on myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination.SnopesApr 9, 2024TruePop singer Madonna's birth name is Madonna.SnopesApr 9, 2024FalseDangerous cosmic rays will pass near Earth tonight, causing harm to those who leave personal devices switched on near them.SnopesApr 8, 2024FalsePhotos authentically show a Marilyn Monroe mugshot.SnopesApr 8, 2024FalseThis image authentically shows a real McDonald's Happy Meal with satanic imagery and a figurine of the devil.SnopesApr 8, 2024False"Llamada de emergencia, situación del accidente del barco" en el puente Francis Scott Key en Baltimore.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactApr 8, 2024TrueAfter a 2022 law, “the vast majority of colleges in New York State do not have on-campus poll sites.”Said by Jonathan BeckerPolitiFactApr 8, 2024FalseAlina Habba said New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron took a “$10 million bribe from Joe Biden’s shell companies to convict Donald Trump.”Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactApr 8, 2024FalseDemocrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactApr 8, 2024False“The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactApr 8, 2024TrueA real vintage advertisement for Camels featured a doctor and the slogan "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette."SnopesApr 8, 2024Can’t tellTobey Maguire did the "tray catch" scene in "Spider-Man" (2002) without any special effects.SnopesApr 8, 2024TrueThis is a real photograph recreating French artist Georges Seurat's 1888 painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"SnopesApr 7, 2024FalseThe United States has seven towns named Nineveh and all of them will fall in the path of totality during the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse.SnopesApr 7, 2024TruePhotographs authentically show then-U.S. President Donald Trump looking directly at the sun without protective eyewear during a solar eclipse in 2017.SnopesApr 6, 2024TrueAt a GOP fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago in April 2024, Roseanne Bar urged students to "drop out of college."SnopesApr 6, 2024MixedAdolf Heusinger was Adolf Hitler’s chief of staff and after World War II ended became the chief of staff for NATO forces.SnopesApr 6, 2024Can’t tellSinger Jason Aldean announced his intention to hold a “Straight White Male Day Of Visibility" concert.SnopesApr 6, 2024FalseA video shared on social media in early 2024 showed an official Olympic Games for babies.SnopesApr 6, 2024FalseA video circulating on social media purportedly showed a woman taking a selfie as a tsunami approached.SnopesApr 6, 2024MixedAlbert Einstein warned that the time would come when the very rich so controlled the means of communication that it would be almost impossible for ordinary people to make informed decisions.SnopesApr 6, 2024Can’t tellIn April 2024, Jason Aldean rejected a $500 million music collaboration opportunity with Taylor Swift, saying she was "woke."SnopesApr 5, 2024Can’t tellA video that circulated in March 2024 genuinely showed a snake species with "hair" on its head.SnopesApr 5, 2024