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False“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 28, 2024Can’t tellA new Studio Ghibli movie titled "The Last Guardian of Wind Valley" is set to release in August 2024.SnopesFeb 28, 2024FalsePhotographs shared online in late February 2024 authentically showed the Las Vegas sphere displaying a Windows error message.SnopesFeb 27, 2024FalseA video that went viral in 2023 and 2024 authentically showed Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy performing a belly dance.SnopesFeb 27, 2024FalseA photograph shared to social media genuinely shows a size comparison between a bear’s paw and the man holding it.SnopesFeb 27, 2024FalseRemoving gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 27, 2024FalseThe states that have 97% of guns are the states with the least amount of gun violence.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 27, 2024MixedVideos that circulated in late February 2024 showed more than a million Brazilians showing support for Israel during its war in Gaza.SnopesFeb 27, 2024Can’t tellUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was high on cocaine during a February 2024 interview with NBC News.SnopesFeb 27, 2024Can’t tellOn Feb. 23, 2024, Disney World's Cinderella Castle burned to the ground.SnopesFeb 27, 2024FalseA video shared to Reddit in February 2024 genuinely showed a real, red-and-blue spider species that resembles the superhero Spider-Man.SnopesFeb 26, 2024TrueIn 1712, Sweden added an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to its calendar, for that year and that year alone.SnopesFeb 26, 2024FalseA video authentically shows five Israeli or Palestinian children being held prisoner in chicken coop cages during the Israel-Hamas war in early October 2023.SnopesFeb 26, 2024FalseChicken farm fire that killed 12 million birds intentionally set.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 26, 2024FalseThere was an “attempt on Dr. Oz’s life” on TV over his diabetes cure.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 26, 2024False“Disney World is adding urinals to the women’s restrooms.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 26, 2024TrueIn January 2024, Vladimir Putin said Russia has the largest economy in Europe.SnopesFeb 26, 2024TrueOnly 6,800 American soldiers died in battle throughout the eight years of the Revolutionary War.SnopesFeb 25, 2024TrueMedieval Italian man Bartelomeo Colleoni's last name meant "balls" in Italian and his coat of arms featured testicle-inspired symbols.SnopesFeb 25, 2024FalseA screenshot authentically shows that event promoter Live Nation issued a disclaimer for a March 1, 2024, Nicki Minaj concert, disclosing — in reference to Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty — "the presence of a level 3 sex offender backstage."SnopesFeb 24, 2024FalseThe Feb. 18, 2024, "Doonesbury" comic strip was "banned" or "censored" from appearing in newspapers owned by Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the United States.SnopesFeb 24, 2024FalseA screenshot shows an authentic email announcing that Gmail — Google's email service — would be shutting down in August 2024.SnopesFeb 24, 2024Can’t tellA live action movie remake of the Disney cartoon “The Emperor’s New Groove” is being developed with Dwayne Johnson as Kronk and Pete Davidson as the emperor Kusco.SnopesFeb 24, 2024TrueDuring a Fox News town hall, former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed credit for overturning Roe v. Wade, saying, "For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it. And I'm proud to have done it."SnopesFeb 23, 2024