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TrueA video shared on social media genuinely showed a once-captive bear that continued to walk in a circle shaped like its former pen even after it was released.SnopesFeb 21, 2024FalseThe sinking of the Titanic was somehow orchestrated by its owner, American financier J.P. Morgan, in order to kill three prominent businessmen who opposed the formation of the Federal Reserve.SnopesFeb 21, 2024FalseExecutive Order 9066, signed by U.S. President Joe Biden, provides immigrants who enter the United States illegally a cell phone, a free plane ticket to a destination of their choosing and a $5000 Visa Gift Card.SnopesFeb 21, 2024Mixed"Lethal Weapon 5" is releasing in U.S. movie theaters in September 2024.SnopesFeb 21, 2024FalseEn NASA estaban “investigando el mar y dejaron de investigarlo y se fueron para el espacio”.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024FalsePhoto shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024FalseUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used U.S. aid funds to buy two yachts for $75 million.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024Mixed“Bidenomics is costing the typical American household over $11,400 more a year to buy the basics.”Said by Bryan SteilPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024True“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.Said by Linda RosenthalPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024Mixed“NYC will give $1,000 taxpayer-funded credit cards to migrants.”Said by George BorrelloPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024True“TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”Said by Charles SchumerPolitiFactFeb 21, 2024TrueDonald Trump said in a 1980 television interview that he didn't believe he would run for public office because "it's a very mean life."SnopesFeb 21, 2024FalseOn X (formerly Twitter), MSNBC's Rachel Maddow posted "If you truly are vaccine injured, PLEASE consider not blasting your health problems on social media. Antivaxxers are using every example of injury, no matter how small, to spread dangerous propaganda about the vaccine."SnopesFeb 21, 2024Can’t tellIn February 2024, Kid Rock and Jason Aldean removed New York stops on a concert tour in protest of a civil fraud ruling against former U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesFeb 21, 2024TrueA photograph authentically shows Donald Trump with his daughter Ivanka as a child, posing on a bed.SnopesFeb 20, 2024FalseBenjamin Netanyahu refused to take a microphone from an Arab official, suggesting his belief that Arabs “are unclean.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 20, 2024FalsePresident Joe Biden announced tax incentives for families willing to take in migrants in a new “Housing for Labor” initiative.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 20, 2024FalsePresident Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactFeb 20, 2024True“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”Said by Kirsten GillibrandPolitiFactFeb 20, 2024False“Trump’s hair wig falls off during rally speech!”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 20, 2024TrueA photo authentically showed neo-Nazis waving swastika flags at the Tennessee State Capitol in February 2024.SnopesFeb 20, 2024FalseU.S. President George Washington had wooden teeth.SnopesFeb 20, 2024Can’t tellTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce paid $3.5 million to rent out Disney World's Magic Kingdom for a day.SnopesFeb 20, 2024TrueThe space agency stopped painting its shuttles' fuel tank because the white paint added about 600 pounds of weight.SnopesFeb 19, 2024