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False"After Roe was dismantled, extremists evoked a law from 1849 to stop abortion” in Wisconsin.Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactJan 23, 2024False"Nikki Haley refused to call illegals criminals" and "repeatedly pushed amnesty for illegals."Said by MAGA IncPolitiFactJan 23, 2024FalseSports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 23, 2024True“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”Said by Ron DeSantisPolitiFactJan 23, 2024FalseIn January 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the 1867 sale of Alaska to the United States was "illegal."SnopesJan 23, 2024FalseA December 2019 rumor accurately reported that actor Denzel Washington had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.SnopesJan 23, 2024FalseA video shared in January 2024 accurately reports that two Buffalo Bills fans were detained after "hijacking" Taylor Swift's wireless sound system to play "Shout" at the Bills' Highmark Stadium.SnopesJan 23, 2024TrueEating too much sour candy can cause the tongue to peel.SnopesJan 22, 2024FalseKentucky Republican lawmaker “wants to legalize sexual relations with first cousins.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 22, 2024FalseSays President Joe Biden said that Democrats should not vote in the New Hampshire primary.Said by RobocallerPolitiFactJan 22, 2024TrueThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."SnopesJan 22, 2024FalseA video posted to TikTok and Instagram during the January 2024 polar vortex shows a woman in Canada making a helix out of ice by pouring it on the ground in a spiral pattern.SnopesJan 21, 2024FalseSays Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”Said by Ron DeSantisPolitiFactJan 21, 2024TrueDuring a Jan. 19, 2024, campaign speech in Concord, New Hampshire, former U.S. President Donald Trump said rival GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was "in charge of security" during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.SnopesJan 21, 2024MixedThe center hole in a spaghetti spoon is designed to measure a serving size.SnopesJan 20, 2024FalseA photo shows former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood in January 2024.SnopesJan 20, 2024TrueA video posted to Instagram authentically shows an Atlas Air Boeing 747 on fire after taking off from Miami International Airport in January 2024.SnopesJan 20, 2024TrueAn image shared in January 2024 authentically depicted 17-year-old Barron Trump, who is 6 feet, 7 inches tall.SnopesJan 20, 2024Can’t tellRussian authorities are launching construction of a special village outside Moscow dedicated to conservative-minded Americans and Canadians.SnopesJan 20, 2024FalseA screenshot authentically shows a Truth Social post in which former U.S. President Donald Trump wrote, "The great Cassius Clay used to spar with me."SnopesJan 20, 2024FalseA video authentically depicts a young Meryl Streep attending a Beatles concert in the 1960s.SnopesJan 19, 2024False"Imágenes del ataque hutí al barco estadounidense porta contenedores M/V Gibraltar Eagle en el mar rojo"Said by X postsPolitiFactJan 19, 2024FalseA portable heater invented by a Vietnam War-era veteran can heat a whole home and slash heating bills.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 19, 2024FalseCongress has passed a $6,400 subsidy for low-income Americans.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 19, 2024