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FalseVideo shows someone impersonating President Joe Biden visiting Israel in October 2023.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactNov 7, 2023FalseVideo shows “Israel Zionist blowing up people in hospitals” in 2023.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactNov 7, 2023False“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”Said by Mike JohnsonPolitiFactNov 7, 2023FalseA video shared in early November 2023 showed a dead body wrapped in white cloth opening its eyes as if had simply been asleep.SnopesNov 7, 2023FalseA TikTok video that surfaced in November 2023 accurately reported that Disney World was shutting down.SnopesNov 7, 2023TrueIsraeli authorities detained Gazan workers in Israel amid the October 2023 war with Hamas, and attached numbered plastic ID tags to their ankles or wrists during detention.SnopesNov 7, 2023FalseA video shared in early November 2023 during the Israel-Hamas conflict authentically showed dead bodies of Palestinians in body bags on the streets of Gaza.SnopesNov 7, 2023Can’t tellFox News signed a $1 billion contract with Roseanne Barr to host a rival television show to "The View."SnopesNov 7, 2023Can’t tellBeyoncé lost more than $10 billion after performing the Black national anthem at an NFL game during the 2023 season.SnopesNov 7, 2023FalseA photograph genuinely shows a seller of “intimate wigs” from the 1860s.SnopesNov 6, 2023FalseIsrael bombed Palestinian children trying to get water.Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactNov 6, 2023FalsePhoto shows “American soldiers praying for their country, for Israel before being deployed to defend Israel” in 2023.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactNov 6, 2023FalseUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has surrendered.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactNov 6, 2023TrueA photograph authentically showed actor Arnold Schwarzenegger standing between Wilt Chamberlain and André the Giant.SnopesNov 4, 2023Can’t tellAt a September 2023 news conference, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he thought players who kneeled during the national anthem were showing a "hatred for America."SnopesNov 3, 2023Can’t tellIn October 2023, former U.S. women's national team soccer player Megan Rapinoe was kicked out of one of Guy Fieri’s restaurants as patrons loudly booed her.SnopesNov 3, 2023FalseA video shared to social media in October 2023 showed a vampire squid “moving along the ocean floor.”SnopesNov 3, 2023False1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactNov 3, 2023FalseBill Gates wrote a 2011 article titled “Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactNov 3, 2023FalseOhio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.”Said by Protect Women OhioPolitiFactNov 3, 2023TruePotato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential."Said by Melissa AgardPolitiFactNov 3, 2023MixedRepublicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactNov 3, 2023FalseSwitzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactNov 3, 2023FalseU.S. Rep. Mike Johnson is the 45th speaker of the House.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactNov 3, 2023