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FalseMatthew Perry died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 30, 2023FalseThe life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 30, 2023FalseVideo shows Palestinians pretending to be corpses amid the Israel-Hamas war.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 30, 2023False“The airport in Salzburg, Austria, has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 30, 2023TrueNo hurricane has been known to cross the equator.SnopesOct 30, 2023TrueCivil rights activist Coretta Scott King babysat actor John Lithgow when he was a child.SnopesOct 29, 2023FalseA discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”Said by New York Citizens AuditPolitiFactOct 29, 2023Can’t tellA viral photo authentically shows 18-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger posing with a classmate who is also 18.SnopesOct 29, 2023FalseAn October 2023 video authentically showed a pro-Palestinian demonstration on UCLA's campus with people chanting, "We want Jewish genocide."SnopesOct 28, 2023FalseA video posted to X authentically shows thousands of U.S. Marines deboarding an Omni Air International airplane marked "N828AX" in Israel in October 2023.SnopesOct 28, 2023TrueA photo shared on X in October 2023 authentically shows a pro-Palestinian protester holding a sign that reads “Keep the world clean" and features a picture of the Israeli flag in a trash bin.SnopesOct 28, 2023FalseAn image shared in late October 2023, showed a person who was killed during an Israeli attack on Gaza sitting and texting from inside a body bag, supposedly validating a conspiracy theory questioning the reality of the violence in Palestine.SnopesOct 28, 2023Can’t tellElon Musk suggested Bill Gates serve time in prison while speaking at an event titled "Billionaire Banter: The Future of Tech."SnopesOct 27, 2023Can’t tellOn Oct. 16, 2023, a military tribunal found U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen guilty of treason.SnopesOct 27, 2023MixedIn October 2023, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau agreed to charge every Canadian citizen $622 in order to pay a $23 billion "reparation bill."SnopesOct 27, 2023False"Estados Unidos le cancelara el Parole a los venezolanos".Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 27, 2023FalseMcDonald’s changed its food wrappers to support Israel amid the war.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 27, 2023FalseThe Milwaukee Brewers “are complaining about a lack of transit going to the ballpark at the same time as they are testifying in favor (of) taking $135 million away from Milwaukee County, which funds transit."Said by Chris LarsonPolitiFactOct 27, 2023FalseU.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer “is a dual Israeli citizen.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 27, 2023FalseVideo shows a President Joe Biden impostor.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 27, 2023Mixed“It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”Said by Shannon WattsPolitiFactOct 27, 2023False“The FDA is required to take the COVID vaccines off the market” because they are “adulterated.”Said by Steve KirschPolitiFactOct 27, 2023FalseAn online video accurately reported that Oscar-winning actor Will Smith had confronted fellow actor Jim Carrey in a video call for humiliating him on live TV.SnopesOct 27, 2023FalseAn image shared by the state of Israel’s official X account showed real milk cartons featuring pictures and details of an Israeli child and an infant taken hostage by Hamas in October 2023.SnopesOct 27, 2023