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FalseThe “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactFeb 20, 2023False“Mickey Mouse to be replaced as official Disney mascot.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 20, 2023Can’t tellWhen he found a young girl named Dawn Hawn crying in a Burger King one day because she hated her first name, British music producer DJ Goldie suggested she change her first name to his: "Goldie."SnopesFeb 20, 2023TrueA viral photograph shows a type of sea slug named "Spanish dancer."SnopesFeb 19, 2023False“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 18, 2023TrueA species of starfish (or sea star) has arms that, at least occasionally, look like penises.SnopesFeb 17, 2023FalseA photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 17, 2023FalseAt the World Economic Forum, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitted that his company produced 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, before the pandemic started.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 17, 2023FalseKFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 17, 2023FalseThe city of Atlanta is banning the word “women.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 17, 2023False“Criminal caught after cutting off 37 man buns.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 17, 2023False“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”Said by Tucker CarlsonPolitiFactFeb 17, 2023True“Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”Said by Occupy DemocratsPolitiFactFeb 17, 2023Can’t tellThe Walt Disney Company is replacing Mickey Mouse as its mascot.SnopesFeb 17, 2023TrueA photo shows a baby girl who was rescued from under rubble between around 128 and 130 hours after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, 2023.SnopesFeb 17, 2023TrueA viral photo authentically shows lightning striking the Christ Redeemer Statue near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.SnopesFeb 17, 2023FalseA video of U.S. President Joe Biden from 2015 shows him promoting an agenda to make “white Americans” of European descent an “absolute minority” in the U.S. through “nonstop” immigration of people of color.SnopesFeb 16, 2023TrueA photo shows the view from an airplane flying above the clouds of smoke coming from the Feb. 3, 2023, Ohio train derailment.SnopesFeb 16, 2023True"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."Said by Morgan LuttrellPolitiFactFeb 16, 2023FalseIn Australia, "All joggers must wear a helmet.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 16, 2023FalsePresident Joe Biden said “this s--- will turn your pacemaker off.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 16, 2023FalseRussian President Vladimir Putin “intercepts adrenochrome shipment headed to United States.”Said by BloggersPolitiFactFeb 16, 2023Can’t tellThe U.S. government shot down an "aerial target drone" over Alaska for PR purposes.SnopesFeb 16, 2023False"It's President Biden who is proposing to cut Medicare Advantage."Said by Tom CottonPolitiFactFeb 15, 2023