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False"Mother Teresa sold babies.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 15, 2023FalseThe earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARPSaid by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 15, 2023False“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 15, 2023False“Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactFeb 15, 2023TrueTen percent of the U.S. population lives in the Ohio River Basin, within which the East Palestine train derailment and chemical release occurred.SnopesFeb 15, 2023TrueVideos taken after the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and the subsequent release of hazardous chemicals show dead fish in a nearby brook.SnopesFeb 15, 2023FalseIn a viral video, a long list of crimes first presented as having been committed by NBA or NFL players is revealed, correctly, to have been committed by members of the U.S. Congress.SnopesFeb 15, 2023FalseChevrolet promoted the portion of the 1960 Corvair behind the passenger seats as a "baby cradle" that was "a safe, comfortable way to carry your baby" because it was the "warmest place in the car … and the vibrations from the engine would lull the baby to sleep."SnopesFeb 14, 2023FalseKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) after Super Bowl LVII.SnopesFeb 14, 2023TrueAn aerial picture of burnt train cars in wet mud shows the aftermath of the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.SnopesFeb 14, 2023MixedGov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”Said by Sawyer HackettPolitiFactFeb 14, 2023FalseThe Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 14, 2023Mixed“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”Said by Erick EricksonPolitiFactFeb 14, 2023TrueA tweet in which Elon Musk cheered for the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII was deleted from his account after the team lost.SnopesFeb 14, 2023Can’t tellMark Zuckerberg begged Elon Musk to buy Facebook while begging forgiveness for the company’s past mistakes.SnopesFeb 14, 2023FalseKelly Ripa is leaving "Live with Kelly and Ryan" to pursue a skincare product line.SnopesFeb 14, 2023FalseRihanna wore a "satanic" pentagram symbol on her costume while performing at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on Feb. 12, 2023.SnopesFeb 14, 2023TrueAs spectators for Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12, 2023, Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch sat together for at least a portion of the event.SnopesFeb 14, 2023Can’t tellMozart so disliked a soprano whose head bobbed up and down when she sang that he wrote an aria meant to make her "bob like a chicken."SnopesFeb 13, 2023True"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactFeb 13, 2023TrueCanada is to thank for American football.Said by Dave GrohlPolitiFactFeb 13, 2023FalseThe Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has been “put on hold as NFL plans to launch an investigation on possible (performance-enhancing drug) use by Patrick Mahomes during halftime.”Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 13, 2023False“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactFeb 13, 2023TrueElon Musk once said, "When something is important enough, you do it, even if the odds are not in your favor."SnopesFeb 13, 2023