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TrueThe entirety of Mount Everest can fit inside the Mariana Trench.SnopesFeb 6, 2023Mixed"(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight."Said by Gavin NewsomPolitiFactFeb 6, 2023FalseA vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 6, 2023FalseDiamond and Silk pundit died from COVID-19Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 6, 2023FalseIn Ukraine, 2,458 NATO soldiers and 234 NATO military trainers have died, some of whom are from the U.S.Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 6, 2023FalseJoe Biden said to transgender women, “you will never be a real woman.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 6, 2023False“Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 6, 2023FalseJohn Adams once said, "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."SnopesFeb 6, 2023TrueIn 1967, Julia Roberts’ parents couldn’t afford the hospital bill for her birth so Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King covered it.SnopesFeb 4, 2023Can’t tellA jury ruled that ABC network must pay Roseanne Barr $208 million "for stealing her show, 'The Conners,'" from her.SnopesFeb 4, 2023True"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."Said by Devin LeMahieuPolitiFactFeb 3, 2023Mixed"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."Said by Chip RoyPolitiFactFeb 3, 2023FalseIllinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”Said by Marjorie Taylor GreenePolitiFactFeb 3, 2023Mixed“Female student-athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 3, 2023TruePope Francis’ official Twitter account in early 2023 tweeted, “The middle finger, which is higher than the others, reminds us of something essential: honesty. To be honest means not getting entangled in the snares of corruption.”SnopesFeb 3, 2023FalsePregnancy tests include a “hidden Plan B” pill.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 2, 2023FalsePresident Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 2, 2023FalseThe officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 2, 2023FalseU.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 2, 2023False“More classified documents (were) found at the University of Delaware,” the “equivalent of a tractor trailer worth.”Said by Peggy HubbardPolitiFactFeb 2, 2023True“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”Said by Tony EversPolitiFactFeb 2, 2023TrueRowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who died in early 2023 after an encounter with five Black police officers, said, “I hate the fact that it was five Black men that actually did this to another Black man. My son probably was their age. They just brought disgrace to themselves [...] They just brought disgrace to everyone.”SnopesFeb 2, 2023TrueUsing recovered genetic material from extinct specimens, a team of scientists is working to "reincarnate" the Woolly Mammoth by 2027.SnopesFeb 1, 2023TrueAs of January 2023, OpenAI's ChatGPT technology declined to write a poem admiring Donald Trump, but successfully drafted one for Joe Biden.SnopesFeb 1, 2023