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FalseThe Human Meat Project is a real organization that solicits human cadavers to be processed into "human meat" for human consumption.SnopesDec 9, 2022False"Balenciaga" is Latin for "Baal is king."SnopesDec 8, 2022Can’t tellFormer U.S. President Barack Obama once said of U.S. President Joe Biden, "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up."SnopesOct 26, 2022Can’t tellBrandon Cummings, the lead in a “Let’s Go Brandon” series of gay porn videos, was arrested for beating up 35 neo-Nazis.SnopesOct 25, 2022FalseCopying and pasting text into a new Facebook post will remove ads and give users access to more content from friends.SnopesOct 20, 2022FalseMeta announced plans that they will soon begin charging people "this summer" to use Facebook.SnopesOct 14, 2022FalseAn old Christmas picture of Michelle Obama with cropped hair and masculine features standing with her future husband, Barack Obama, is an authentic photograph of the future first lady.SnopesOct 5, 2022Can’t tellIvana Trump was actually cremated and a casket supposedly for her was instead filled with several classified and top secret documents to keep them hidden from federal investigators.SnopesSep 20, 2022TrueA colored photograph shows 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her coronation in 1953.SnopesSep 19, 2022FalseThe sinking of the Titanic was somehow orchestrated by its owner, American financier J.P. Morgan, in order to kill three prominent businessmen who opposed the formation of the Federal Reserve.SnopesSep 15, 2022True"This Book Is Gay," a book with sections that teach and advise kids about anal sex, oral sex, and hookup apps, is available to be checked out by students at Pierce Middle School in Tampa, Florida.SnopesSep 1, 2022Can’t tellA list posted to social media in August 2022 depicted the books "banned" from schools and libraries in Florida.SnopesAug 22, 2022Can’t tellDisney World is lobbying to lower the drinking age on its Florida property to 18.SnopesAug 22, 2022MixedSome clothes and accessories manufactured by the fast-fashion giant Shein contain unhealthy levels of lead, as of August 2022.SnopesAug 18, 2022FalseUnder the Biden administration, the IRS is hiring 87,000 new enforcement agents to "come after" and audit middle-class Americans.SnopesAug 11, 2022FalseEchoing Adolf Hitler's exact words from 1928, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor said, "We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity. Our movement is Christian."SnopesAug 1, 2022FalseA photograph in a meme shows a man and a woman who are unable to conceive children having sex onstage during an evangelical church service.SnopesJul 29, 2022FalseA video authentically shows an asteroid colliding with the moon.SnopesJul 26, 2022FalseA photograph shows a sand formation that was created by a lightning strike.SnopesJul 21, 2022FalseTwo photographs taken in different centuries of Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour show that the sea level in that area has not changed in over 100 years, thus disproving climate change.SnopesJul 19, 2022MixedA meme titled, "Damn Those Pesky Facts," shows genuine quotes about religion from former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison, as well as author Thomas Paine.SnopesJul 6, 2022TrueA video shows 7,000 fireworks accidentally going off at the same time in San Diego, California, on July 4, 2012.SnopesJul 5, 2022TrueA sign for the "Slider Shack" restaurant implores customers to "Say sliders to drugs, say no to yes."SnopesJun 21, 2022FalseA new Facebook rule starts tomorrow that allows the company to use your photos in court and also makes all of your posts and deleted messages polygraph.SnopesJun 16, 2022