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TrueA highly magnified image shared to social media in April 2021 showed a puncture hole in someone's skin made by a needle.SnopesApr 12, 2021MixedA video titled "Train Tackles Bendy Tracks" is real and has not been altered.SnopesApr 10, 2021TrueA viral article purporting to be the obituary of Margaret Ruth Groening, mother of "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, is authentic and accurately describes the origins of the names of some of the show's characters.SnopesApr 5, 2021FalseAn image shows a genuine autographed photo from actor Brendan Fraser that reads: "I like the Steak! It was my favorite part I was in the Mummy."SnopesApr 3, 2021FalseTucker Carlson's family owns Swanson food products.SnopesApr 1, 2021TrueA popular video in March 2021 contained footage of a real Texas restaurant called Trump Burger.SnopesMar 25, 2021TrueA viral list accurately lists more than a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. in which an AR-15 was used to kill people.SnopesMar 23, 2021Can’t tellIn the early 1920s, Franz Kafka consoled a little girl he met in the park by writing dozens of letters to her, posing as her missing doll.SnopesMar 9, 2021MixedBurger King inappropriately tweeted the message "Women belong in the kitchen" on International Women's Day.SnopesMar 8, 2021TrueActor Jay Johnston was photographed at the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.SnopesMar 5, 2021Can’t tellIn the 1960s, NASA rejected Hillary Clinton’s childhood dream of becoming an astronaut because the space agency did not accept women astronauts at the time.SnopesFeb 25, 2021FalseIn February 2021, Coca-Cola launched a new can design featuring the phrase "Try to be less white."SnopesFeb 24, 2021FalseU.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died after being struck with a fire extinguisher during the pro-Trump Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.SnopesFeb 16, 2021FalseScientists have agreed on the worst fast food chain.SnopesFeb 13, 2021Can’t tellThe nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man” was inspired by a real 16th-century serial killer.SnopesFeb 12, 2021TrueProud Boys founder Gavin McInnes said inspiration for the group’s name came from “Proud of Your Boy,” a song from the stage musical "Aladdin."SnopesFeb 9, 2021TrueIn 1926, scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla described a future "when wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth" in a way that allows humans "to communicate with one another instantly irrespective of distance" with the clarity of a face-to-face meeting using a device that "will fit in our vest pockets."SnopesFeb 7, 2021Can’t tellColin McGregor, the brother of actor Ewan McGregor (who played Obi-Wan Kenobi), used the call sign "Obi-Two" in the Royal Air Force.SnopesFeb 6, 2021TrueU.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert received her GED diploma a few months before winning election to the House of Representatives.SnopesFeb 4, 2021FalseA prostitute named Gerda Puridle invented elongated eyelashes in the 1880s.SnopesFeb 3, 2021TrueMartin Luther King Jr. said that one of the main purposes of education is to teach people how to tell fact from fiction.SnopesJan 18, 2021MixedU.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham had dinner with Joe Biggs, a prominent figure in the right-wing Proud Boys group, before Biggs helped plan the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.SnopesJan 14, 2021FalseAntifa, not a mob of Trump supporters, violently clashed with police and broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.SnopesJan 6, 2021FalseFive-pointed stars decorating the exteriors of houses mean the inhabitants are "swingers."SnopesJan 4, 2021