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FalseFox News changed its accreditation from "news" to "entertainment."SnopesJan 13, 2020FalseA missing airliner (Santiago Flight 513) mysteriously landed 35 years later with a cockpit and passenger cabin full of skeletons.SnopesDec 17, 2019Can’t tellA child named "John-John" who appeared on "Sesame Street" in 1971 is now a registered sex offender.SnopesNov 25, 2019MixedPeople should avoid plugging their phones into a public USB port due to a security threat called "juice-jacking."SnopesNov 18, 2019TrueA newspaper clipping from 1953 features a relatively accurate prediction about future telephones.SnopesNov 6, 2019FalseVarious photographs show a "pagoda flower" that only blooms once every 400 years in the Himalayas.SnopesNov 1, 2019FalseA video shows 300 children who were found frozen alive for purposes of organ harvesting.SnopesOct 10, 2019Can’t tellIn 2001, Justin Trudeau left his teaching job at the West Point Grey Academy after having a sexual relationship with either a student or a student's mother.SnopesOct 9, 2019FalseA C-SPAN video shows former Vice President Joe Biden confessing that he "bribed" Ukraine to drop the Burisma investigation.SnopesOct 9, 2019Can’t tellSome 200 Nebraska farmers remained silent during an auction so a man could get his family farm back.SnopesOct 2, 2019FalseA photograph shows a group of people playfully gathered around their co-worker after he died of a heart attack.SnopesSep 23, 2019FalseA divorce between television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife, Robin McGraw, is in the works.SnopesSep 20, 2019FalseThe "AR" in AR-15 stands for assault rifle.SnopesSep 9, 2019TrueA viral piece of text accurately lists nine things women couldn't do in 1971.SnopesSep 3, 2019FalseOn Aug. 21, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump articulated a belief that he is "the chosen one," the "King of Israel," or the "second coming of God."SnopesAug 22, 2019FalseA photograph shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar in military garb at a "terrorist training camp" or "jihad academy."SnopesAug 21, 2019FalseU.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar proposed a nationwide ban on "unhealthy and immoral" bacon.SnopesAug 8, 2019FalseSt. Patrick led the genocide of a contingent of Twa 'pygmies' from Central Africa, who were the original inhabitants of Ireland.SnopesJul 29, 2019FalseUK Conservatives posted signs vowing they would "cut all homeless people in half' by 2025.SnopesJul 22, 2019FalseA photograph shared on social media in June 2019 showed former Vice President Joe Biden with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.SnopesJun 28, 2019FalseA viral photograph shows Donald Trump with E. Jean Carroll, who's accused him of past sexual assault, proving he was lying when he said he didn't know her.SnopesJun 25, 2019MixedA photograph shows Frank "Rocky" Fiegel, a real-life person who served as the inspiration for the character "Popeye."SnopesJun 20, 2019TrueAn image shows reality television star Kim Kardashian wearing mirrored sunglasses at a poker tournament.SnopesApr 23, 2019FalseAn official Google Doodle commemorates Ramadan, but none celebrates the holiday of Easter.SnopesApr 22, 2019