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Misleading: Fewer people in the U.K. accepted the fifth or sixth COVID vaccine dose than the first, proving that the masses no longer trust the vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Fewer people in the U.K. accepted the fifth or sixth COVID vaccine dose than the first, proving that the masses no longer trust the vaccine.
False: Scotland's '20-minute neighborhoods' policy aims to imprison people and prevent them from leaving their respective districts.
Climate-Policies Conspiracies-New World Order Human Rights-General Politics-Policy

False: Scotland's '20-minute neighborhoods' policy aims to imprison people and prevent them from leaving their respective districts.
False: President Biden signed an executive order making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

False: President Biden signed an executive order making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.
False: Viral image shows Pope John Paul II with Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.
Human Rights-Religion Tech-Social Media

False: Viral image shows Pope John Paul II with Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.
Misleading: Receiving COVID vaccines increases the risk of contracting coronavirus.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Receiving COVID vaccines increases the risk of contracting coronavirus.
False: Masks are ineffective in checking the spread of COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: Masks are ineffective in checking the spread of COVID-19.
False: FIFA will keep legendary Brazilian footballer Pelé's feet in its museum.
Media-General Media-Sports

False: FIFA will keep legendary Brazilian footballer Pelé's feet in its museum.
False: Global elites such as Bill Gates and Dr Fauci lied about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines to control the population.
Conspiracies-Depopulation Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Global elites such as Bill Gates and Dr Fauci lied about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines to control the population.
False: Actor Shahrukh Khan promised to donate the first day's earnings from his film Pathan to Pakistan.
Events-Humanitarian Media-Celebrities Tech-Social Media

False: Actor Shahrukh Khan promised to donate the first day's earnings from his film Pathan to Pakistan.
False: A BBC News report states spike protein was found in dead babies in Scotland.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Media-General

False: A BBC News report states spike protein was found in dead babies in Scotland.
False: Iran issues mass execution of over 15,000 protesters detained amid anti-Hijab protests.
Human Rights-Activism Politics-Policy

False: Iran issues mass execution of over 15,000 protesters detained amid anti-Hijab protests.
False: British leader Nadhim Zahawi misidentified late actor Leslie Phillips.
Media-Celebrities Politics-People

False: British leader Nadhim Zahawi misidentified late actor Leslie Phillips.
False: COVID-19 vaccines have killed people worldwide on an
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines have killed people worldwide on an "apocalyptic scale."
Misleading: U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted to being a cocaine addict.
Politics-People Tech-Social Media

Misleading: U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted to being a cocaine addict.
Misleading: Boston University researchers have created a more lethal COVID-19 strain with an 80 percent kill rate.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Boston University researchers have created a more lethal COVID-19 strain with an 80 percent kill rate.
False: Rick Simpson Oil (a cannabis extract) can cure skin cancer.
Health-General

False: Rick Simpson Oil (a cannabis extract) can cure skin cancer.
False: The bitten apple in the Apple logo is a tribute to English mathematician Alan Turing who died due to cyanide poisoning.
Conspiracies-General Conspiracies-Urban Legends Tech-Tech Business

False: The bitten apple in the Apple logo is a tribute to English mathematician Alan Turing who died due to cyanide poisoning.
False: COVID-19 vaccinations have caused more than 70,000 deaths.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccinations have caused more than 70,000 deaths.
False: The 1995 Illuminati card game proves that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job.
Conspiracies-General Events-Terrorism Politics-General

False: The 1995 Illuminati card game proves that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job.
False: Queen Elizabeth II was executed long ago by extraterrestrial species.
Conspiracies-General Conspiracies-Aliens Politics-People

False: Queen Elizabeth II was executed long ago by extraterrestrial species.
False: Bill Gates is responsible for monkeypox.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Tech-Social Media

False: Bill Gates is responsible for monkeypox.
Misleading: There is an 85 percent chance of pregnancies ending in miscarriage following COVID-19 vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: There is an 85 percent chance of pregnancies ending in miscarriage following COVID-19 vaccines.
False: Cashew is a natural anti-depressant making it a therapeutic equivalent of Prozac.
Health-General Media-General

False: Cashew is a natural anti-depressant making it a therapeutic equivalent of Prozac.
Misleading: An Israeli study has found that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine impairs sperm count.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: An Israeli study has found that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine impairs sperm count.
False: President Joe Biden tied the Medal of Honor backward on a Vietnam War veteran.
Events-General Politics-People

False: President Joe Biden tied the Medal of Honor backward on a Vietnam War veteran.
Partly_True: Oklahoma democrat proposes a bill that mandates vasectomy for males when they reach puberty.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Partly_True: Oklahoma democrat proposes a bill that mandates vasectomy for males when they reach puberty.
Misleading: Our drinking water contains fluoride, which is as harmful as rat poison.
Health-General Conspiracies-General

Misleading: Our drinking water contains fluoride, which is as harmful as rat poison.
False: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter, Lilibet Diana, doesn't exist.
Conspiracies-General Politics-General

False: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter, Lilibet Diana, doesn't exist.
False: People in Zimbabwe are selling their toes to make ends meet.
Economics-General Politics-General Tech-Social Media

False: People in Zimbabwe are selling their toes to make ends meet.
False: Aerospace engineer Boyd Bushman provided evidence of human contact with aliens just before his death in August 2014.
Conspiracies-Aliens Tech-Social Media

False: Aerospace engineer Boyd Bushman provided evidence of human contact with aliens just before his death in August 2014.
Misleading: Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the former CEO of the Nestle group, said that
Human Rights-General Tech-Social Media

Misleading: Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the former CEO of the Nestle group, said that "water is not a human right."
False: Research shows bitter melon kills cancer cells.
Health-General

False: Research shows bitter melon kills cancer cells.
False: Actor Jackie Chan is dead.
Media-Celebrities

False: Actor Jackie Chan is dead.
False: Governments are using nanotechnology to create mosquitoes and spread disease.
Health-General Tech-General

False: Governments are using nanotechnology to create mosquitoes and spread disease.
False: A CNN tweet claimed that child soldiers are fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Geopolitical-Conflict Media-General

False: A CNN tweet claimed that child soldiers are fighting in eastern Ukraine.
False: The Russian army has captured U.S. Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. in Ukraine.
Geopolitical-Conflict

False: The Russian army has captured U.S. Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. in Ukraine.
False: These pictures show the devastation caused by a blast in Peshawar, a city in Pakistan, on March 4, 2022.
Events-Terrorism

False: These pictures show the devastation caused by a blast in Peshawar, a city in Pakistan, on March 4, 2022.
False: Video shows Russian soldiers using weapons from the Soviet era.
Geopolitical-Conflict

False: Video shows Russian soldiers using weapons from the Soviet era.
False: British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has died.
Tech-Social Media

False: British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has died.
False: The Royal family hosts human hunting parties.
Conspiracies-New World Order Events-General Politics-General

False: The Royal family hosts human hunting parties.
Misleading: A video shows president Zelenskyy drinking coffee with Ukrainian soldiers after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Geopolitical-Conflict Politics-People

Misleading: A video shows president Zelenskyy drinking coffee with Ukrainian soldiers after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
False: The media wants us to hate Putin because he rejected the New World Order.
Conspiracies-New World Order Geopolitical-Conflict

False: The media wants us to hate Putin because he rejected the New World Order.
Misleading: Boys are 12 times more likely than girls to experience cardiac problems due to COVID-19 vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Boys are 12 times more likely than girls to experience cardiac problems due to COVID-19 vaccines.
False: Organic foods flush out the COVID-19 vaccine from the body.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Organic foods flush out the COVID-19 vaccine from the body.
Vitamin D supplements protect against COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

Vitamin D supplements protect against COVID-19.
Misleading: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines lead to severe heart failure.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines lead to severe heart failure.
False: The vaccinated pose a greater danger to others than the unvaccinated.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The vaccinated pose a greater danger to others than the unvaccinated.
Misleading: Natural COVID immunity is stronger than protection induced through vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Natural COVID immunity is stronger than protection induced through vaccines.
Misleading: Deaths among teenagers have increased by 47 percent in the U.K. since they started getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Deaths among teenagers have increased by 47 percent in the U.K. since they started getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Misleading: The infection rate in vaccinated people is higher than the unvaccinated, according to U.K. Health Security Agency data.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The infection rate in vaccinated people is higher than the unvaccinated, according to U.K. Health Security Agency data.
False: American actor Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Media-Celebrities

False: American actor Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
False: The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is lethal.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is lethal.
Misleading: The risks of COVID-19 vaccination to children outweigh its benefits.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The risks of COVID-19 vaccination to children outweigh its benefits.
Misleading: According to Europe's top health officials, face masks don't protect against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

Misleading: According to Europe's top health officials, face masks don't protect against COVID-19.
False: Narendra Modi government's Cabinet Committee on Security called for the removal of Sikhs from the Indian Army.
Human Rights-Religion Politics-General Tech-Social Media

False: Narendra Modi government's Cabinet Committee on Security called for the removal of Sikhs from the Indian Army.
Misleading: 30,305 people died within 21 days of having a COVID-19 vaccine in England between January and June 2021. This shows that the COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: 30,305 people died within 21 days of having a COVID-19 vaccine in England between January and June 2021. This shows that the COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous.
False: Tamil is the world's oldest language.
Politics-General

False: Tamil is the world's oldest language.
False: Carbon footprint from Jeff Bezos' space ship is similar to a lifetime’s worth of emissions for the world’s poorest.
Climate-General Tech-Tech Business

False: Carbon footprint from Jeff Bezos' space ship is similar to a lifetime’s worth of emissions for the world’s poorest.
True: Russia's Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V will be available for public use by the end of 2020.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: Russia's Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V will be available for public use by the end of 2020.
False: The Omicron variant has not killed a single person worldwide.
Health-Covid Politics-General

False: The Omicron variant has not killed a single person worldwide.
False: 85 percent of people who wear masks catch COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: 85 percent of people who wear masks catch COVID-19.
Misleading: In Scotland, heart disorders have risen by 118 percent and excess deaths by 40 percent in young adults since being given the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: In Scotland, heart disorders have risen by 118 percent and excess deaths by 40 percent in young adults since being given the COVID-19 vaccine.
Misleading: COVID-19 vaccine related deaths in Taiwan are higher than those due to the virus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: COVID-19 vaccine related deaths in Taiwan are higher than those due to the virus.
Partly_True: Over 50 percent of Black people in New York City have not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Human Rights-Race

Partly_True: Over 50 percent of Black people in New York City have not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Misleading: Like Biden, in 1937, Adolf Hitler signed 40 executive orders in a week.
Politics-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: Like Biden, in 1937, Adolf Hitler signed 40 executive orders in a week.
False: Pfizer experimented on orphan babies to test its COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines Human Rights-General

False: Pfizer experimented on orphan babies to test its COVID-19 vaccine.
False: Only two people in the world know Coca-Cola's recipe, and they aren't allowed to travel on the same plane.
Economics-Business Events-General

False: Only two people in the world know Coca-Cola's recipe, and they aren't allowed to travel on the same plane.
Unverifiable: American actors Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are dating.
Media-Celebrities Media-Entertainment

Unverifiable: American actors Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are dating.
True: Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are effective against the Delta variant.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are effective against the Delta variant.
False: COVID-19 vaccines are creating more coronavirus variants.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines are creating more coronavirus variants.
False: Prime Minister Narendra Modi breached the election protocol by addressing a rally in Howrah on April 6.
Politics-Elections Politics-People

False: Prime Minister Narendra Modi breached the election protocol by addressing a rally in Howrah on April 6.
Unverifiable: Indira Gandhi had said
Human Rights-Religion Politics-People

Unverifiable: Indira Gandhi had said "We avenged our thousand-year slavery on Muslims" after the fall of Dhaka.
True: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never addressed an open press conference.
Politics-People

True: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never addressed an open press conference.
False: The Indian government bypassed procedural obligations and proposed Anil Ambani’s Reliance for Rafale deal.
Economics-General Politics-General

False: The Indian government bypassed procedural obligations and proposed Anil Ambani’s Reliance for Rafale deal.
False: You need to pass NEET-PG to get an MBBS seat.
Politics-Policy

False: You need to pass NEET-PG to get an MBBS seat.
False: Mamata Banerjee has never lost an election.
Politics-Elections Politics-People

False: Mamata Banerjee has never lost an election.
Misleading: Beau Biden passed the first transgender law in the state of Delaware.
Human Rights-Gender Politics-General

Misleading: Beau Biden passed the first transgender law in the state of Delaware.
Misleading: Trump: We’ve built over 400 miles of southern border wall.
Politics-General

Misleading: Trump: We’ve built over 400 miles of southern border wall.
Misleading: Joe Biden opposed President Trump's decision to suspend all travel from China.
Geopolitical-Conflict Health-Covid Politics-People

Misleading: Joe Biden opposed President Trump's decision to suspend all travel from China.
True: We're going through a pandemic that lost 22 million jobs at the height.
Economics-General Health-Covid

True: We're going through a pandemic that lost 22 million jobs at the height.
Partly_True: The president was informed about the airborne nature of Coronavirus on January 28th.
Health-Covid Politics-General

Partly_True: The president was informed about the airborne nature of Coronavirus on January 28th.
True: Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
Economics-Business Politics-General

True: Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
False: Kamala Harris prosecuted the journalists who exposed Planned Parenthood's crime.
Politics-People

False: Kamala Harris prosecuted the journalists who exposed Planned Parenthood's crime.
Partly_True: Donald Trump has polled better among African American voters than any Republican in a long time.
Human Rights-Race Politics-Elections Politics-People

Partly_True: Donald Trump has polled better among African American voters than any Republican in a long time.
False: Joe Biden supports removing the Filibuster and packing the court in retribution for Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.
Politics-People

False: Joe Biden supports removing the Filibuster and packing the court in retribution for Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.
True: The billionaires got $300-400 billion richer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: The billionaires got $300-400 billion richer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
True: In the last four years, Donald Trump has never come up with a comprehensive plan as an alternative to Obamacare.
Health-General Politics-General

True: In the last four years, Donald Trump has never come up with a comprehensive plan as an alternative to Obamacare.
Misleading: Biden: CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield contradicted Trump's stance on mask usage by suggesting widespread mask wearing could save 100,000 lives between now and January.
Health-Covid Politics-People

Misleading: Biden: CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield contradicted Trump's stance on mask usage by suggesting widespread mask wearing could save 100,000 lives between now and January.
Misleading: Joe Biden wants to grow the fracking industry.
Climate-General Politics-People

Misleading: Joe Biden wants to grow the fracking industry.
Joe Biden voted for NAFTA
Geopolitical-Policy Politics-People

Joe Biden voted for NAFTA
True: CDC retracted its claim on coronavirus spread.
Health-Covid

True: CDC retracted its claim on coronavirus spread.
False: At the end of Trump’s first term, U.S. is going to have close to 300 new federal judges.
Politics-General Politics-People

False: At the end of Trump’s first term, U.S. is going to have close to 300 new federal judges.
True: Russia has collaborated with an Indian firm for Sputnik V trials.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

True: Russia has collaborated with an Indian firm for Sputnik V trials.
Partly_True: Biden: Nearly one in six small businesses in the US have closed this year.
Economics-General Politics-General Politics-Elections

Partly_True: Biden: Nearly one in six small businesses in the US have closed this year.
False: California legislature passes a bill to reduce penalties for sex offenders not more than ten years older than the minor.
Politics-Policy

False: California legislature passes a bill to reduce penalties for sex offenders not more than ten years older than the minor.
False: Nancy Pelosi was standing in the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco saying
Health-Covid Politics-People

False: Nancy Pelosi was standing in the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco saying "coronavirus is totally exaggerated."
True: Trump used the Defense Production Act to order U.S. manufacturers to increase the production of N95 masks.
Economics-Business Health-Covid Politics-People

True: Trump used the Defense Production Act to order U.S. manufacturers to increase the production of N95 masks.
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