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  • Fact Check: Stringy Strands In Ripe Tomatoes Do NOT Portend That 'Something Weird Is Happening With American Food' -- Those Are Sprouting Seeds

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    Do white strands in the flesh of ripe tomatoes mean "Something weird is happening with American food"? No, that's not true: those are sprouting seeds. Gardening and farming experts at the University of Connecticut say the tomatoes are still perfectly safe to eat. Called "Vivipary", the internal sprouting happens in certain varieties of tomatoes, peppers, apple, pears, and some citrus.…

    • May 16, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Stringy Strands In Ripe Tomatoes Do NOT Portend That 'Something Weird Is Happening With American Food' -- Those Are Sprouting Seeds Seeds Do That
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing ICE Raid in January 2025 -- Footage Predates September 2024

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    Does a video show people in January 2025 fleeing from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid? No, that's not true: The video shows men running near a construction site in 2024 or earlier. The building seen in the video was finished before September 2024, according to images on Google Maps. The implied claim appeared in a video (archived here)…

    • Jan 22, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing ICE Raid in January 2025 -- Footage Predates September 2024 Old Video
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Actual UFOs Over Alaska Escorted By Military Aircraft -- It's Animation

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    Did someone in Alaska capture video in early January 2025 showing military jets flying in formation alongside saucer-shaped UFOs? No, that's not true: The UFO video was originally posted on YouTube in October 2023 and the account it came from features computer-generated imagery sourced from video games and flight simulators. Although this video did not carry a specific disclaimer when…

    • Jan 7, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Actual UFOs Over Alaska Escorted By Military Aircraft  -- It's Animation CGI Simulation
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show New Jersey Drone 'Spraying' -- It's Jetliner Contrail

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    Does a video captured by a New Jersey resident show a drone spraying something in the sky? No, that's not true: The video showed a commercial Boeing 777 jetliner gradually descending as it nears the end of a transatlantic flight from London to Baltimore. Lead Stories cross-referenced the timestamp and location tag from the original video with flight and weather…

    • Dec 20, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show New Jersey Drone 'Spraying' -- It's Jetliner Contrail Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show New Jersey Drone 'Spraying' -- It's Jetliner Contrail Plane Contrail
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Car-Sized Drone Or Flying Object In Las Vegas

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    Does a video shared to Instagram authentically show a car-sized drone or flying object flying over the Las Vegas Strip? No, that's not true: The original video was posted to TikTok with a caption stating, "This video was created digitally." The profile that initially published the video is self-described as "Mixed reality. Definitely not CIA." The claim appeared in a…

    • Dec 20, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Car-Sized Drone Or Flying Object In Las Vegas Digitally Made
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AI-Generated 'UFO UAP Drone' In Maryland In December 2024

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    Is a video that shows UFOs or drones in Maryland in December 2024 authentic? No, that's not true: The creator of the video admitted he "made a fake UFO video with AI." The original video is listed on the creator's account on TikTok under the tab "AI creations" and is set to music from the TV show "The X-Files." The…

    • Dec 19, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AI-Generated 'UFO UAP Drone' In Maryland In December 2024 Creator Admits
  • Fact Check: FAKE Posts Claim That Foreign Nationals Are Voting In The US Election Because No Voter ID Is Required

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    Do photos of ballots marked with a vote for Donald Trump prove that citizens of other countries are voting in the 2024 U.S. election because American law does not require them to show a voter ID? No, that's not true: Several copycat posts use the same ballot photo to say this, but list different countries in the caption. These posts…

    • Nov 4, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Posts Claim That Foreign Nationals  Are Voting In The US Election Because No Voter ID Is Required Trolling Fake
  • Fact Check: Video Of 'Drilling' Cloud Does NOT Show Authentic UFO

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    Does a video showing a light-filled cloud "drilling through the firmament" show an authentic UFO? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this footage exists outside of a few social media posts. The user who originally uploaded this video has posted made-up content before and describes himself as a "Digital creator". The claim appeared in a video (archived…

    • Sep 26, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Of 'Drilling' Cloud Does NOT Show Authentic UFO No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Neil Armstrong Did NOT Say He Saw UFOs And Aliens On The Moon

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    Did astronaut Neil Armstrong once say he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon? No, that's not true: The claim is completely fabricated. There is zero evidence that Armstrong ever told anyone that he saw UFOs and aliens on the moon, and no evidence or documentation is given in a post making the claim. Buzz Aldrin said in 2014 that…

    • Jun 25, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Neil Armstrong Did NOT Say He Saw UFOs And Aliens On The Moon No Record
  • Fact Check: Stones Showing Humans, Dinosaurs Living Together Do NOT Prove They Coexisted -- Farmer Confessed In 1975 He Created Them

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    Are stones depicting dinosaurs and humans coexisting real? No, that's not true: These stones were found to be hoaxes. A Smithsonian article reported that a 20th-century farmer and his wife were the creators of these stones, not an ancient people. The couple confessed to forging the stones using depictions of dinosaurs from comic books. The claim appeared in a post…

    • May 14, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Stones Showing Humans, Dinosaurs Living Together Do NOT Prove They Coexisted -- Farmer Confessed In 1975 He Created Them Hoaxes
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