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  • Fact Check: 'Teletubbies' Were NOT Inspired By Purported Story Of Institutionalized Children's Horrifying Deaths

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    Was the "Teletubbies" television show based on a story of four psychotic children who purportedly were abused and who ultimately died horrifying deaths in a mental health institution? No, that's not true: The creators of the show said they were inspired by astronauts from the moon landing in creating their characters and by British comedians. The claim appeared in a…

    • Mar 21, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'Teletubbies' Were NOT Inspired By Purported Story Of Institutionalized Children's Horrifying Deaths Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: WikiLeaks Did NOT Release Video Proof That Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was Hoax Filmed In Nevada Desert

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    Did WikiLeaks in December of 2022 release Apollo 11 "moon landing cut scenes filmed in Nevada desert," proving that the moon landing never happened and was instead staged for filming right here on Earth? No, that's not true: The video in this post splices together a scene from a 1977 fictional movie, which was not even filmed in Nevada, and…

    • Dec 9, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: WikiLeaks Did NOT Release Video Proof That Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was Hoax Filmed In Nevada Desert Not Assange's
  • Fact Check: Nixon Did NOT Need Cell Towers To Call Astronauts On The Moon In 1969

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    Does former President Richard Nixon's call without a string of cellphone towers prove that NASA never put astronauts on the moon? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesman explained to Lead Stories that the agency used massive radio antennas and ground tracking stations to connect Nixon with the astronauts. The nonexistence of cellphones in 1969, therefore, does not prove that…

    • Dec 2, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Nixon Did NOT Need Cell Towers To Call Astronauts On The Moon In 1969 Radio Antennas
  • Fact Check: Picture Of Similar-Looking Men Does NOT Prove 'No NASA Challenger Rocket Blew Up With People On It'

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    Does a composite image showing the Space Shuttle Challenger commander Francis Richard Scobee and the CEO of Cows and Trees, Richard Scobee, prove that the 1986 space shuttle disaster never happened and the astronauts did not die? No, that's not true: The catastrophe was broadcast live, and its details were thoroughly investigated and reported to the president of the United…

    • Nov 29, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Picture Of Similar-Looking Men Does NOT Prove 'No NASA Challenger Rocket Blew Up With People On It' Seven Deaths
  • Fact Check: Photos Of Earth From Space Are NOT All Computer Generated

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    Is it impossible to find a "real photo" of Earth taken from space that is not computer generated? No, that's not true: Seventy-six years ago, on October 24, 1946, the first photo of Earth was taken from a V-2 rocket 65 miles above the New Mexico desert. The rocket fell back to Earth as planned, crashing in the desert, and…

    • Nov 3, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photos Of Earth From Space Are NOT All Computer Generated Real Photos
  • Fact Check: Astronauts Do NOT Only Train In Swimming Pools -- NASA Says It Uses Vacuum Chambers, Too

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    Do astronauts only train in swimming pools, and not vacuum chambers, because space is not a vacuum and "Outer Space is a hoax"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson at NASA told Lead Stories that its astronauts have "limited training" in vacuum chambers, which NASA has used for decades to test materials that go into space. Astronauts also train in…

    • Oct 27, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Astronauts Do NOT Only Train In Swimming Pools -- NASA Says It Uses Vacuum Chambers, Too Both Are Used
  • Fact Check: Satellites Are NOT A Myth, And Can Survive High Temperatures In Space

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    Are satellites a myth because there is no way they could survive high temperatures in space? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson called this claim about satellites "misleading." According to NASA, artificial satellites are built to survive high temperatures in space, but they orbit in a layer of the atmosphere, the thermosphere, where sufficient gas molecules do not exist…

    • Oct 19, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Satellites Are NOT A Myth, And Can Survive High Temperatures In Space Don't Melt
  • Fact Check: "Deathbed Confession" Video Does NOT Prove Moon Landing A Hoax

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    Does a viral video describing a father's "deathbed confession" prove the U.S. government faked the 1969 moon landing? No, that's not true: There is a significant amount of evidence that NASA landed on the moon and experts Lead Stories spoke with refuted claims suggesting otherwise. In the video, a man who identifies himself as Gene Gilmore (given name Eugene Reuben…

    • Sep 22, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: "Deathbed Confession" Video Does NOT Prove Moon Landing A Hoax Uncorroborated
  • Fact Check: Video NOT Correct That Challenger Crew Members Are Still Living

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    Did the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger survive the 1986 explosion? No, that's not true: The seven astronauts who were onboard the Challenger died on January 28, 1986. Four of the individuals whom one video narrator presents as survivors of the explosion are individuals without established family or professional ties to the crew. In two cases, the brothers of…

    • Sep 16, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video NOT Correct That Challenger Crew Members Are Still Living Doppelgangers
  • Fact Check: Food Irradiation Is NOT Unsafe For Humans

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    Does consumption of irradiated foods cause cancer and other diseases? No, that's not true: Food irradiation is a well-studied, FDA-approved process that kills pathogens associated with foodborne infections; thus, also preserving food for longer. There is no evidence that it may cause cancer. The claim appeared in a TikTok video on September 6, 2022. The caption began: @Bonnie #knowledgeableone333 Food…

    • Sep 8, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Food Irradiation Is NOT Unsafe For Humans FDA-Approved
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