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Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be fact checked. An example of the massive meme is found in a post (archived here) shared on Facebook June 4, 2020. It opened:…

Did U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defer $2.2 billion from Social Security to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget amid the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic? No, that's not true. This is a satirical piece written by a known network of fictional news sites that tries to trick conservatives into sharing bogus reports. Often, click-bait sites steal the satire…

Were the remains of a Nazi officer discovered inside a 100-year-old giant catfish? No, that's not true: Although the photo of the giant catfish and the fisherman is real, the details of this story are all fabricated. The name of the fisherman, the size of the fish, the river, the country, the bones, the Nazi medal ... all made up.…

Did Dr. Deborah Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, have "a Freudian slip" and acknowledge that she actually works for billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and the World Health Organization? No, that is not true: Birx, who appeared on CNN in April, did say the word "gates," but that was in reference to markers used for states to…

Did the Italian government call for the arrest of Bill Gates for "crimes against humanity"? No, this is not true. While one lone member of the Italian Parliament did attack Gates in a speech, the word "arrest" was never spoken and the Italian government did not call for the Microsoft co-founder's arrest. The claim appears in a video (archived here)…

Will Bill Gates personally profit from a COVID-19 vaccine and does he own a company that plans to implant microchips in everyone to track them? No, that's not true: Gates has spent more than $300 million of his own fortune to encourage development of treatments and vaccines for the novel coronavirus, as well as efforts to slow the pandemic's spread,…

Did Barack Obama write "If the political winds should shift, I will side with the muslims" in his book titled "Audacity of Hope"? No, that's not true: This exact quote does not exist in the book and is a misrepresentation of what he was explaining in the text paraphrased from page 261. It was first wrongly credited to Obama during…

Did Did Bill Gates say that the Catholic religion may have to be suspended forever because of the COVID-19 pandemic? No, that's not true: While the billionaire philantrophist has predicted that "mass gatherings" may not return until vaccinations for the novel coronavirus are widespread, he was talking about large gatherings of people at "optional events," not specifically Catholic Mass services.…

Does a viral video reveal there is a coronavirus vaccine patent owned by Bill Gates? No, that is not true: A video by Dr. Rashid Buttar claims there is a coronavirus patent owned by a pharmaceutical company that is owned by Bill Gates. There are two patents mentioned in the video, one in the United States and one in Europe,…

Is Hillary Clinton heading to jail after taking a payoff from the Russian government in connection with the Uranium One controversy? No, that's not true: In fact, according to the Washington Post, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has basically wrapped up its inquiry into the matter -- and the DOJ has no plans to pursue it further. The claim was…