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  • Fact Check: The Earth Is NOT Flat And Operation Fish Bowl Was A High-Altitude Nuclear Proof Test

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    Is the Earth flat and surrounded by a transparent barrier that prevents rockets from leaving the Earth's atmosphere? Beyond this barrier, is there a firmament composed of water or a liquid-like substance? Does this explain why the U.S. government in 1962 launched Operation Fish Bowl -- to use nuclear weapons to try and break through that barrier? No, that's not…

    • Nov 18, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: The Earth Is NOT Flat And Operation Fish Bowl Was A High-Altitude Nuclear Proof Test Fake Physics
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And 'Elites' Planning 'New World Order' And 'To Microchip The Human Race'

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    Does a viral video prove that the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, and other speakers at WEF events planned to establish the "new world order" and "microchip human race"? No, that's not true: The heavily edited social media clip only shows short soundbites taken out of context, which alters the meaning of the speeches. The claim appeared…

    • Nov 10, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And 'Elites' Planning 'New World Order' And 'To Microchip The Human Race' Video Edits
  • 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: Difference In Launch Sites Does NOT Prove Apollo Missions To Moon Were Faked

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    Do two photos comparing launch sites on Earth and on the moon imply that the Apollo moon missions were faked -- and, furthermore, suggest that the Earth is flat? No, none of this is true: These photos, taken 33 years apart, are real photos from two different NASA missions. The upper photo shows the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B,…

    • Oct 27, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Difference In Launch Sites Does NOT Prove Apollo Missions To Moon Were Faked Needs Vary
  • 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: It Is NOT Impossible To Land A Plane On The Spinning Earth

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    Does the fact that planes can take off and land prove that the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: The claim ignores Newton's first and second laws of motion that explain how both happen on the constantly spinning Earth. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on October 23, 2022. It opened: FLAT EARTH FACT PLANES LANDING ON A…

    • Oct 27, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: It Is NOT Impossible To Land A Plane On The Spinning Earth Not Science
  • Fact Check: Airplanes Do NOT Fly 'Straight and Level' -- Earth Is NOT Flat

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    Is it true that airplanes fly "straight and level" and that this proves the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: An aviation expert told Lead Stories that "airlines don't fly in a literal straight line" because airplanes fly based on altitude, measured from sea levels. The expression "straight and level" refers to maintaining steady altitude so that the plane…

    • Oct 25, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: Airplanes Do NOT Fly 'Straight and Level' -- Earth Is NOT Flat Earth Not Flat
  • Fact Check: 'Documentary' Does NOT Prove Flat Earth Theory Is True -- Our World Is Globe-Shaped

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    Does a "documentary" called "HOW EARTH BECAME A BALL" prove that the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: Although it's presented as a documentary, "HOW EARTH BECAME A BALL" is an unauthorized repackaging of a 1990 Canadian satirical movie, "In Search of the Edge." It's a mockumentary about flat Earth (FE) theory. John Hoskyns-Abrahall with Bullfrog Films, the distributor…

    • Oct 24, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 'Documentary' Does NOT Prove Flat Earth Theory Is True -- Our World Is Globe-Shaped Mockumentary
  • Fact Check: Starlink Satellites ARE In Space -- Post's Images Are Of Ozone Balloons In South Pole

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    Are Starlink satellites not in space? No, that's not true: The images used to claim that Starlink satellites are not in space are of balloons that are in the South Pole and have been frequently photographed and reported on. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on October 19, 2022. It opened: STARLINK is NOT in SPACE!!!When you start to…

    • Oct 20, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Starlink Satellites ARE In Space -- Post's Images Are Of Ozone Balloons In South Pole In Orbit
  • 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
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