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Will this drink of cucumber, mint, ginger, pineapple and lemon make the body lose seven pounds in one week if taken twice a day? No, that's not true: Two registered dieticians say that losing seven pounds by following the claim in this video is not likely, and could be dangerous. The claim appeared in a video with a Facebook post…

Has Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor -- the daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex -- died? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Lilibet has died at the time of writing and a video making the claim doesn't attempt to provide any such evidence. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on July 6, 2022. The post…

Is the "Doctor" of Dr. Oz a branded nickname with no meaning, like the name of the soft drink Dr Pepper? No, that's not true: Before Dr. Oz became a household name as a regular guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and then in 2009, as the host of his own daytime TV show, "The Dr. Oz Show," he was…

Does Oprah Winfrey endorse a diet pill that "lost her 60 in 6 weeks"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Oprah told Lead Stories the claim is "completely untrue," and that she is not endorsing a diet pill. The claim appeared as a Facebook post (archived here) on February 4, 2022. It opens: Oprah details her all-natural solution that…

Did former President Donald Trump say in a People magazine interview that he spilled baked beans all over himself watching "Cars 2" in a theater, a Black teenager laughed at him and that is when he decided to become a Republican? No, that's not true: This is a made-up quote Trump didn't tell People magazine in 1998. This is similar…

Does this photo show a Detroit broadcast meteorologist wearing an ankle monitor device parole officers install on convicts to track their whereabouts? No, that's not true: The broadcaster shown is Jaime Travers, of Fox2 St. Louis. A meme that has been recirculated since 2018 shows a meteorologist wearing a hands-free headset's transceiver/battery/antenna pack on her ankle. This post, with comments…

Did President Donald Trump indict Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on his last day in office? No, that's not true. The claim was made without proof and the U.S. Constitution reserves indictment power to grand juries, not presidents. Barrett was, in fact, Trump's pick for the Supreme Court after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. Barrett took the oath of…

Did Tom Hanks die of coronavirus in March of 2020? Or, were reports of his 'death' last year just a code to let certain people know that he had been indicted? Was Hanks then executed in May of 2020? Has the public been tricked with computer-generated imagery (CGI) to believe that Tom Hanks has been alive all along? No, these…

Was Oprah Winfrey wearing an ankle monitor during her interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry? No, that's not true. Video shows the billionaire TV mogul was wearing a pair of boots on which creases and folds naturally moved as she changed position during her March 7, 2021, interview with the royal couple that aired on CBS. Nicole Nichols, spokesperson…

Is Joe Biden's sister married to Stephen Owens, whose company owns Dominion Voting Systems? No, that's not true: Valerie Biden Owens is not married to Stephen Owens, according to a Dominion spokeswoman and numerous news accounts about the Biden family. Biden's only sister is married to John (Jack) Owens, who owns a Delaware-based telemedicine company, according to The Washington Post…