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  • Fact Check: Samuel Hydén NOT The Shooter In Örebro, Sweden, School Shooting On February 4, 2025

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    Was Samuel Hydén (or Sam Hyde) the perpetrator of a school shooting in Örebro, Sweden, on February 4, 2025? No, that's not true: Comedian Sam Hyde is often named as the perpetrator by internet trolls whenever a mass-casualty incident happens. It is a bizarre in-joke that has been going on for years, often using variations of his name to make…

    • Feb 4, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Samuel Hydén NOT The Shooter In Örebro, Sweden, School Shooting On February 4, 2025 Joke Meme
  • Fact Check: 1939 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Hitler Was NOT Serious -- Nominator Described It As 'Irony'

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    Was Adolf Hitler nominated as a serious candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939? No, that is missing context: The Nobel websites state that the nomination was not meant to be taken seriously and was withdrawn five days after it was made. According to the nominator, a Swedish anti-fascist, the nomination was intended as irony "to shame" Hitler "as…

    • Oct 29, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: 1939 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Hitler Was NOT Serious -- Nominator Described It As 'Irony' Fact Check: 1939 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Hitler Was NOT Serious -- Nominator Described It As 'Irony' For 'Irony'
  • Fact Check: England, Wales Prison Overcrowding Plan Does NOT Shorten Sentences For Sexual Offenses

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    Does the plan to address prison overcrowding in England and Wales cut short sentences for sexual offenses? No, that's not true: Under current law many inmates typically serve 50% of their sentence in prison, followed by a probation period. A new plan would reduce that to 40% but with exceptions for certain convictions like sexual or violent offenses. Offenders with…

    • Sep 5, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: England, Wales Prison Overcrowding Plan Does NOT Shorten Sentences For Sexual Offenses Not A Strategy
  • Fact Check: EISCAT Radar System In Finland, Norway and Sweden Does NOT Have Mind Control Capabilities

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    Can the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association, or EISCAT Scientific Association, use its technologies for mind control, as a video on social media claims? No, that's not true: EISCAT Scientific Association Director Axel Steuwer told Lead Stories that there is "absolutely no mind control possible" with the program's systems, which primarily measure physical elements of the upper atmosphere using the…

    • May 22, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: EISCAT Radar System In Finland, Norway and Sweden Does NOT Have Mind Control Capabilities Space Testing
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Danish King Frederik X On Balcony Waving Palestinian Flag -- It's Someone Else

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    Did King Frederik X of Denmark wave a Palestinian flag from a balcony in Copenhagen as a crowd of protesters were passing below? No, that's not true: This video was filmed in Malmo, Sweden, about 17 miles away and across the Øresund strait from the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark. The man on the balcony waving the flag is not…

    • May 13, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Danish King Frederik X On Balcony Waving Palestinian Flag -- It's Someone Else Not The King
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Muslim Migrants' Destroying Property 'Because An Israeli Singer Took Part In Eurovision'

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    Does a video in a social media post show "Muslim migrants" destroying public property because an Israeli singer was featured in the Eurovision song contest? No, that's not true: The footage shows a 2009 anti-Israel demonstration in Sweden that turned violent. That 2009 demonstration occurred during a tennis tournament and was not related to that year's Eurovision contest, which was…

    • May 13, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Muslim Migrants' Destroying Property 'Because An Israeli Singer Took Part In Eurovision' 2009
  • Fact Check: World's 'First Permanent Electrified Road' Is NOT Open As Of April 2024 -- Project In Sweden Is Paused

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    Is the world's first permanent electrified road open in Sweden as of April 2024? No, that's not true: Several short sections of prototype electrified roadway in Sweden have been used to test various charging methods for electric cars and trucks. But the first large-scale, permanent and open-for-public-use electrified road has not been constructed. A 13-mile pilot project was to be…

    • Apr 17, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: World's 'First Permanent Electrified Road' Is NOT Open As Of April 2024 -- Project In Sweden Is Paused Project Paused
  • Fact Check: Meme Listing Countries That Forbid Mail-In Voting Is NOT Fully Accurate -- Especially As To Citizens Living Abroad

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    Does a meme about mail-in voting correctly describe which countries forbid it? No, the list is misleading regarding some countries, lacks context in some cases and is inaccurate in at least one case by including Japan, which does allow mail-in voting as of April 2024. Many of the countries listed allow absentee or mail-in ballots for citizens who are living…

    • Apr 4, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Meme Listing Countries That Forbid Mail-In Voting Is NOT Fully Accurate -- Especially As To Citizens Living Abroad Some Allow
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFO Recorded In Sweden

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    Did a video shared on social media genuinely show a UFO that was recorded flying over Sweden? No, that's not true: Lead Stories determined that the original clip shared on Instagram was created as part of a school project by 16-year-old Swedish "3D artist" @qvist_designs. The account holder confirmed to Lead Stories that the video was "fake." A version of…

    • Feb 9, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFO Recorded In Sweden 3D Rendering
  • Fact Check: 'Zombie Deer Virus' Did NOT Spread After Mark Zuckerberg's Foundation Vaccinated Deer

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    Did the "zombie deer virus," officially known as chronic wasting disease, spread after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's foundation vaccinated deer across the country? No, that's not true: The foundation, better known as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, told Lead Stories it doesn't "fund such a program." Additionally, the U.S. Department of Agriculture clarified that its only "semi-widespread vaccination program" involving wildlife…

    • Jan 17, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 'Zombie Deer Virus' Did NOT Spread After Mark Zuckerberg's Foundation Vaccinated Deer Not The Cause
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