Fact Check in February 2016
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Monday, February 29, 2016
- Donald Trump WAS NOT Caught Snorting Cocaine By Hotel Staff
- Man WAS NOT Rushed To Emergency Room To Have Cat Removed From Penis
- McDonald's In Kazakhstan NOT Selling Horse Meat Burgers
- Leonardo DiCaprio DID NOT Drop And Break Oscar Award After Speech
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
- Disgraced Subway Pitchman Jared Fogle HAS NOT BEEN Raped, Murdered In Prison
- HOAX ALERT: Katy Perry IS NOT Older JonBenét Ramsey
- Hoax: Orangutang DID NOT Give Birth To Human Baby
Thursday, February 25, 2016
- Report Woman Infect 324 Men With HIV On Purpose Is A Racist Hoax
- Fake McDonalds Coupon: There Is No Free Big Mac Combo Or A February 30th
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
- One More Time: Nancy Reagan DID NOT endorse Hillary Clinton
- Hoax Alert: Obama DID NOT Sign Executive Order Relocating Congress to Guantánamo
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
- Woman DID NOT Claim She Is Daughter Of Marilyn Monroe And JFK
- 87 Year Old Granny DID NOT 'Stomp Out' Kid Trying To Rob Church, Shoot Him In Leg
- Man DID NOT Try To Trade Kidnapped Baby For 15 Big Macs At McDonald's
- 'Damn Daniel' Creator Victim Of SWATTING Hoax: Caller Told 911 He Shot Mom
- Hoax Alert: The Pope DID NOT Call Sanders Most Christian Candidate
Monday, February 22, 2016
- Hoax Alert: Transcripts Of Hillary Clinton's Speeches To Goldman Sachs WERE NOT Leaked
- Angela Lansbury DID NOT Come Out Of Retirement To Solve Ireland's Regency Hotel Murder Mystery
- DEA Agent WAS NOT Busted for Selling Seized Narcotics; DID NOT Commit Suicide In Custody
Sunday, February 21, 2016
- 400-Pound Woman WAS NOT Sexually Assaulted By Herd Of Manatees
- Hoax Alert: 'Damn Daniel' Teen NOT Hospitalized After Being Beaten And Robbed For His White Vans
- Hoax Alert: New Vaccine From Iran Does NOT Cure Homosexuality and Pedophilia
Saturday, February 20, 2016
- South Carolina Woman DID NOT Deliver Twins, Name Them 'Donald' And 'Trump'
- Beyonce DID NOT Start Private Security Firm Consisting Of Black Panthers
Friday, February 19, 2016
- Police Officer WAS NOT Gunned Down in Broad Daylight, Shooter DID NOT Cite Beyoncé
- HOAX ALERT! Nazi Submarine NOT Discovered in Great Lakes
- Donald Trump DID NOT Call Buddha A 'Stupid Foreign Hippy'
- Hoax Alert: Ted Cruz DID NOT Say The Bible Will Be The Constitution When He Is President
Thursday, February 18, 2016
- Woman DID NOT Give Birth To 14th Child From 14 Different Fathers
- Crazed Man DID NOT Attack Dancers At Strip Club With Needle Containing AIDS Virus
- Hoax Alert: Pope NOT Opening Vatican City To Refugees
- Hoax Alert: Missing 4-Month-Old Girl NOT Found Dead Under Fat Of 700 Pound Mother
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
- Police DID NOT Find White Female Bodies In Freezer Tagged With 'Black Lives Matter'
- Hoax Alert: Do NOT Reset your iPhone to 1970; It Will Break!
- Kanye West's Last 16 Tweets DO NOT Contain A Terrifying Cryptic Message
- Hoax Alert: Texas Woman NOT Electrocuted In Her Sleep From Wearing Earbuds While iPhone Was Charging
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
- Gay Couple DID NOT Discover They Are Long Lost Twins
- Hoax Alert: Florida Man DID NOT Die In Meth-Lab Explosion After Lighting Farts On Fire
Monday, February 15, 2016
- Hoax Alert: Man NOT Kicked Out Of All-you-can-eat Buffet After Eating More Than 50 LBS Of Food
- Hoax Alert: Obama DID NOT Nominate Abortion Doctor to Replace Scalia on Supreme Court
Sunday, February 14, 2016
- Beyoncé HAS NOT Been Banned From Performing In Canada
- Hoax Alert: Bow And Arrow Wielding Cupid NOT Shot Dead By Armed Response Unit
Friday, February 12, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
- Cam Newton WAS NOT Arrested For Fixing Super Bowl 50
- Hillary Clinton DID NOT Sit On Monsanto's Board Of Directors
- Hoax Alert: Rat Meat NOT Sold As Chicken Wings Before Super Bowl
- Hoax Alert: Rapper Lil Bossie DID NOT Die From Cancer This Morning At His Home
Friday, February 5, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
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