The video does not depict an explosion at the world's largest dam in China. It shows flooding in Uttarakhand, India, in 2013 that damaged a structure.
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Snopes→ Western Flames Spread, California Sees Its Largest 2022 Fire
The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern just south of the Oregon state line.
Snopes→ Western Flames Spread, California Sees Its Largest 2022 Fire
The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern just south of the Oregon state line.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The Permian Basin is America’s largest oil basin, but alone couldn’t fuel the US for 200 years
A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.”
Snopes→ Big Pink Diamond Discovered in Angola, Largest in 300 Years
Called the “Lulo Rose," the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine.
Snopes→ Cambodian Catches World’s Largest Recorded Freshwater Fish
The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost four meters (13 feet) from snout to tail and weighed slightly under 300 kilograms (660 pounds).
Snopes→ Fed Attacks Inflation with Its Largest Rate Hike Since 1994
The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades.
Poynter→ Deer licenses sold in Wisconsin don’t prove the state has one of the world’s largest militaries
You might not picture a troop of Wisconsin deer hunters when thinking about global military powers, but some social media users are out to change that. “There were over 600,000 […] The post Deer licenses sold in Wisconsin don’t prove
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Deer licenses sold in Wisconsin don't prove the state has one of the world’s largest militaries
The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.”
Snopes→ Did Marion Stokes Record the World’s Largest Personal Archive of Television?
The activist had recorded thousands of hours of television over decades.
Poynter→ World’s largest forum of fact-checkers heads to Oslo
In June, journalists, technologists, policymakers and fact-checkers of every stripe will convene in Oslo, Norway, to attend the ninth iteration of the world’s largest fact-checking conference, Global Fact 9. This […] The post World’s larg
Snopes→ At Ukraine’s Largest Art Museum, a Race to Protect Heritage
The director of Ukraine's largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage.
Snopes→ Europe’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant on Fire After Shelling
Plant spokesman Andriy Tuz told Ukrainian television that Russian shells were falling directly on the Zaporizhzhia plant.
Snopes→ Was ‘World’s Largest Log Cabin’ Oregon’s Forestry Building?
A picture of two children posing with a balloon in front of Oregon's massive Forestry Building is real, but the caption it's often shared with is a bit off.
PolitiFact→ Carla Sands – Fact-checking whether Biden’s Build Back Better would be largest expansion of welfare in 60 years
Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years."
Snopes→ Avalanche Delays Holiday Tradition in Alaska’s Largest City
A holiday tradition in Alaska’s largest city for more than 60 years got off to a dim start this year.
Truth or Fiction?→ Bass Pro Shops, 7th Largest Pyramid in the World?
On November 25 2021, an Imgur account shared the following meme declaring that the seventh largest pyramid in the world was a Bass Pro Shops location: Text over an admittedly impressive pyramid bearing a “Bass Pro Shops” logo read: Can
Snopes→ Game On: 9-Foot Video Game Joystick on Record As Largest
A 9-foot-tall (2.7-meter-tall) video game joystick made of wood, rubber and steel has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022 as the largest.
Logically→ World’s largest floating solar farm is being built in Singapore.
Sunseap Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BP Batam for building a floating solar farm on 1600 hectares of Indonesia's Batam island.
Snopes→ Social Security COLA Largest in Decades As Inflation Jumps
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022.
Snopes→ IN PHOTOS: World’s Largest Tree Wrapped in Fire Foil
An encroaching California wildfire had raged to nearly 24,000 acres.
Snopes→ Census Data Spurred GOP’s Largest Partisan Edge in Decades
A new analysis from the Associated Press.
PolitiFact→ J.D. Scholten – About 70 percent of U.S. residents expected to live in the 15 largest states in 2040
“By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
Snopes→ The World’s Largest Mushroom Looks Nothing Like These Viral Images
Images of a humongous fungus actually show a Boletus photoshopus.
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Cooks the Largest Occupational Group to Die in the Pandemic?
On July 14 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming, in part, that “cooks were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic”: I wish Anthony Bourdain were alive today to articulate the insanity of living in a cou
Snopes→ 5 Die in Hot Air Balloon Crash in New Mexico’s Largest City
Fire officials said three men, including the pilot, and two females died in the Albuquerque incident.
Snopes→ Was the Largest Dinosaur Tibia on Record Found in Illinois?
A TikTok video claimed the fossil was discovered when construction workers were building a foundation for a fuel tank on a farm.
Snopes→ World’s Largest Meat Producer Getting Back Online After Cyberattack
“Our systems are coming back online and we are not sparing any resources to fight this threat,” Andre Nogueira, CEO of JBS USA, said in a statement.
Snopes→ New Mexico Offers Largest Single Vaccination Prize in US
New Mexico bet big that cash can persuade people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, offering the largest single cash prize among the growing number of states staging lotteries to promote inoculations.
Logically→ The World Health Organization said that the U.K. has the largest caseload of COVID-19 B.1.617 variant outside India.
As of May 5, the U.K. reported 261 confirmed B.1.617 cases, the largest number of COVID-19 cases caused by the variant outside India.
Snopes→ Is This the Largest Crocodile Skull Ever Found?
The Purussaurus could grow to nearly 40 feet in length.
Logically→ The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest human experiment of all time.
COVID-19 is not a man-made or a controlled phenomenon, but an unexpected, highly infectious disease.
Logically→ Under AIADMK Tamil Nadu has become the second-largest contributor to India’s GDP.
Although the state has seen growth under AIADMK's successive tenures, both AIADMK and DMK's commitment to progressive politics has aided rise in GDP.
Logically→ Andhra Pradesh has overtaken West Bengal as the largest producer of fish.
According to the Economic Survey 2020, the total fish production of Andhra Pradesh was the highest of all states in 2017-18. West Bengal stood second.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Does NOT Own One Of The Largest Mansions In Delaware
Does this photo of one of the largest homes in Delaware show the home of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden? No, that's not true: "Marimon" is one of the largest mansions in Delaware, but has never been the home nor property of B
Logically→ The president signed the Outdoors Act, the largest investment in our public lands, public parks in a hundred years.
Although the passing of Great American Outdoors Act was celebrated, Trump has a record of proposing slashing conservation funding
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Grizzly Bear Killed By Alaska Hunter Was NOT The Largest On Record And There’s No Evidence It Had Killed Anyone Beforehand
Did a hunter in Alaska kill the largest grizzly bear on record? And did the grizzly kill two hunters beforehand? No, neither assertion is true: This meme is a still-circulating exaggeration of a real grizzly killing that occurred in 2001,
Logically→ Trump signed the largest investment in national defense since the days of Ronald Reagan.
In 2018 Trump administration allotted $670.6 billion for the defense budget, the highest since Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) was the incumbent.
Logically→ Trump signed the largest investment in national defense since the days of Ronald Reagan.
In 2018 Trump administration allotted $670.6 billion for the defense budget, the highest since Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) was the incumbent.
Logically→ Trump signed the largest increase in national defense since the days of Ronald Reagan.
Despite Trump's national defense budget reaching near historical records, defense expenditure got the largest hike under Bush during the Iraq War.