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Logically→ In India, expired Covaxin vials are being used to jab children above 15 years of age.
The shelf life of Covaxin was extended after taking approvals and carrying out required tests.
Snopes→ Schwarzenegger and Shriver Divorce Final After 10 Years
The pair had been married since 1986.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Macaulay Culkin is Now 4 Years Older than Catherine O’Hara Was When She Played His Mom in Home Alone’
In December 2021, screenshots of a tweet indicating that former child actor Macaulay Culkin was “now” four years older that Catherine O’Hara when Home Alone was filmed began circulating among Facebook users: In the screenshot, the T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Devils Tower Is NOT A Giant Silicon Tree Trunk — It’s A Rock Formed 50 Million Years Ago
Is Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming a remnant of an ancient giant tree made out of silicon? No, that's not true: Devils Tower is sedimentary rock that got pushed up to the surface millions of years ago. The National Park Service
Snopes→ Has the Sturgeon Fish Been on Earth for 200 Million Years?
This ancient family of fish predates most other fish in the world.
Logically→ People getting COVID-19 vaccines will die within five years.
Vaccines have undergone thorough clinical trials and pose no danger. This claim is not based on any scientific evidence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 91-Year-Old Woman Did NOT Give Birth, But Carried A Calcified Fetus For 60 Years
Did a 91-year-old woman find out that she had been pregnant for 60 years when she visited the doctor? Yes and no: the story of the rare health condition of an elderly woman from La Boca, Chile is true, but it is presented in a misleading
Snopes→ Beware of ‘No DUIs in Last 3 Years’ Refund Check Scams
We reached out to the Better Business Bureau to learn more.
Snopes→ Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Gets 4 Years in Trial Seen As Political
Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted of incitement and another charge and sentenced to four years in prison.
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Wisconsin has seen more than two 500-year storm events within the last several years
“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
AllSides→ White House Uses ‘Job-Years,’ Not Jobs, to Tout Infrastructure Law
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/white-house-uses-job-years-not-jobs-to-tout-infrastructure-law/ Both
FactCheck.org→ White House Uses ‘Job-Years,’ Not Jobs, to Tout Infrastructure Law
Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris lauded the bipartisan infrastructure legislation for creating good-paying jobs for “millions” of Americans. But they meant millions of job-years, not millions of additional jobs. In
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘November 2021 Lunar Eclipse, The Longest in 580 Years’
On November 16 2021, the Facebook page “Soul Alchemy” shared a meme about a then-imminent lunar eclipse (“Friday,”) purportedly the longest such event in 580 years: Text on the meme unwittingly set it up for perpetual spread, r
Snopes→ Discovered: First Dinosaur Known Roamed Greenland 214M Years Ago
The two-legged herbivore is named for the Inuit word for “cold bone.”
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter Who Hit Officer Gets over 3 Years in Prison
Scott Fairlamb, 44, was the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the Capitol riot.
Logically→ The Earth’s temperature has not changed in the last 15 years.
Reported as some of the highest rises, Earth's temperature has changed by 0.41 degrees Celsius from 1998 to 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines ARE Responsible For Half Of All Adverse Vaccine Reaction Reports In 30 Years — But That’s Not Full Story
Does the number of reported adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in the United States equal half of all such reports for all vaccines over the last 30 years? Yes, that's true: Those numbers are found in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporti
Snopes→ COVID-19’s Global Death Toll Tops 5 Million in Under 2 Years
The U.S. alone has recorded over 745,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.
Snopes→ Escapee, 64, Sentenced After 29 Years on the Run in Sydney
Darko Desic has been back in custody since mid-September when he walked into a police station and confessed to breaking out of Grafton Prison in 1992.
Snopes→ Does This Map Show the United States in 30 Years?
The United States could see some drastic changes if climate change is not addressed, but they aren't depicted on this map.
Snopes→ Alabama Football Team Lost 21-0 at Home 21 Years Ago
The storied program had a dark period prior to its recent success, including a rare shutout loss at home to an unranked, nonconference opponent.
Full Fact→ Photo of diesel-powered electric vehicle charging point is at least two years old
A post on Facebook claims it shows a picture of an electric vehicle charging point, newly installed by Lancashire County Council, which is powered by a diesel generator. The post says drivers can use this charging point to fully charge a Tesla Model S
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘It’s Been Illegal for Employers to Forbid Workers From Discussing Their Pay For the Last 86 Years, Since the National Labor Relations Act of 1935’
An October 16 2021, a Facebook post by performance artist and perennial political candidate Vermin Supreme highlighted an October 11 tweet claiming that it became illegal for employers to forbid workers from discussing their pay rate 86 years earlier:
Snopes→ Elk Roaming Colorado with Tire Around Neck for 2 Years Freed
Officers had to cut off the elk's five-point antlers to remove the encumbrance because they couldn't slice through the steel in the bead of the tire.
Logically→ The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines is dropping among people aged above 40 years.
COVID-19 vaccines provide higher levels of protection against severe disease, including hospitalization and death.
Logically→ An entire ship disappeared and traveled 40 years in the future during the Philadelphia experiment.
There is no evidence that the Philadelphia experiment actually happened or that a ship disappeared and traveled in the future.
Snopes→ Yes, the Fugees Are Reuniting for Their First World Tour in 25 Years
The album "The Score" went seven times platinum.
Logically→ There have been more deaths in 8 months due to the COVID-19 vaccines than there have been due to all other available vaccines in 21 years.
The claim is misleading as the Daily Expose is comparing unverified data from the Yellow Card Scheme and incomplete data from the MHRA to support it.
Snopes→ Facebook Knew for 1 1/2 years Instagram Is Bad for Teens, Despite Claiming Otherwise
Here are the harms researchers have been documenting for years.
Snopes→ Militia Leader Gets 53 Years in Minnesota Mosque Bombing
The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced to 53 years in prison for an attack that terrified the mosque's community.
Snopes→ How 9/11 Heralded 20 Years of Internet Conspiracy Theories
Within hours of the attacks, misinformation emerged online. It would be the start of a two-decade expansion and elevation of internet conspiracy theories.
Snopes→ 20 Years Later, Fallout from Toxic WTC Dust Cloud Grows
Two decades after the twin towers’ collapse, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to the attacks.
Snopes→ Shark Tourism Grows on Cape Cod, 3 Years After Attacks
A small but growing group of charter boat operators are offering great white shark tours in the region.
Snopes→ 20 Years After 9/11: ‘We Will Live with the Scars’ Forever
Across the country, it was 10:03 a.m. and United Flight 93 had just crashed into a Pennsylvania field.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘More People Have Died of COVID in Florida in the Past Two Weeks Than U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan in 20 Years’
As COVID-19 continued its grim progress in the second half of 2021, a September 1 2021 Imgur text post simply titled “Perspective” claimed that more people died in Florida “in the past two weeks” than in the totality of the war
Snopes→ Man Gets 6 Years in Prison in Michigan Governor Kidnap Plot
A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to just over six years in prison for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Snopes→ New England Preps for 1st Hurricane in 30 Years with Henri
New Englanders bracing for their first direct hit by a hurricane in 30 years began hauling boats out of the water and taking other precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barreled toward the Northeast coast.
Snopes→ Years in the Making, R. Kelly Sex Abuse Trial Gets Underway
Kelly, 54, is perhaps best known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly,” a 1996 song that became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings, advertisements and elsewhere.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Child’s Snakebite Was NOT Recent — It Was 2 Years Ago And He Survived
Did a "rattle head" snake bite a child in the summer of 2021? No, that's not true: This claim is missing context, as the photo with a post seeking prayers is from a 2019 news account of a 2-year-old South Carolina child who was bitten by