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Snopes→ Will an Implanted Microchip Replace Cards as Vaccine Passports?
A Swedish company has created scannable digital implants that act as vaccine passports.
Snopes→ In 1st, US Surgeons Transplant Pig Heart into Human Patient
A Maryland hospital said that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – In a sealed room, would snake plants keep you alive? Study doesn’t say that
NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
Snopes→ Mistletoe – Famous for Stolen Holiday Kisses – is a Parasite That Steals Water and Nutrients from Other Plants
Turns out, there are 1,300 species of this evergreen plant worldwide.
Snopes→ Are African Countries Planting Giant Wall of Trees To Stop Sahara Desert’s Spread?
The Great Green Wall is an ambitious effort to tackle climate change.
Full Fact→ No evidence GPS ‘smart dust’ is being implanted in humans
A picture shared on Facebook claims to show a tiny chip, invented by Hitachi which has GPS capabilities and can be absorbed through human skin after being sprayed onto people, ingested through food or drink, or injected. A Google reverse image se
Snopes→ Giant ‘Corpse Plant’ Draws Crowds in Southern California
The bloom of a giant and stinky Sumatran flower nicknamed the “corpse plant” because it smells like a dead body is drawing huge crowds to a Southern California botanical garden.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Do NOT Contain Hydrogel Nanobots Capable Of Reproducing And Of Implanting False Memories
Do COVID-19 vaccines approved in the United States contain hydrogel nanobots that multiply, rewrite human genetics and erase and plant memories in human brains? No, that's not true nor even possible in 2021. No private or academic lab has
Poynter→ There’s no evidence whistleblower Frances Haugen was planted by Facebook
A viral image circulating on social media baselessly claimed that former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who turned over troves of internal company documents to the Wall Street Journal, was not a real whistleblower, but a plant set up by Facebook i
Snopes→ Workers at All of Kellogg’s U.S. Cereal Plants Go on Strike
It wasn't immediately clear how much the supply of Frosted Flakes or any of the company's other iconic brands would be disrupted.
Snopes→ Is the Oodhu Paavai Medicinal Plant Real?
Plants, as far as we know, don't produce orchestral instrument sounds.
Logically→ A medicinal plant called Oodhu Paavai “blows out” pollen with a peculiar sound.
Computer-generated imagery created by graphic artist Luke Penry has been shared with a false narrative.
Snopes→ Yes, It’s Possible To Sleep Overnight in Planters’ ‘Nutmobile’
It's a 26-foot vehicle shaped like a giant peanut.
Snopes→ Researchers Discover Intricate Algae Plant That Resembles Mermaid’s ‘Umbrella’?
A strange but fascinating feature of this plant is that it's made up of one giant cell.
Logically→ Big Pharma and Microsoft are teaming up in the “ID2020 Alliance,” which will combine vaccinations with implantable microchips to create your digital ID.
Neither Bill Gates nor any pharmaceutical company is using ID2020 to microchip the world to bring about a global surveillance state.
Truth or Fiction?→ Banana Peel Water for Plants
On July 19 2021, a Facebook user in the group “Creative Gardening” shared their experience with “banana peel water” (also called “banana peel tea,”) including a photograph of their plants, apparently thriving thanks
Truth or Fiction?→ Snapchat Plant Identifier
On July 18 2021, a Facebook user shared a status update about a Snapchat plant identifier, also claiming that the function would work the same way in determining a dog’s breed: If you focus your Snapchat camera on ANY plant & hold the screen
Truth or Fiction?→ 100 Year Old Rhododendron and the Woman Who Planted It
On June 10 2021, the Facebook page “Happy Garden” shared an image with text reading “100 year old rhododendron and the woman who planted it”; the same image was shared to Imgur on June 15 2021: In the format widely seen across
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts mislead on reasons for India’s lack of oxygen plants
As India's coronavirus disaster deepened, Facebook and Twitter posts, including a tweet from a top Bollywood actress, accused the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Delhi states of failing to build sufficient oxygen plants despite being given fundi
Snopes→ Jill Biden Plants Tree As White House Readies for Family Cat
First lady Jill Biden commemorated Arbor Day by planting a linden tree on the north lawn of the White House.
Logically→ Indian State governments are receiving money from the PM CARES Fund to build new oxygen plants.
The center allocated PM CARES funds to the Central Medical Services Society for installing PSA oxygen plants Pan India. Not to the state governments.
Logically→ Eight oxygen generation plants are being installed in Delhi.
So far, only one PSA oxygen generation plant has been installed in Delhi through the PM CARES Fund and four more are in progress.
Logically→ Maharashtra is receiving funds from the PM CARES Fund for setting up oxygen plants.
The Center allocated PM CARES Fund to the CMSS, a Center's autonomous body, to install PSA oxygen plants across India, not to the state governments,
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows victims of a gas leak at an Indian chemical plant in 2020
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook, Twitter and Weibo posts that claim it shows victims of India’s second Covid-19 wave in 2021. The claim is false: the video actually shows victims of a gas leak in an industr
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts falsely tout plant extract as cure for cancer and dementia
Multiple Facebook posts claim that butterbur -- a plant extract sometimes used for medicinal purposes -- is effective in curing dementia and cancer. The claim is false. Butterbur is not a cure for cancer, according to medical experts. Separately, South
Snopes→ Did US Government Develop Implantable COVID-Detecting Microchip?
Think of it as a “check engine” light.
Snopes→ Did 17,000 Ford Plant Jobs in Ohio Go to Mexico?
Facebook users copied and pasted the same claim about Ford, Ohio, and Mexico, across an unknown number of accounts, pages, and groups.
Snopes→ McPlant on the Way at McDonald’s from Beyond Meat
Chicago-based McDonald's will use the Beyond Meat partnership to roll out what it is calling the “McPlant” burger, which was previously teased in a video.
Snopes→ Energy Executive: Texas Power Plants Turned off in Crisis
The recent blackouts that left 4 million Texas customers without electricity and heat during a deadly winter freeze also unplugged plants that could have generated more power.
Snopes→ Biden Tours Pfizer Vaccine Plant As Weather Delays 6M Shots
Disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to make up lost ground.
Snopes→ Biden Tours Pfizer Vaccine Plant As Weather Delays 6M Shots
Disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to make up lost ground.
Snopes→ Was a Florida Water Treatment Plant Hacked?
The event was witnessed by a plant employee viewing the shared desktop of a computer that controlled, among other things, chemical levels in the region's public drinking water.
Snopes→ Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant Kills 6
Firefighters, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal were investigating the cause of the leak.
Snopes→ UK Vaccine Plant Evacuated After Getting Suspicious Package
The factory, which is producing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in north Wales, said it notified authorities after receiving a "suspicious package."
Snopes→ Illegal Winery Busted at Alabama Town’s Sewage Plant
Investigators uncovered what’s described as a large illegal winery inside the Rainsville Waste Water Treatment Plant.
Logically→ A 90 year old woman was implanted with trackable microchips under the guise of a vaccine.
Margaret Keenan has become the first person to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She was not implanted with a trackable microchip.
Logically→ A billionaire grandson of John D Rockefeller received 7 heart transplants.
There is no proof of Rockefeller receiving seven heart transplants. The source of information is from a satirical website; hence it is false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Profusa, Others Have NOT Created An Implantable ‘Chip’ To Connect Us To The Internet And Open Door To ‘Brave New World’
Is it true that the government is about to approve an Emeryville, California company's implantable "chip" that will create "transhumans" and allow government to spy on our health and other data? No, that is not true. The sensor awaiting g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Same-sex Couple Did NOT Celebrate World’s First Anal Birth After Successful Rectal-Ovary Transplant
Did a gay couple in Los Angeles have an "anal birth" after a "rectal-ovary transplant"? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a living by publishing fictional stories often involving wei