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Is Alberta ending coronavirus restrictions because of failing to provide evidence of SARS-COV2 virus existence in court?
Variations of this image circulate claiming that a man named Patrick King won a court case in which he challenged the province to provide an isolated sample of the virus, which they failed. The rumors claim that for this reason, Alberta is ending…
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Did about 150 die from gun violence in the US during the 4th of July weekend 2021?
CNN reports
At least 150 people were killed by gun violence in more than 400 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend
Ref: CNN.com
In the article this data is based on data from 'Gun Violence Archive'.…
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Are some of Hamas current and former leaders billionaires?
On June 2, 2021, the Israeli Channel 13 aired a segment entitled Parties, lavish houses, and fancy cars: lifestyles of the children of Hamas leaders, in which the following claims were presented:
Mousa Abu Marzook's net worth is placed at 3 billion…
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Did "global cooling" have as much scientific consensus as "global warming" has now?
it is projected that man's potential
to pollute will increase 6 to 8-fold
in the next 50 years. If this
increased rate of injection... should
raise the present background opacity
by a factor of 4, our calculations
suggest a decrease in…
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Did the single motherhood rate among black Americans jump from 20% to 70% since the 1960s?
In conservative responses to racial disparities involving wealth and other things a lack of fatherhood figures within the black community is often cited as causative. For example, Ben Shapiro said about 4 years ago:
[If racial disparities are not…
user11643
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Is running barefoot healthier for your feet?
Some time ago, the barefoot running movement started, claiming that it is more natural and reduces chronic pain. Has there been some research on it since then?
A lot of people claim that it helped them, but it may be confirmation bias (only those…
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Were the Wright Brothers the first to fly?
I'd say it's a commonly held belief that the Wright brothers were the first to achieve controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than air human flight, as it can be found in most history books. However, there are many who say that this might not be…
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Are all French citizens who go outside their home legally required to carry official papers with a reason why they are out (Covid-19 lockdown)?
The BBC states rather briefly that
France began its lockdown on Tuesday morning, requiring citizens to carry official paperwork stating why they were not at home.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told Europe 1 radio on Thursday: "The…
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Was the virus which causes COVID-19 made in a Chinese lab?
This idea was discussed in the Washington Times
(no longer available at the original site: on archive.org.
The article discusses whether SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) could have been made in a Chinese bio-weapon lab:
Dany Shoham, a…
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In a lightning storm, is it safer to stand near a beech tree than near an oak tree?
According to a German folk wisdom, in a lightning storm one should avoid oaks and seek out beeches.
German Wikipedia on Volksweisheit:
„Buchen sollst Du suchen, Eichen sollst Du weichen“
Meaning
beeches you should seek, oaks you should avoid
The…
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Is this picture from an abortion clinic dumpster?
I found this picture from a reply to Kamala Harris' tweet.
Warning, graphic and possibly disturbing image of a man handling what appear to be human fetuses: Click to view.
It has the following text:
This man went behind an abortion clinic dumpster…
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Is a kill switch being considered to shut down the internet?
One of my friends has been particularly upset about this. I will try to track down a serious citation of someone making this claim but have been unable to do so.
I believe there is a commission or something on cybersecurity that is looking into…
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Are fully automatic firearms very hard for civilians to obtain in the USA?
In the wake of another horrific mass shooting incident in the USA which appears to have involved an automatic weapon I was surprised the read the following in the Weekly Standard:
Automatic rifles, on the other hand, are severely restricted and…
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Were there depictions of Donald Trump holding Hillary Clinton's severed head?
Hillary Clinton has recently claimed unfair treatment in the media.
“They were selling T-shirts and mugs at the Republican [National] Convention with Trump holding my head. Nobody said a word. Not a word!”
- Hillary Clinton: 'Nobody Said A Word'…
user11643
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Does the CDC own vaccine patents?
As a regular skeptic, I often get involved in arguments about vaccines. In a recent discussion this came up:
The CDC owns 70 vaccine patents and makes billions of dollar off them
A quick google search showed many results affirming this statement,…
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