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] | The Australian govt is handing out $25,000 to all nursing homes who label covid as the main cause of deaths on death certificates. | Nursing homes dont fill out death certificates so thus cannot label deaths as covid related. | AU | https://perma.cc/RC8E-Y9ZH | [
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200810152731/https://twitter.com/deptinfra/status/1291290747325620224 | @deptinfra | true | twitter | Supported | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210603044856/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/06/instagram-posts/yes-trump-lawyer-helped-kanye-west-try-get-wiscons/ | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/factchecking-kenyas-chief-justice-judiciary-funding-and-backlog-cases | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/factchecking-kenyas-chief-justice-judiciary-funding-and-backlog-cases | [
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null | David Maraga | false | NTV | Supported | [
"Numerical Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/factchecking-kenyas-chief-justice-judiciary-funding-and-backlog-cases | [
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null | Hindu Seccrets | false | Twitter | Supported | [
"Event/Property Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20201025104755/https://newsmeter.in/claims-of-1-11l-laddus-prepared-for-ram-mandir-bhoomi-pujan-are-true/ | [
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7NnMUQiWU | Kenya’s chief justice, David Maraga | false | NTV Kenya | Supported | [
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] | Kenya has one magistrate serving over 77,000 people | The total enumerated population is 47,564,296 and 546 magistrates | KE | https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7NnMUQiWU | [
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7NnMUQiWU | Kenya’s chief justice, David Maraga | false | NTV Kenya | Supported | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/factchecking-kenyas-chief-justice-judiciary-funding-and-backlog-cases | [
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null | Hindu Seccrets | false | twitter | Supported | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/factchecking-kenyas-chief-justice-judiciary-funding-and-backlog-cases | [
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null | David Maraga | true | NTV | Supported | [
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null | Kellie Armstrong MLA | false | Facebook | Refuted | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210307085410/https://factcheckni.org/articles/did-face-coverings-masks-become-mandatory-in-shops-and-indoor-public-spaces-in-northern-ireland-on-1-august-2020/ | [
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null | Mark Dice | false | Facebook | Refuted | [
"Event/Property Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20200831200706/https://factcheck.afp.com/social-distancing-effect-john-lewis-funeral | [
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] | Social distancing, to prevent the spread of coronavirus was not practiced at the funeral of civil rights icon, John Lewis. | All evidence points to the rules of social distancing being followed at the funeral of John Lewis. | US | null | [
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201015065655/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159955858068776&set=a.10151718240813776&type=3 | Adrian Anderson Barker | false | Facebook | Supported | [
"Numerical Claim"
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] | In the UK the new daily allowance for peers in the House of Lords in 2020 is £323. | It's a fact. Those are the rules set down by Parliament. | GB | https://web.archive.org/web/20201015065655/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159955858068776&set=a.10151718240813776&type=3 | [
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210408123257/https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-... | 31-7-2020 |
https://web.archive.org/web/20230420140927/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FChaosChytistOfficial%2Fphotos%2Fa.463867584395%2F10158852988929396 | ChaosChytistOfficial | false | Facebook | Refuted | [
"Event/Property Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20201116024712/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/11/fact-check-walt-disneys-characters-mickey-and-minnie-mouse-were-not-twins.html | [
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null | Timek ti Cagayan | true | Facebook | Refuted | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20201014060711/https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-spike-s-covid-19-cases-due-sona-protes | [
"Written Evidence",
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] | COVID-19 cases in the Baranguay UP campus increased due to the SONAgkaisa rally held there on July 27 2020. | Q&A 5 states that it takes between 2 and 14 days to show positive on a test after exposure, which is contradictory of Q&A 7 which shows cases rose only 1 day after the rally in the claim. but as Q&A 3 shows only symptoms can appear after 1 day. so it does seem unlikely that evidence points to the event being the cause... | PH | null | [
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210416042248/https://www.facebook.com/mqualich/posts/10218029872565717 | null | true | Facebook | Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking | [
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] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210416042248/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/06/facebook-posts/no-list-sex-cases-facebook-not-unsealed-ghislaine-/ | [
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] | Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents. | all the names are known already, nothing new is un the unsealed documents | US | https://web.archive.org/web/20210416042248/https://www.facebook.com/mqualich/posts/10218029872565717 | [
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.... | 31-7-2020 |
https://web.archive.org/web/20230420141310/https://twitter.com/Sanjay_Dixit/status/1288793478609145856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw | Sanjay Dixit | false | Twitter | Supported | [
"Event/Property Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210506110254/https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check/ratneshwar-temple-leaning-tower-pisa-varanasi-lean-22847 | [
"Written Evidence"
] | Ratneshwar temple leans at an angle higher than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. | Yes the angle of Ratneshwar temple is larger than that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. | IN | https://twitter.com/Sanjay_Dixit/status/1288793478609145856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw | [
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null | Bryan Steil | false | Twitter | Supported | [
"Numerical Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210506103647/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/bryan-steil/gop-lawmaker-only-tells-part-story-claim-wisconsin/ | [
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