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Facebook posts – Video about zombie fungus isn’t ‘the truth.’ It’s from HBO’s fictional ‘The Last of Us’

Video shows ‘truth’ that fungus may be the “next government project.”

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Viral image – ‘Demonic possession’ footage is scary, but fabricated

Video shows “footage of an actual demonic possession in 1896.”

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¿Cómo afecta la nueva ley de inmigración de Florida a los trabajadores temporales y agrícolas?

En Español: Una nueva ley en Florida sanciona a compañías que contratan a personas sin autorización de empleo en EE.UU. Algunas de las reglas aplican para los trabajadores temporales, aunque no son mencionados específicamente en la ley.

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Instagram posts – No, health care professionals aren’t being ‘urged’ to call vaginas ‘bonus holes’

Health professionals are being “urged” to call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender or nonbinary patients.

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Instagram posts – Neil deGrasse Tyson did not expose NASA conspiracy about moon landing

Video shows Neil deGrasse Tyson describing how NASA faked the moon landing.

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Instagram posts – Viral video of Ohio’s new plan for death row prisoners was ripped from The Onion

Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.”

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