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Man in South Africa Adopted Wild Baby Hippo That Later Killed Him?

In 2005, South African Marius Els rescued a 5-month-old hippopotamus from a flood and attempted to domesticate the wild mammal before it mauled him.
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Unpacking rumor DHS Secretary Noem supports reality TV show where immigrants compete for US citizenship

According to the Daily Mail, TV producer Rob Worsoff pitched "The American," which would see people compete in challenges to win U.S. citizenship.
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What we know about Trump admin’s reported deal allowing Mexican cartel family members to enter US

Mexican authorities said that the family members crossed into the United States, but it was unclear what the terms of their entrance were.
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Watch out for rumor Amazon announced it’s leaving the US

YouTube videos published in May 2025 falsely claimed President Trump's tariffs led Amazon to announce its headquarters would move outside the U.S.
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Pope Leo XIV didn’t say Trump’s immigration policies trampled on ‘teachings of the church’

The digitally altered video claims the pope called Trump's policies "a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ideology."
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8 famous last words and deathbed conversions we’ve investigated

We’ve investigated dying words and actions attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln and a NASA rover on Mars.
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