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Ireland and the UK in the News
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Naked Florida man revealed on video sneaking into restaurant and munching on ramen.
REAL!
Story from the Tampa Bay Times on November 12th 2018.
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I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!
REAL!
Tweeted: November 7th 2020
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Qatar bought fans for World Cup 2022
REAL!
Qatar covered the costs of fans' flights, hotel rooms, and game tickets.
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COVID-19 vaccine will alter our DNA!
FAKE!
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Leprechauns are real!
This article is REAL, but the information is FAKE.
Published by CBS News on the 17th of March, it depicts different types of leprechauns in media.
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Arkansas woman used government funds to buy her dog a tuxedo
REAL!
The woman was an assistant to a local judge.
Purchased a diamond bracelet, tickets to football games, pillows, pet insurance and the tuxedo with local government's credit card.
Spent $200,00
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Wish everyone a very happy Chinese Lunar New Year! I LOVE CHINA!
FAKE!
Made on a Chinese app called Jike.
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"Ghost of Kyiv," Ukrainian fighter pilot hailed as a hero after downing 40 Russian planes, identity revealed!
FAKE!
Although a real story that was pushed by Ukrainian Defence forces, the reports were highly exaggerated.
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Coronavirus: PCR Tests could be 'picking up dead virus'
FAKE!
The tests were highly sensitive and this is where this claim came from.
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She is human after all! Queen Elizabeth shed tears during yesterday's funeral service for her husband.
FAKE!
The queen rarely cried in public settings.
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A couple in California name baby with an emoji
FAKE!
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100,000,000 Legal Votes! The most EVER for a sitting President!
FAKE!
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Police in Germany rescue man chased by a baby squirrel.
REAL!
Karlsruhe, 2018
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No-lockdown Sweden fared better than the UK and other countries.
REAL!
Sweden did have less deaths but it also has a lower population density and a high proportion of people live alone.
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Lidl in Dublin looted and smashed on Friday night: Two other stores also attacked in Citywest, gardaí have made arrests.
REAL!
Happened in 2018 during a blizzard.
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Coast Guard arrests man trying to run across the Atlantic ocean in a giant hamster wheel.
REAL!
It was actually the fourth time he had been stopped from propelling himself across the Atlantic.
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A$AP Rocky released from prison and on his way home to the United States from Sweden. It was a Rocky Week, get home ASAP A$AP!!
REAL!
Tweeted August 2nd 2020
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Eco-friendly hair salon is using customer's hair to clean up the ocean
REAL!
The hair is collected and used to soak up coastal oil spills
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Monkeypox and links to Chimpanzee adenoviruses found in AstraZeneca coronavirus vector vaccine.
FAKE!
Monkeypox and chimpanzee adenoviruses have nothing to do with each other.
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Queen always carried a personal box of chocolates due to cheeky family and a mongoose.
REAL!
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Aftermath of the Bowling Green massacre; enhanced security measures for Iraqis following arrests on terror charges.
FAKE!
Kellyanne Conway cited a "massacre" which never happened while defending Donald Trump's controversial immigration ban
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An extremely credible source has called my office and told me that Senator Ted Cruz’s father was ASSOCIATING with Lee Harvey Oswald before the ASSASSINATION of President John F. Kennedy!! UNACCEPTABLE!
FAKE!
He did accuse Senator Cruz's father of associating with Lee Harvey Oswald though
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Scientists have taught spinach to send emails.
REAL!
Spinach plants send emails when they detect explosive materials.
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COVID-19 was first a zoonotic disease.
REAL!
Zoonotic diseases: diseases that start in animals before spreading to humans.
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Irish women's obsession with fake tan is problematic: Cultural appropriation and the idolisation of high melanin content.
FAKE!
The 'Irish Times' published this news report in May 2023. It was written by AI (Adriana Acosta-Cortez). The AI provided a bibliography about itself: Administrator in health services, 29 years old, mother of a cat, living in north Dublin. It also provided a contact number, which turned out to be the number of an Irish Clown Gig worker.