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Jordan Rachel
stated on January 16, 2021 in a tweet:
A $15-per-hour minimum wage would raise the price of a Taco Bell burrito to $38.
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 20, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Weis Food stores will no longer sell anything with the American flag and their employees can no longer wear anything with the flag.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 14, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“If you’ve been exposed to the stomach flu,” you can avoid getting it if you “drink 3 glasses of 100% grape juice a day for 3 days. It changes the acidity in your stomach. …This really works!!”
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2020
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stated on November 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Taco Bell is selling menudo for the month of November.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that “puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks.”  
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2019
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stated on August 25, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Red Bull contains bull sperm.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 3, 2019
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stated on August 26, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
Says you can determine a bell pepper’s gender by its “bumps.”  
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Domino’s Pizza is giving each person who shares a Facebook post “a coupon valid for 2 large pizzas.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 22, 2019
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stated on April 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill de Blasio is “banning hot dog sales to stop climate change.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2019 in Facebook posts:
Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019
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stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme:
“Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2019
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 in a town hall:
“If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years.”  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet:
“Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor” of greenhouse gas emissions.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017
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