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Search results for "Voyager 1 will reach a distance of one light day from the sun this November"

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Fact-checks (25966)

Greg Murphy stated on March 16, 2020 in a tweet:
“Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”
By Paul Specht• March 20, 2020
Viral image stated on September 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“The sun is not 93 million miles away … it is local and under a firmament dome.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
By Sara Swann• April 2, 2024
B.o.B. stated on January 25, 2016 in in a Jan. 25 tweet:
"You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.
By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016
Scott Wagner stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.:
"...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."
By Anna Orso• March 31, 2017
Joseph Levy stated on February 25, 2013 in a legislative hearing :
Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."
By Janie Har• March 16, 2013
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
NASA is “shooting three rockets at three moons” on the day of the solar eclipse.
By Loreben Tuquero• April 4, 2024
Bloggers stated on April 09, 2018 in a web post:
Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life."
By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2018
Rick Perry stated on January 18, 2011 in his inauguration address:
Says the first word spoken from the moon was "Houston."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 22, 2011
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses”
By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2024 in a post:
"The Earth is warming because of the sun's changing distance from the Earth, not because of carbon emissions."
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• April 3, 2024
Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House:
The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."
By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018
Viral image stated on April 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “The moon is more important than the sun as the moon gives us light at night when it is dark out. The sun only gives us light during the day when it is already light out.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 1, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment.
By Jeff Cercone• May 13, 2024
Instagram posts stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”
By Sara Swann• April 2, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The sun prevents skin cancer.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 11, 2023
Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2023 in a video:
“Skin cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in the last 60 years or so.”
By Tom Kertscher• August 1, 2023
Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Says Johns Hopkins virologist "James Kelly" said the COVID-19 vaccine “discriminates, divides, and judges society as it is.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 3, 2022
Threads posts stated on December 11, 2024 in a post on Threads:
Photos show mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in November and December 2024.
By Madison Czopek• December 13, 2024
Ray Lewis stated on May 25, 2011 in an interview:
"Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."
By Eric Stirgus• June 17, 2011

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By Daniel Funke• April 24, 2020

Why Trump’s comments on using disinfectants, sunlight to treat COVID-19 are wrong

By Daniel Funke• April 24, 2020

Fact-checking Andrew Yang in Muscatine, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2020

“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 14, 2018

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Obama's Rezko connection

By Robert Farley• October 25, 2008

Facts in Bermuda vacation ad do the job

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 24, 2008

How to get your news during the time of coronavirus

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 1, 2020

Is a second wave of coronavirus coming?

By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2020

Five key pieces from our Scott Walker file

By Tom Kertscher• February 24, 2014

Bulb claims by the dozen

By W. Gardner Selby• July 28, 2011

NBA bubble keeps virus contained, but not misinformation

By Bill McCarthy• August 5, 2020

100 million COVID-19 shots in 100 days doesn’t get us back to normal

By Victoria Knight• February 2, 2021

No pants burned, but toilets did flush

By Willoughby Mariano• December 5, 2010

Is there a homeless problem in Facebook's back yard, as Richard Ojeda said?

By Al Bernardi, Samantha Patrick, Davis Versprille• February 20, 2019

The week in fact-checking: Biden's accuser, coronavirus testing

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Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

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