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Pants on Fire!

Reports of 40-lb rats a hoax

Animals

"Giant rats plague New York City as 4 homeless men found eaten alive"

— PunditFact on Monday, July 16th, 2018

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Animals

Southwest Farm Press

"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, February 1st, 2018

Pants on Fire!

People went bananas over this

"White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel" for President Donald Trump.

— PunditFact on Friday, January 5th, 2018

True

Outpacing Oklahoma

Animals

"Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 2nd, 2017

True

Golf course owner knows his bird tax breaks

Animals

The federal tax code includes "deductions for birds flying across America."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, May 15th, 2017

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