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Fact-checking 4 St. Patrick’s Day claims

Holiday

No, it didn’t rain worms in China

World

Viral drag performance video shows London-based cabaret for parents and babies

World

Zelenskyy wasn’t talking about Ukraine war when he said U.S. would send ‘sons and daughters’

Ukraine

Video of blackbirds swarming neighborhood shows normal behavior, not sign of impending doom

Environment

Viral video of Biden saying he's reinstating the draft is a deepfake

National

Yes, viral video shows Chinese ‘ghost city’ high rises being demolished

World

Yes, experts estimate the U.S. and Russia hold 90% of the world’s nuclear inventory, as viral graph shows

World

Viral video of President Biden’s ‘hot mic’ after spy balloon press conference is doctored

Joe Biden

Spain is offering menstrual leave, but it isn't the first country to do so

Health

Video of Biden saying some U.S. aid could support Ukrainian pensions is from April 2022

Ukraine

Yes, African midwives successfully performed C-sections before it was common in Europe

Health

No, this viral TikTok video doesn’t show a UFO

Science

Yes, the NFL donates the losing Super Bowl team’s merchandise

Sports

These three viral videos don’t show the deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria

World

3 fast facts about the Chinese balloon flying over the U.S.

National