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Government, guns, Religious
California Bill Requires Bibles to Be Registered as Assault Weapons-Fiction!

A satirical story about California requiring Christians to register bibles as assault weapons was mistaken for a factual news report in May 2018.

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Religious, Social Media
Theresa May Reminds U.K. Citizens That State Owns Their Children-Fiction!

A website that publishes "Christian news satire" is behind false reports that British Prime Minister Theresa may reminded U.K. citizens that the state actually owns their children.

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9/11 Attack on America
Mark Zuckerberg Announces He's Closing Facebook-Fiction!

False claims that Mark Zuckerberg is closing Facebook are based on an edited video that its creator labeled "satire."

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Christmas, Holidays
Playing Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving Is a Federal Crime-Fiction!

It's not a federal crime to play Christmas music before Thanksgiving, that rumor came from a satirical website in November 2017.

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Religious
Federal Judge Orders Chris Tomlin to Stop Adding Choruses to Hymns-Fiction!

A satirical website is behind false reports that a federal judge ordered Christian musician Chris Tomlin to stop altering hymns with catchy choruses.

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Natural Disasters
Yellowstone Lava Geyser Erupts for First Time in Human History-Fiction!

A false report of a Yellowstone lava geyser following earthquakes in Montana and Wyoming in July 2017 were intended to be satire.

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Business
Chic-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy Says 'We Don't Like Blacks Either'-Fiction!

Chic-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy didn't say, "We don't like blacks either." A satirical report from 2012 has been routinely mistaken for a factual report.

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Crime / Police
Cannibal Babysitter on Meth Eats Toddler-Fiction!

A well-known fake news website is behind false reports that a cannibal babysitter ate a toddler after smoking crystal methamphetamine.

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Trump
Barron Trump Wins National Academic Science Award-Fiction!

False reports that Barron Trump won a national science award for his work on the regulation of thermodynamics in shale rock came from a fake news website.

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Celebrities
Wrestler "Big Show" Paul Randall Wight Jr. Shot and Killed in Ring-Fiction!

False rumors about WWE wrester Big Show being shot and killed in the ring started out as satire and as later mistaken for actual news.

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