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Connecting a generator to the wheel of an electric vehicle won’t recharge its battery
Claim:
The rotating wheel of an electric vehicle can recharge the vehicle’s battery by affixing a generator
Search results for: "Incline Chest Press Machine"
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Source: Facebook, Ozzy's Classics, 2021-03-06 -
MisleadingOnly certified medical devices should be used to measure blood pressure, not unvalidated apps promoted on social media
Claim:
Blood pressure tracking apps can replace a cuff
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-04-08 -
IncorrectElon Musk’s claim that ventilators killed COVID-19 patients confuses correlation with causation
Claim:
Ventilators, not COVID, killed hospitalized COVID patients
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Elon Musk, 2023-10-31 -
InaccurateEating excess salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, contrary to wellness coach’s claims
Claim:
“Salt does not raise blood pressure”
Source: Facebook, Sean Christopher, 2024-04-18 -
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IncorrectBoth viruses and bacteria cause disease; pathogenic viruses aren’t naturally created in the body as a response to damage
Claim:
“You don’t catch viruses, you naturally create them inside of your body”; “bacteria and viruses don’t cause disease.”
Source: Facebook, Melissa Sell, 2021-03-17 -
IncorrectColored squares on toothpaste tubes guide machines during production, aren’t secret codes for ingredients
Claim:
Blocks of color printed on toothpaste tubes indicate whether the toothpaste is made of safe ingredients
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, Carlos Juico, 2024-01-04 -
MisleadingBrush rake attachments are primarily used to pile up heavy forest debris as part of active thinning, harvesting, and removal projects
Claim:
“this is [...] a brush rake. It's used for clearing underbrush and debris from the forest floor that builds up and creates fuel for wild fires. Now you can stop looking stupid trying to make fun of Trump telling California to rake the forest.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2018-11-21 -
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SCENT – Predicting domain credibility on the basis of backlink networks
…(identifying which websites have links pointing to which other websites). A graph machine learning model was trained on this network to learn to predict the credibility of websites, building on…