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A study in Nature Geoscience said that the Earth’s inner core might no longer be spinning faster than the rest of the planet—not that it might have stopped spinning altogether. Read
A social media post has shared a number of images showing vapour lines from aeroplanes in the sky, and claims that these are in fact “chemtrails”. They aren’t—they’re contrails. Read
A social media post claims that 5G is “harming and killing people”. Read
A post shared hundreds of times on social media is not from the bakery chain. Read
Claims it has cost £186,000 appear to stem from a 2021 estimate made by the council. Read
NASA says the object is small and will miss the planet by 2,500 miles. Read
The footage was filmed in Canada, not London, and features officials from Ontario. Read
These posts claim that a man has gone missing in several different UK locations, but use photographs of different men from the US. Read
Despite initially sharing media coverage of its tweet, the account then claimed it was a parody. Read
A Facebook post claims the deal is related to Argos being fined for not paying tax, which is also not true. Read
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