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Use this tag for questions that regard statements made by politicians. Do not use [politician name] tags unless the claim is *about* that politician.
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Has one vote ever made a difference?
Wikipedia has a list of them at List of close election results.
It lists several cases where the vote was tied, or had margins of one or more vote, but most of the cases it lists are individual seats …
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Was inbreeding responsible for haemophilia in royalty?
Was inbreeding responsible for haemophilia in royal families in Europe?
Example claims:
Rationalwiki:
"One general result of this inbreeding in the European royal families
was the concentrati …
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Is anti-whaling activism almost as big an industry as the whaling industry?
In the article Confronting Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd, Tetsuhiko Endo writes:
In a March 2012 article in Nature, Christopher Costello and Steven
Gaines from the University of California, point …
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Is concern for equality linked to logic, not emotion?
From Concern for equality linked to logic, not emotion
by Lisa Wade, PhD, May 6, 2014, at 09:00 am
A new study finds that people with high “justice sensitivity” are
using logic, not emotion …
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Are swastikas commonplace in Japan?
Comedian David Sedaris performed at the Sydney Opera House. During his performance, he gave an anecdote about being in a store in Japan. (Confirmation link, but I heard about this elsewhere)
He was l …
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Are swastikas commonplace in Japan?
Yes. However, he neglected to mention one detail during his performance.
Swastikas are a common symbol in Buddhism. Buddhism and Shinto are the two most common religions in Japan (with people often p …
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Did someone using a private jet tell Americans their expectations are too high?
From twitter, a tweet that's going viral, including among climate change skeptics (action against climate change is being discussed at Davos):
The cognitive dissonance in the first & last sentence …
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Did Putin give this talk about the cultural preservation of European tradition, religion and...
From @JPY_Kurdish, https://twitter.com/JPY_Kurdish/status/812759470669529088 with thousands of RTs and likes:
Putin calls for cultural self preservation of European tradition,
religion & race, c …
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Did Putin give this talk about the cultural preservation of European tradition, religion and...
Yes, he gave the talk, and the translation is authentic.
A blog post TRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club [partial transcript] has a transcript matching the clip …
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Is this picture of Trump making people swear to vote for him genuine?
I haven't got an exact match of the picture with any videos, but there is video evidence of him asking people to swear to vote for him.
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Do countries deliberately avoid winning Eurovision?
Spanish singer told to lose Eurovision? claims that countries deliberately avoid winning the Eurovision Song Contest because of the expense of hosting it. It claims that:
Montenegro, Andora and Hung …
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Did Taro Aso say that Japan should emulate the Nazis in amending the constitution?
Abbott's challenge in Asia says that
Abe's Deputy Prime Minister, Taro Aso, suggested a few weeks ago that
Japan should learn from the example of Nazi Germany in implementing a
constitutional …
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Is ISIS committing genocide against the Yazidis?
From Fact Checks of the Eighth Republican Debate, on the New York Times website:
Senator Marco Rubio said President Obama had played down the threat of
the Islamic State, which practices genocid …
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Is this list comparing countries attacked by Iran and the USA accurate?
Is the following infographic's comparison of Iran and the USA accurate?
Countries attacked by bombing, sabotage or attempted government overthrow since World War Two:
I'm not skeptical of the claim t …
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Did Planned Parenthood fake being hacked?
Did Planned Parenthood fake being hacked?
Example claims:
Via Twitter:
Their site is so hacked right now that someone has been rearranging CSS fonts and alignment.
Another tweet
If plan …
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