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Use this tag for questions about claims based in the United States, or limited to the United States.
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Are Kinder Surprise eggs banned in the US?
It is true.
Since 1938 US law has banned such items and adults have been arrested for being in posession of Kinder surprise:
the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits any “non-nutritive co …
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Do 26% of Americans believe the sun revolves around the Earth?
Is there any evidence other than this to back it up?
A Gallup poll in 1999 found that 18% of Americans thought the Sun revolves around the earth.
So there is support for the notion that substant …
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Has North Korea threatened a preemptive strike on the USA or its allies?
According to The Guardian newspaper:
An unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang's foreign ministry said the North will exercise its right for "pre-emptive nuclear strikes on the headquarters of the aggr …
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Did the US ban the Volkswagen XL1 for being too fuel efficient?
Safety rules
According to a December 2013 article in USA Today, the XL1 cannot meet US safety rules.
The latest teaser: XL1. It's a spaceship-like, ultra-high-mpg, plug-in diesel-electric hybrid. VW …
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Does a UN Treaty force gun control in the USA?
There's no truth to the main claims.
The proposed Arms Trade Treaty is not about taking away guns from citizens who own guns
The proposed Arms Trade Treaty is not about changing citizens rights to b …
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Are Auto Manufacturers required under US Federal Law to provide parts for a set period of time?
Are Auto Manufacturers required under US Federal Law to provide parts ... for 10 years
"US Federal Law"
1) Warranties
Consumer products are not required to have warranties, but if one is giv …
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Was the USA colonized by criminals?
when America was discovered by the Europeans, they sent criminals to colonize it.
Although this (unreferenced) claim has a tiny grain of truth in it, it is grossly misleading.
Numbers of convicts c …
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Did Allied forces use chemical weapons in Okinawa during World War II?
It is unclear and may depend on how you define chemical weapons.
Battle of Okinawa, 1945
The weapons used include
flame-throwers
chemical smoke mortar rounds
white phosphorus grenades
An hour later …
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Was there a deep US involvement with Saddam, Osama and Gaddafi?
TL;DR;
Faked image
Not bin Laden
Much less interesting than it seems
First Image: Rumsfeld and Hussein
Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Baghdad in 1983 is described in Wikipedia.
source unknown, …
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Do Elite US military units use Kalashnikov weapons?
Kalashnikov AK47
The subject of Spiegel article is the AK47 designed in 1947 and, as that article suggests, now considered somewhat obsolete and inaccurate.
Calibre: 7.62 vs 5.56
The AK47 uses a 7.62× …
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Against the law to spray-clean not according to label directions?
It might refer to the OSHA Act however, the OSHA act obviously doesn't apply to you unless you are an employee or an employer using bleach-based products in your business
"Section 5(b) of the OSHA …
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