Flamingo egg yolks are not bright pink
Flamingo egg yolks are usually yellow to red in colour. Read
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This viral image on immigration and homelessness has a fundamental flaw
An estimated 320,000 people are homeless in Great Britain, and that figure includes people who aren’t British. Read
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This footage of the Queen doing the Nazi salute is real
The video was filmed around the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, before the Second World War began. Read
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There’s no easy way to compare benefit and tax fraud.
This graphic comparing benefit fraud and tax fraud is wrong. It’s difficult to compare DWP and HMRC, and most of the numbers quoted are incorrect. Read
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George Soros was not a Nazi SS officer
George Soros was not a Nazi in the Second World War, and a picture claiming to show him as one is actually of the Auschwitz officer Oskar Gröning. Read
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Boris Johnson did say this about Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister without an election
The now Prime Minister said in 2007 that Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair was a “scandal”. Read
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These tweets are from an Anjem Choudary parody account
Other tweets from that profile indicate it doesn’t belong to the radical preacher. Read
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You are at risk of serious facial injuries if your feet are on the dashboard during a car crash
There have been multiple cases of people suffering severe facial injuries from having their feet on a car dashboard during a crash. Read
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This picture of a sign about refugees has been digitally altered
The original picture was taken in Canada in 2015, but the edited version was shared by Nigel Farage last year. Read
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A picture of a woman voting was taken in Pakistan
The picture isn’t from the 2016 Mayor of London election. Read
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