If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz You’re Getting Sucker Punched By Fake News
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An 80-year-old woman tried to go through airport security with a cane that had a sword inside it.
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Authorities told the Associated press the woman didn't know her cane was also a sword, but the situation is not uncommon.
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After getting a wicked headache, a woman went to the hospital only to have a cockroach removed from her brain.
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A scene in a gay porn movie featured anti-Trump foreplay.
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The captions are not real. The scene is from Soap Studs 2, and the official synopsis says, “Brenner Bolton has a devious plan to steal Noah Jones’ family wealth, and it begins with a quick lay.”
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The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump's death in office.
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The image, widely shared on social media, shows Trump in a coffin. However, the show has never aired an episode with that storyline.
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Two intoxicated Canadians went through a McDonald's drive-through on a sofa.
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The sofa was pulled through the snowy streets of New Brunswick by an ATV.
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Speaking of Canada, the country's government is about to pass a bill that would make it illegal to criticize Islam.
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Although many right-wing publications made that claim, the is asking the government to “condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination.”
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Donald Trump fired Cecil Gaines, a longtime White House butler, for disobedience.
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The hoax spread after the website Extra Newsfeed published the false report, Snopes reports, but it's not true.
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