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Morgue workers, Prince Harry, and Alabama churches, oh my.
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The fire department had to be called after a YouTuber attempted to cement his head inside a microwave.
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It took almost an hour to take the microwave off his head, and the fire department was seriously unimpressed.
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A morgue worker got cremated after taking a nap on the job.
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This hoax originally went viral in March, and it's complete bullshit. Here's why it's around again.
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An Alabama church compared Roy Moore, a Senate candidate who has been accused of molesting teenage girls, to Jesus.
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This wasn't the only church that had billboards supporting Moore despite the allegations, Snopes reports.
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Prince Harry said Donald Trump is not welcome at his wedding.
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A magazine published an article with the misleading headline, PolitiFact reports, but there's no record of Prince Harry ever saying Trump isn't welcome at the big wedding.
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Germany released a historic statement denouncing the US under Trump's leadership.
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The German foreign minister did say there's a need for Germany and Europe to step up their global roles, but Germany as a country did not denounce Trump or the US. The misinformation was spread by a website targeting liberals, Snopes reports.
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People are switching their Twitter location settings to Germany so they can see fewer Nazis in their feed.
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Because of Germany's hate speech laws, Twitter blocks more Nazi-related content and users.
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A woman who was fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade received 453,673 job offers.
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Juli Briskman really did lose her job and got some interest in her career after flipping off the Trump motorcade, but the number of job offers is false, AP reports. She got a few thousand new Twitter followers, though.
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