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A woman [tried to bring the bird on the plane,](https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciabarron/this-peacock-at-the-airport-proves-people-may-be-taking-the?utm_term=.vgXYxL1G3g#.ju4RQAOEve) and even paid for an extra seat. But the airline reportedly denied her emotional support animal from boarding.

It's real!

A woman tried to bring an emotional support peacock onto a flight.

As [Snopes reports,](https://www.snopes.com/did-democrats-check-phones-sotu-address/) this image was taken during the State of the Union address and Democrats really were checking their phones. Lawmakers use their phones for notes, fact-checking, and monitoring social media. It's not unheard of for them to do so during the SOTU.

During President Trump's State of the Union address, Democratic lawmakers were checking their phones.

This is a baseless conspiracy theory. Investigators [said](https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/01/us/ap-us-not-real-news-gop-train-accident.html) there's zero evidence to suggest the crash was politically motivated, but Facebook surfaced many conspiracy theories in the aftermath, [the Daily Beast reports.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-pushes-false-flag-amtrak-conspiracies-in-trending-section)

It's fake!

The deadly collision between a truck and an Amtrak train carrying members of the GOP was ordered by Hillary Clinton.

The president did say that, [but he's incorrect.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/trump-incorrectly-claims-his-state-of-the-union-had-the?utm_term=.apDkargowV#.vrxlQ8Lybg) Former president Barack Obama's State of the Union was watched by 2 million more people in 2010.

Trump said the State of the Union address he gave was the most watched of all time.

That's not Joe Kennedy's house, [Snopes reports](https://www.snopes.com/joe-kennedys-palm-beach-house-security-wall/), and walls in Florida are often built for hurricane protection.

There's a wall around Joe Kennedy's Palm Beach home.

A spokesperson [told BuzzFeed News](https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/state-of-the-uniom?utm_term=.jdRqoOaYP6#.dkKxP4jkRQ) they had to recall and reprint the tickets because of the typo.

The US government had to reprint State of the Union tickets because of a typo.

A post under that headline appeared on YourNewsWire, a website well known for spreading fake news, [Snopes reports](https://www.snopes.com/trump-george-soros-go-to-hell/).

At the World Economic Forum, President Trump told billionaire philanthropist George Soros to "go to hell."

Don't worry — it will get better. Do some reading and stay vigilant. Better luck next week.

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