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If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News

Some Of The Fake News From This Week, January 20

A meme spread the false information, [Snopes reports](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trevor-lawrence-white-house-meal/), but quarterback Trevor Lawrence corrected the record.

It's fake!

A Clemson quarterback said the White House fast food spread was "the best meal we ever had."

In a commercial going viral this week, the airline Aeromexico unveiled a business strategy that also pokes fun at fears about the border: It is supposedly giving Americans discounted airfare to Mexico based on how much “Mexican DNA” they have. However, genetic genealogist [Blaine Bettinger told BuzzFeed News](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/aeromexico-ad-mexican-dna), “It’s an impossibility to really identify anyone’s DNA to be ‘Mexican.’”

A DNA test is able to show you how much "Mexican DNA" you have.

Tlaib and Omar have not cosponsored any bills, [Snopes reports.](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tlaib-omar-muslim-holidays/)

Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar cosponsored a bill to recognize Muslim holidays as national holidays.

And it [did not go well for him.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/man-injected-himself-semen-back-pain)

It's real!

A man injected himself with semen to cure his back pain.

The cats even have their own Apple TV, [Mercury News reports.](https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/13/landlord-rents-1500-studio-to-two-cats-hits-peak-silicon-valley/)

A Silicon Valley landlord rents a $1,500/month apartment to two cats.

A meme that went viral online featured a made-up quote by the congresswoman, [Snopes reports](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ocasio-cortez-gun-rights-quote/).

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that "owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution."

The hoax comes from a website that notoriously spreads falsehoods, [Lead Stories reports](https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3470121-fake-news-drunk-demolition-worker-arrested-after-blowing-up-the-wrong-building.html).

A drunk demolition driver was arrested for blowing up the wrong building.

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

You’re drowning in fake news!

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You’re a fake news detective!

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A Man Injected Himself With Semen As A Back Pain Cure And It Didn’t Turn Out Well

Aeromexico’s “Mexican DNA” Discounts Ad Gets DNA Testing Wrong

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If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News

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