If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz You're Drowning In Internet BS
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1. Refugees in Canada receive $3,874 monthly from the government.
It's fake!
A viral Facebook post claimed that "illegal" refugees in Canada receive nearly $4,000 per month from the government, but that's not accurate, Snopes reports. The in question document showed one-time benefits, not monthly, and was for a family of five people. Also, a person who receives benefits from the government cannot be "illegal."
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2. This photograph shows Devin Patrick Kelley, the Texas church shooter, at a Bernie rally.
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It's fake!
The image is actually from a January 2016 rally in Charleston, Snopes reports, and there is no resemblance between the person in the photo and the shooter.
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3. An Alabama man who broke his hip picking out a watermelon at Walmart was awarded $7.5 million.
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It's real!
Army veteran Sgt. Henry Walker went shopping for a watermelon at Walmart, Huffington Post reports, but his foot got stuck under a wooden pellet. He fell and broke his hip, which is what led to the $7.5 million award.
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4. A Navy aircrew drew a giant penis over Washington.
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5. An woman in Florida was arrested for training her 65 cats to steal from her neighbors, collecting $650,000 worth of loot.
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It's fake!
This hoax was brought to you by the creators of "Morgue Employee Cremated by Mistake While Taking a Nap" and "Woman Arrested For Training Squirrels To Attack Her Ex-Boyfriend." They run a fake-news website filled with false stories.
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6. A Florida man is fighting authorities to keep his emotional support squirrel, Brutus.
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It's real!
Ryan Boylan was told he has to get rid of the squirrel or face eviction, NBC Miami reports, but he's fighting to keep Brutus.
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7. An angry mob in Saudi Arabia beheaded Sophia, the world's first robot citizen.
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It's fake!
Sophia really is the world's first robot citizen, but it hasn't been beheaded. The article was published on a satirical website, Duffel Blog. It even fooled Mitch McConnell once.
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