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False: Wearing socks or a cap while sleeping can lead to brain damage, according to WHO.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: Wearing socks or a cap while sleeping can lead to brain damage, according to WHO.
False: Rife machine's electromagnetic therapy can cure cancer
Health-General Tech-General

False: Rife machine's electromagnetic therapy can cure cancer
False: Bill Gates is responsible for a polio vaccine that has paralyzed 48,000 children.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Vaccines

False: Bill Gates is responsible for a polio vaccine that has paralyzed 48,000 children.
False: Red Mercury is a mystical element and powerful medicine.
Health-General Conspiracies-General

False: Red Mercury is a mystical element and powerful medicine.
False: The BBC has confirmed that monkeypox is an airborne form of herpes that is capable of infecting anyone within 15 feet.
Health-General Media-General

False: The BBC has confirmed that monkeypox is an airborne form of herpes that is capable of infecting anyone within 15 feet.
False: The strain of monkeypox virus responsible for the current international outbreak was released deliberately.
Health-General Conspiracies-General

False: The strain of monkeypox virus responsible for the current international outbreak was released deliberately.
False: Fast food is designed to modify your DNA
Economics-Business Health-General Conspiracies-General

False: Fast food is designed to modify your DNA
False: Pride celebrations led to the outbreak of Monkeypox.
Health-General Human Rights-Gender

False: Pride celebrations led to the outbreak of Monkeypox.
Misleading: Artificial sweetener aspartame is toxic to the human body.
Economics-Business Health-General

Misleading: Artificial sweetener aspartame is toxic to the human body.
False: Cashew is a natural anti-depressant making it a therapeutic equivalent of Prozac.
Health-General Media-General

False: Cashew is a natural anti-depressant making it a therapeutic equivalent of Prozac.
False: Root canals cause breast cancer.
Health-General

False: Root canals cause breast cancer.
False: AirPods emit over ten times the radiation emitted by cell phones and are dangerous to the human brain.
Health-General Tech-General Tech-Social-Media

False: AirPods emit over ten times the radiation emitted by cell phones and are dangerous to the human brain.
Misleading: North Carolina proposed a bill that legalizes the murder of pregnant women who seek an abortion.
Health-General Human Rights-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: North Carolina proposed a bill that legalizes the murder of pregnant women who seek an abortion.
False: Fast-growing tumors are a result of needle biopsies performed on ordinary tumors.
Health-General

False: Fast-growing tumors are a result of needle biopsies performed on ordinary tumors.
False: One can stop a heart attack by coughing and breathing heavily when alone.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: One can stop a heart attack by coughing and breathing heavily when alone.
False: Monkeypox has spread only in countries without wild monkeys.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: Monkeypox has spread only in countries without wild monkeys.
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