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- Yes, more than 60 meat products have been recalled for listeria concerns
- Yes, only four Category 5 hurricanes have ever made landfall in mainland U.S.
- Don’t use a generator in the rain, unless you have a suitable cover
- No, a Facebook post claiming people can get $3k to help with Hurricane Ian cleanup isn’t legit
- Yes, water was ‘sucked out’ of Tampa Bay by Hurricane Ian in phenomenon called ‘reverse storm surge’
- Viral video of Shepard Smith giving dire hurricane warning is actually from 2016
- Hurricane Ian: Fact-checking images and videos claiming to show scenes from storm
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- Yes, University of Idaho told staff they could be fired and charged for promoting abortion, contraception
- No, Biden executive order won’t replace paper money with digital currency
- No, the average taxpayer will not have to pay $2,100 to cover the cost of student loan forgiveness
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- Yes, electric vehicles lose range in cold weather
- No, NASA’s plan to crash a satellite into an asteroid doesn’t put Earth at risk
- Yes, Florida paid for migrants in Texas to fly to Martha’s Vineyard
- No, people affected by Camp Lejeune toxic water don’t need a lawyer to file compensation claim
- Yes, you can get the omicron COVID-19 booster and the flu shot at the same time
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