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Rabbit Blood Hair Oil makes your hair grow.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found no scientific evidence that rabbit blood promotes human hair growth, and says the product’s hair-growth claims are unsupported. It also warns that applying animal blood to the scalp may pose health risks.
An image of a fan inside the stadium wearing a German shirt, holding a German flag during Sunday's FIFA World Cup match Germany-Curaçao, and bearing a resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Fake and AI manipulated. A review of the original broadcast shows the same group of fans celebrating after Havertz's goal, but with one key difference: the alleged Hitler look-alike is nowhere to be seen.
Ein Bild eines Fans im Stadion, der ein Deutschland-Trikot trägt, eine deutsche Flagge hält und Adolf Hitler ähnelt.
Publisher’s rating: DW Faktencheck: Fake und KI-manipuliert. Ein Vergleich mit der Originalübertragung zeigt zu diesem Zeitpunkt dieselbe Gruppe jubelnder Fans nach Havertz' Tor - aber mit einem entscheidenden Unterschied: Der angebliche Hitler-Doppelgänger ist nirgends zu sehen.
ویدیوی شلیک به بالگرد آپاچی آمریکایی با یک دوش‌پرتابه
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Video shows police officers parading and thrashing three Muslim youths for eve-teasing.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video shows police parading three accused in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, on 17 April 2026. The review says they were arrested in connection with an attack, vandalism and extortion case following a dispute at a car-washing centre—not for eve-teasing—and that they were not Muslims.
The CID is investigating former Army Commander Shavendra Silva over the alleged Mullivaikkal massacre and missing gold stock.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the Police Media Division confirmed that no investigation had been reported into the alleged Wellamullivaikkal killings, and Silva denied the claim. For the separate missing-gold allegation, police said no report had been received of an investigation targeting Silva and Jagath Dias; the review also says the posts imitating news outlets were fabricated.
ISIS operatives are posing as NGO workers in Sri Lanka and injecting people with HIV while collecting blood samples.
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo says the message claims ISIS operatives visit homes posing as NGO workers and inject people with HIV through blood-sampling equipment. The review reports that Sri Lanka Police confirmed there was no record of such an incident and no intelligence report of an operation. It describes the message as a hoax that resurfaced in Sri Lanka in 2026 after circulating there in 2022 and across countries since at least 2014.
The video depicts a ship carrying Indian nationals that was attacked by the United States in Omani waters.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video shows the oil tanker Skylight after it was attacked near Oman and had been online since at least March 2026, before the 10 June 2026 attack on the Settebello. It concludes that the video was falsely linked to the Settebello attack.
A photograph of a man in civilian clothes in Japan shows Venerable Gnanasara Thero in lay clothes.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review identifies the man in the photograph as Sunil Godahena, a Sri Lankan living in Japan who resembles Gnanasara Thero. Godahena’s daughter and the Bodu Bala Sena Media Division confirmed his identity; the review says the two men met in Japan and that Godahena’s photographs were misused.
آناتومی یک سقوط؛ از سانحه بالگرد آپاچی نزدیک سواحل عمان چه می‌دانیم؟
Publisher’s rating: در بررسی فنی حادثه، پنج سناریوی اصلی مطرح شده است، اما هیچ‌کدام تاکنون با شواهد رسمی تایید نشده‌اند.
A Navbharat Times graphic quotes PM Modi discussing his father’s death in the 133rd episode of the Mann Ki Baat.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the quote attributed to Modi does not appear in the official transcript of the 133rd Mann Ki Baat episode, and that Navbharat Times did not publish the graphic. It also says Navbharat Times clarified on 08 June 2026 that fake posts were circulating under its name.
Bomellida is fake/an AI poisoning experiment.
Publisher’s rating: Bomellida is a real 1961 holiday that is currently being targeted by a online hoax community that is trying to falsely label it as a fictional 2025 holiday.
Deutschland bezahlt mit seinem Hilfsgeld eine Rentenerhöhung in der Ukraine.
Publisher’s rating: Ungenau. Die Ukraine kann prinzipiell einen geringen Teil des deutschen Hilfsgeldes für Staatsausgaben und damit auch Renten verwenden. Allerdings ist der Großteil der Hilfe zweckgebunden und die aktuelle Erhöhung passiert nicht aufgrund von deutschen Zahlungen.
ویدیوی منتسب به حمله آمریکا به جنوب ایران در بامداد ۲۰ خرداد
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
ویدیوی معرفی تیم ملی ایران در افتتاحیه جام جهانی با نمادهایی از تخت جمشید و دماوند
Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار
నాగ్పుర్లోని RSS ప్రధాన కార్యాలయంలో మారణాయుధాలు దొరికినట్లు పోలీసులు చెప్పారు.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
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