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Can’t tellMusician Eric Clapton once called U.S. President Donald Trump "a disgrace to America," "a cancer on society" and "the most dangerous and corrupt leader ever."SnopesDec 30, 2025FalseCher responded to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with a retort after she allegedly called the singer "irrelevant" and "outdated."SnopesDec 29, 2025TrueNovelist Ernest Hemingway once wrote: "Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."SnopesDec 28, 2025Can’t tellIn 2025, the Department of Government Efficiency found U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, owed $1.6 million in unpaid taxes.SnopesDec 28, 2025TrueIn December 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released an FBI tip in which a complainant alleged President Donald Trump witnessed her uncle kill her newborn child and dispose of the body in Lake Michigan when she was 13 and being trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesDec 27, 2025TrueOn Dec. 25, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made a post to Truth Social that said, "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein" and stated he "was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so."SnopesDec 27, 2025MixedApple co-founder Steve Wozniak prints his own $2 bills and uses them as legal tender.SnopesDec 26, 2025TrueKenneth Petty, the husband of rapper Nicki Minaj, is a registered sex offender.SnopesDec 26, 2025TrueA town in England canceled a New Year's Eve fireworks show so a walrus could sleep.SnopesDec 25, 2025Can’t tellIn the mid-20th century, a Christmas song with the lyric "Santa came down my chimney" was banned for being too risqué.SnopesDec 25, 2025MixedThe first snow globe was created by accident while someone was trying to build a brighter light.SnopesDec 25, 2025TrueAn email from an assistant U.S. attorney in New York said President Donald Trump had flown on the jet that belonged to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "many more times than previously reported" and "on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996."SnopesDec 25, 2025FalseCoca-Cola invented the modern-day version of Santa Claus.SnopesDec 24, 2025FalseIn December 2025, the musician John Legend announced he was pulling his music off of Amazon because of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' ties with U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesDec 24, 2025Can’t tellIn December 2025, CBS Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a story about abuses at CECOT, a prison in El Salvador, because the report was a "blatant hoax."SnopesDec 24, 2025TrueThe U.S. Department of Justice released a letter purportedly from Jeffrey Epstein to fellow sex offender and former U.S. gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar that said, in part, "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls."SnopesDec 24, 2025FalseSödertälje, a city in Sweden, trained wild crows to pick up cigarette butts.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalsePoinsettia plants are poisonous to cats and dogs.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseA video authentically shows Judge Frank Caprio explaining how he found Barron Trump, son of first lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump, guilty of assault in a bar.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseImages authentically show three stars of the 1990 holiday classic film "Home Alone" — Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern — sitting together for coffee and dessert.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseInvestigators announced they had discovered secret rooms and tunnels underneath Rob Reiner's house following his death in December 2025.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseCher responded to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with a retort after she allegedly called the singer "irrelevant" and "outdated."SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseAs of December 2025, Venezuela has illegally stolen U.S. oil.SnopesDec 23, 2025TrueIn December 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released a document related to the case of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that alleged President Donald Trump said a young female had "pert nipples."SnopesDec 23, 2025