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29 March 2019

This photo of an elephant carrying a lion cub is an April Fools' joke

The image was a digitally edited April Fools' Joke made by a South African game reserve.

29 March 2019

Most of these claims about the EU aren’t true and have nothing to do with the Lisbon Treaty

The UK wouldn’t be losing its currency, the Queen or ownership of its oil, gas and minerals if it stayed in the EU.

29 March 2019

What does a “WTO rules” Brexit look like?

This viral post about a no deal Brexit exaggerates our EU payments and the “free trade” opportunities of no deal, but makes other correct claims.

29 March 2019

No, water cannon will not be deployed at the pro-Brexit march

The Met Police does not own any water cannon and their use is not currently authorised in England and Wales.

28 March 2019

This image on the costs of Brexit is very misleading

The government modelled the impact of different post-Brexit trade deals on the economy. They expect slower growth under each model, but the exact details remain unclear.

28 March 2019

This isn’t a real sign at a protest

This protest sign isn’t from the People’s Vote march, it’s from 2011, and has been edited.

28 March 2019

This video doesn’t show the final moments of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed in March

We can tell from the plane’s interior that it’s not the same flight.

28 March 2019

This boy in Sweden was killed but the motive is unclear

A viral image does show Arminas Pileckas, a 15 year-old Lithuanian student in Sweden who was stabbed at school by a 14 year-old boy from Syria in January 2016.

22 March 2019

The boots Neil Armstrong wore on the moon do match the footprints he left there

This picture of Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit doesn’t include the ‘lunar overshoes’ he actually wore on the moon.

22 March 2019

This video does not show the final moments of the Ethiopian Airlines flight

It’s a video from 2016 of an Etihad flight that experienced severe turbulence but went on to land safely.

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This photo of an elephant carrying a lion cub is an April Fools' joke

Most of these claims about the EU aren’t true and have nothing to do with the Lisbon Treaty

What does a “WTO rules” Brexit look like?

No, water cannon will not be deployed at the pro-Brexit march

This image on the costs of Brexit is very misleading

This isn’t a real sign at a protest

This video doesn’t show the final moments of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed in March

This boy in Sweden was killed but the motive is unclear

The boots Neil Armstrong wore on the moon do match the footprints he left there

This video does not show the final moments of the Ethiopian Airlines flight

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