“Video proves “space is fake.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
Science and technology
332 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Video shows Hillary Clinton dressed as a space cult leader in a satanic ritual.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Rajesh Meena, a Delhi man, has won prize money of 70 lakh rupees after gambling on a casino mobile app”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Firstly, there are no news reports about this incident. The photo of the person in the video belongs to an engineer named Hormazd Patel. The visuals of a man from Tamil Nadu purchasing his dream car are used in this vid…
“Recent visuals of Starlink satellite train captured in Farrukhabad, UP”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This video was already uploaded on YouTube on 11 January 2021 by ‘Night Sky’ YouTube channel as “Starlink satellites train seen from Poland”. Though there are several media reports on Starlink spottings in various parts…
“Historian” Vinayak Damodar Savarkar asserted Vellore Mutiny of 1806 as the predecessor to India’s First Independence Struggle in 1857 – Tamil Nadu Eighth Social Science Textbook.”
Youturn rated this: True
“Visuals of a mobile phone exploding for charging it overnight”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The blast incident in the video occurred in 2019 in an apartment in the Chinese city of Shanghai. Reportedly, a battery of an electric scooter exploded while charging
“Times of India published an article with headline, “5G spectrum auctions suffer a record loss of ₹2.8 lakh Cr”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The original newspaper article regarding the same issue has the headline- “5G spectrum auctions earn Centre record Rs 1.5 lakh crore”. It was published by Times of India in its Business Page on 02 August 2022
“Claim: Different picture being shared that Tamilians predicted cell phone usage”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Claim: Science fiction book cover being shared as narasimhavarman ii carved this art in a temple”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“A cell phone has been knocked out by actor Sivakumar again.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“If you think, you are very lonely, please see this astronaut. NASA sent him to stay along in space yesterday to report about the assembly of the five planets tomorrow.”
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: False
Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: This is not the picture of the astronaut sent to space by NASA to cover the event of five-planet alignment. Authentically, this image is of American astronaut Bruce McCandless who walked free in space in 1984.
“The sole of Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit boots does not match the photo of the boot print left on the moon”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: During NASA’s Apollo 11 Mission, both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wore lunar overshoes over their spacesuit boots before stepping out on the surface of the moon. The sole of Neil Armstrong’s lunar overshoes matches t…
“Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar holding a placard that reads ,“ Deposit 20Rs – Daily Income 2000Rs” while promoting an online trading app”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: he original photo of Akshay Kumar holding a placard was shared by himself through his Twitter handle on 09 April 2020. Here, the placard reads,”#DilSe ThankYou”. This image was morphed and then edited to portray like an…
“Searching ‘itanimulli.com’ (Illuminati spelled backwards) on the internet leads to NSA’s website”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: As stated in the post, searching on the Internet for ‘itanimulli.com’ (Illuminati spelled backwards) does lead to the website of NSA. John Fenley of Provo, Utah, set his unused domain ‘inanimulli.com’ to redirect to NSA…
“Panchangam prediction is essential for precise satellite launch – ISRO Mylswamy’s precise answer”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“A Mars Rover photo captured by NASA shows a doorway, suggesting extraterrestrial life.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: NASA officials dismissed claims that the doorway is evidence of extraterrestrial life and said the formation is an unremarkable, naturally-occurring crevice that matches many others seen around the planet.
“Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Radiation is 1000 times stronger during low phone battery”
THIP Media rated this: Mostly False
“Current coal crisis artificial, done to privatise the electricity department – Newsclip related to privatising Chandigarh electricity department”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This is an old news clip, that dates back November 2020 and has nothing to do with the current ongoing coal crisis in India. There are multiple reasons for the ongoing coal crisis in the country. Revival of the economic…
“Scientists revealed the exact date of destruction of the Universe”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: There is no evidence to show that scientists had revealed the exact date of destruction of the Universe. Several possible scenarios like Big Crunch, Big Freeze, etc. are discussed by scientists and astronomers, but no e…