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Snopes.com - Changing voicemail greetings while stranded, Donald Trump Jr.'s merch mocks Alec Baldwin, Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas, and that 9/11 hijacker's planet ticket rumor

 

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26 October 2021

Tonight: Changing voicemail greetings while stranded, Donald Trump Jr.'s merch mocks Alec Baldwin, Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas, and that 9/11 hijacker's planet ticket rumor

Can Stranded People with No Cell Service, Dying Battery Still Change Voicemail Greeting?

This month, the below-displayed text has circulated widely online, advising anyone who is stranded while hiking or dealing with another emergency situation to change their cellphone’s voicemail greeting to include details that would help callers find them — even when, or if, the stranded person doesn’t have service.

Jessica Lee reports.

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Is Don Trump Jr. Selling Merch Mocking Alec Baldwin’s On-Set Shooting Tragedy?

The T-shirts read: "Guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people." Read Story.


Did Hertz Car Rental Announce It Ordered 100,000 Teslas?

News reports claimed that the leading car rental company would begin rolling out the Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles in early November 2021. Read Story.


Did FBI Find a 9/11 Hijacker’s Plane Ticket Moments After North Tower Collapsed?

The story was mentioned on a podcast by investigative journalist Chris Hansen. Read Story.

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‘We’ve Got to Run’ — Idaho Mall Shooting Leaves 2 Dead

Cheri Gypin thought something had fallen from the ceiling when she heard several large bangs at the largest shopping mall in Boise, Idaho.

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US Judge: Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Legally ‘People’

The offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. following a federal court order.

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Former MLB Manager Valentine Runs for Mayor in Hometown

Former Major League Baseball manager and player Bobby Valentine scoffs at any suggestion he might be out of his league running for mayor in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut.

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Was the Largest Dinosaur Tibia on Record Found in Illinois?

A TikTok video claimed the fossil was discovered when construction workers were building a foundation for a fuel tank on a farm.

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