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Snopes Debunker - Rumors about Universal Studios, The Home Depot, and U.S. gas prices under Trump

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This Week: Rumors about Universal Studios, The Home Depot, and U.S. gas prices under Trump

Universal Studios Orlando Is Not Closing Permanently

This month, readers may have seen a headline appear in their Google Discover feeds that was worded as, “Universal Studios Orlando Closes Location Permanently.”

Is there truth to this rumor? Jordan Liles reports.

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Did Home Depot Donate to Herschel Walker’s Campaign?

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Did US Gas Prices Drop Below $2 Under Trump?

"They want you to forget gas was under $2 when Trump was in office," one Twitter user posted. Read Story.

Biden Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards in Puerto Rico

TikTok users pushed a rumor about U.S. President Joe Biden supposedly putting his pants on backwards, but the photographic evidence proves otherwise. Read Story.

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Smashing Success: NASA Asteroid Strike Results in Big Nudge

A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.

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