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False: An image shows a 103-year-old bride. THE FACTS:Many users on social media have shared the image on Facebook and Twitter in recent days, suggesting it shows a real centenarian bride. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Posts Misrepresent U...: Posts Misrepresent U.N. Panel’s Guidance on Consensual Sex Between Adolescents An international judicial panel working with the United Nations’ AIDS agency issued recommendations in March on laws related to sexual conduct, including consensual sex between adolescents. Social media posts misrepresented the recommendations, with one falsely claiming, “UN want (Source: FactCheck.org)

Misleading: A woman with ten kids from ten different men was buried in a Phallus-shaped coffin in Ghana, Africa A video that seems like the last rites of a person put in a coffin that is shaped like the phallus is being shared on social media. The post which shares this video claims that the deceased person in this video is a woman with ten children from ten different men. Let's verify the (Source: Factly)

False: Visuals of a boy offering namaz in the middle of the road A video of a young boy offering namaz in the middle of a road is being widely circulated. As the boy offers Namaz, the vehicles passing by are made to stop and when the boy is done with Namaz, the vehicles resume to move. The video is being circulated with a claim that the visual (Source: Factly)

False: Having periods every month is toxic The post reads, "that's crazy we really grew up thinking having a period is normal & ITS NOT."FACT CHECKNewsMeter found that the claim is false.A study on menstruation-related myths in India states, "Menstruation is the natural part of the reproductive cycle in which blood from t (Source: Newsmeter)

Lacks_Context: “In a vegan world there would be no pandemics. 100% of pandemics are zoonotic in origin.” CLAIM "In a vegan world there would be no pandemics. 100% of pandemics are zoonotic in origin." more about the rating framework VERDICT SOURCE: Richard Melville Hall (Moby), Facebook, 23 Mar. 2021 DETAILS Misrepresents a complex reality: If the entire population went vegan, that  (Source: Science Feedback)

False: The video shows a storm in Assam's Tinsukia. A video which shows a storm violently shaking trees and blowing away tin roofs of some houses is going viral on the internet.What are users claiming?: Those sharing the video have claimed that it is from Assam's Tinsukia. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)