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False: After throwing a boomerang that hit his head upon its return, a man in Kentucky won a lawsuit he filed against himself for $300,000. The decades-old story has been given new life in recent days by social media users, who are sharing a screenshot of a 1996 South China Morning Post articlewhich reportedits own version of the fabricated story as real. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

False: Actor William Shatner died in March 2023. Advertisment: About this rating In March 2023, rumors circulated online claiming that "Star Trek" actor William Shatner had died in a car accident. These rumors, like previous instances in which Shatner was reported dead on social media, were false. A YouTube video titled "Tragic (Source: Snopes)