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False: White, pink and light blue stripes on a version of the LGBTQ+ pride flag,known asthe Progress Pride flag,were added torepresent pedophiles. AsPride monthenters its final week, a video spreading on social media is promoting the erroneous claim. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

False: Wildfires released more carbon in three days than all humanity in the last 100 years Carbon emissions from Canadian wildfires don't compare to those of human race | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Bad air quality a routine peril for many countries Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. Carbon emissions from human race surpass those of wildfiresHundreds of wildfires have spread across Canada since early May, blanketing much of Canada and parts of the U.S. in smoke. But the carbon emissions from these wildfires don't compare to those of the entire human race, according to Dr. Werner Kurz, a senior research scientist at the Canadian Forest Service. Though they've caused significant emissions, those emissions pale in comparison to the annual emissions of all global human activity – let alone the emissions over the past 100 years. Kurz said CO2 emissions from global fossil fuel burning averaged about 35 billion tons annually over the last decade, or 100 times the emissions from the Canadian wildfires this year. (Source: USA Today)

No Basis: a cold compress of tofu poultice applied to the back of the head will starve and get rid of brain tumors No BasisDoes a cold compress of tofu poultice applied to the back of the head "starve" and "get rid of" brain tumors? No, that's not true: While there are health benefits associated with eating tofu, searched for and did not find publicly available credible evidence that external (Source: Lead Stories)