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✖️CLAIM: More people are working in the United States than at any time in history.
✔️FACT: Applesauce was the first food ever eaten by an American astronaut in space.

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CLAIM: The economy added almost 600,000 manufacturing jobs, and “almost everyone” said this was impossible.
FACT: Cats communicate using at least 16 known "cat words."

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CLAIM: No president has cut more regulations in such a short time than any other administration during its entire tenure.
FACT: The medical name for a butt crack is "intergluteal cleft"

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CLAIM: President Trump said large, organized caravans of Central Americans are on the march to the United States.
FACT: The Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue" was written by children's author Shel Silverstein.

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CLAIM: President Trump claimed that a border barrier in San Diego “almost completely ended illegal crossings.”
FACT: Alan Alda’s real name is Alphonso D’Abruzzo

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CLAIM: Nearly 5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps.
FACT: Roy Moore still hasn't conceded.

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CLAIM: El Paso turned from one of the most dangerous to “one of our safest cities” after a border barrier was built.
FACT: Octopuses have three hearts.

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