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Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If your fact checker is caught stealing by Buzzfeed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes-plagiarism-David-Mikkelson.html

And considered unreliable by among others Harvard: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fact-checking-fact-checkers-a-data-driven-approach/

You might want to double check. I didn't. I just want to caution people about blindly trusting Snopes. So they might very well be right on this topic.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] DaMonsterKnees 5 points 8 months ago

Are you a dozen or so thoughts down? Yes? Do you deserve love for the perfect share? Very yes!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Brilliant, thanks.

[–] AnalogyAddict 2 points 8 months ago

I mean... Snopes warns against blindly trusting Snopes. (After reading, make sure to click on "Additional Information" at the bottom.