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A viral X post claimed that a person could be more likely to die in six years if one cannot be seated cross-legged on the floor and stand back up without bracing oneself. Here's what we found:
In late May and early June, some social media users expressed outrage when they saw the winner of a "Miss" pageant in Alabama. Many of them didn't seem to make a distinction between different pageants in the U.S.:
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