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NOT a 3 year old chimney sweep

July 26, 2022

This footage has gone viral online with the claim that it shows an 3 year old chimney sweep on the job: Millions of people saw the footage, shared it online an were upset by it, as they should be… if it was real… When I saw this I knew things were not as they seemed, … More NOT a 3 year old chimney sweep

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NOT an 1955 Berlin border crossing

September 3, 2016

This famous photo is shared all over the internet as supposedly being made during the cold war in Berlin on the border between east and west and showing West Berlin policemen and East German Volkspolizei face each other while a woman has just crossed from one side to the other. You will find this photo … More NOT an 1955 Berlin border crossing

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