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Fact-checking claims about taxes on the Mega Millions jackpot, Biden's limo, and more

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Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: The IRS will not collect nearly $850 million in taxes from the more-than $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was not the first foreign leader to travel in the U.S. presidential limousine called "the beast." Archaeologists haven't found the mythological tomb of Osiris near the Nile River in Egypt. And the phrase "Cor ona virus," written with spaces between parts of the word, does not translate to "heart attack virus" in English.

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:





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