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Fact check: What were the most bizarre fakes of 2024?

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Silja Thoms
December 23, 2024

From diapers in the US election campaign, migrants allegedly eating pets and crickets in chocolate — none of this happened this year. Here are DW's picks of the strangest fakes from 2024.

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