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  • 2014-06-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Is the U.S. Minimum Legal Drinking Age Being Raised to 25? (en)
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  • An item claiming that as of 2 August 2014 the minimum legal drinking age in the U.S. would be raised to the age of 25 was circulated on the internet beginning in June 2014: However, this rumor had no basis in fact: no law or practice took effect on 2 August 2014 that would have required all Americans to be at least 25 years old to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages. (Minimum drinking ages in the U.S. are established on a state-by-state basis, not mandated across the nation by federal law.) This hoax was originally published by the Sunday Times Daily (now Nipsy's News), a website that allows users to create your own fake news and trick your friends by sharing it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network: Viewing the article on the original site for more than a few seconds produced a message revealing that it was all just a joke: Many readers had previously been fooled by a similar prank posted on the same site involving the supposed ending of coupon redemption in the U.S. (en)
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