Caroline Wazer
Caroline Wazer is an assignments editor based in Central New York. Prior to joining Snopes she was an editor at Lapham’s Quarterly, where she led the magazine’s internal fact-checking program for six years and wrote about topics including the representation of history in video games. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, JSTOR Daily, Atlas Obscura and the Public Domain Review. Before she began working in media, she completed a Ph.D in history; her dissertation was about the emergence of public health as a political concept in ancient Rome. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, kayaking and painting.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Sept. 1, 2024
The quote was shared in numerous posts celebrating the 100th anniversary of Baldwin's birth in A ...
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Aug. 31, 2024
Some popular social media posts have called the claim nonsense.
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Aug. 28, 2024
One commenter said: "YOU ARE SO RIGHT REBA."
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Aug. 26, 2024
According to a popular meme, the church scheduled "frequent, mandatory holidays" to keep peasant ...
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Aug. 25, 2024
The author of "1984" and "Animal Farm" died in 1950 at the age of 46.
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Aug. 21, 2024
One commenter said, "I'm not falling for this again bro."
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Aug. 18, 2024
The claim appeared in numerous posts made in English, French, Swahili, and other languages.
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Aug. 17, 2024
Washington died in 1799, six years after the construction of the Capitol began.
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Aug. 17, 2024
“I was today years old when I discovered that flamingo feedings look like some satanic, sacrific ...
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Aug. 14, 2024
Many posts said the creature had been found in Papua, while others claimed it was caught off the ...
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Aug. 9, 2024
One commenter called the video "A perfect example of the power of being deeply humbled ... Absol ...
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Aug. 8, 2024 (Updated: Aug. 9, 2024)
A Facebook post claimed the programming distributor would "never show another Olympic games" unl ...
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Aug. 8, 2024
A Facebook post claimed Hobby Lobby had been one of the largest U.S. sponsors of the Games.
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Aug. 7, 2024
A Facebook account claimed the actor said he "just can’t take it anymore."
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Aug. 6, 2024
Amar Khelif, the father of the Algerian boxer, told Reuters, "This document doesn't lie."
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Aug. 4, 2024
Snipes first starred as the franchise’s titular vampire hunter in 1998’s “Blade.”
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Aug. 3, 2024
Social media users claimed the fossilized bones were found in Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt’s "Valley of ...
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Aug. 2, 2024
McGraw and his wife, fellow country singer Faith Hill, share three daughters.
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Aug. 1, 2024
A Facebook account claimed the IOC said the Games were set to lose $300 million “over the blasph ...
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July 31, 2024
The saying is a common fixture of inspirational quote anthologies.
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