Dan Evon
Dan Evon worked at Snopes between October 2014 and July 2022. Evon is a Chicago-based writer who has been sifting through the sludge of social media since 2009. Prior to joining the editorial staff at Snopes.com, he was the editor-in-chief of Social News Daily, a senior writer for The Inquisitr, and covered motorcycle racing for All About Bikes Magazine.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 17, 2015
A 2006 presentation by Bill Nye the Science Guy Received Mixed Reactions In Waco, Texas.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 17, 2015
Viral videos showing Ferrero Rocher chocolates crawling with insects are real but not evidence o ...
Written by: Dan Evon Alex Kasprak
Dec. 16, 2015 (Updated: June 29, 2022)
No matter how you look at it, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by volcanoes is signifi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 15, 2015
A photograph of a chemtrails switch is fake.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 15, 2015
The idea that boys might enjoy recreational use of BB guns and air rifles is probably not so out ...
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Dec. 14, 2015
Popular memes assert that former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson invented the monkey wrench, a ...
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Dec. 14, 2015
Rumor holds that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is penalized thousands of dollars by t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 14, 2015
No, ISIS has not issued a fatwa vowing to kill American puppies.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 11, 2015
Various edits of this infamous 'interview' have been circulating for years.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 10, 2015
Reports that a convicted pedophile rapist was caught using a clown costume to hide in a child's ...
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Dec. 10, 2015
Contrary to multiple news reports, Mexican drug cartel leader El Chapo has not threatened to wag ...
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Dec. 9, 2015
A request to send Christmas cards to 8-year-old Safyre Terry is not a scam.
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Dec. 9, 2015
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey did not announce that she was pregnant with her first child at age 61.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 9, 2015
President Obama was not photographed holding a rocket launcher in a car with ISIS leader Abu Bak ...
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Dec. 9, 2015
The legal drinking age has not been raised to 23.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 9, 2015
Not everything and everyone having to do with Germany is meaningfully connected to Hitler.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 8, 2015
Former president Jimmy Carter did not say that his cancer was cured by medical marijuana.
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Dec. 8, 2015
Donald Trump has not been officially disqualified from running for President due to his comments ...
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Dec. 8, 2015
More than 1.1 million gun-related deaths have occurred in the U.S. since John Lennon was murdere ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 7, 2015
A photograph does not show a "crisis actor" with a fake gunshot wound.
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