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
March 24, 2015
A Brazilian scientist was allegedly hoist by his own petard when his eyes were plucked out by a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2015
A video showing an orangutan using sign language had some viewers doing a double take.
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March 12, 2015
"What were we even thinking?" the Patriarch of the West asked rhetorically.
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March 10, 2015
Marijuana may contain more tar than tobacco-based cigarettes, but that doesn't necessarily mean ...
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March 3, 2015
A cute little Southeast African monkey from Madagascar is a real doll. Literally.
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March 2, 2015
There are all kinds of 'forest legends' of animals like elephants getting drunk.
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March 1, 2015
Did Ringo Starr really say that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by another person?
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Feb. 22, 2015
An intriguing photograph from the 1940s purportedly documents an obviously out-of-place time-tra ...
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Feb. 10, 2015
Reports that Vanna White was fired from her hostess role on 'Wheel of Fortune' due to her compul ...
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Feb. 10, 2015
The walls are formed with specially-designed snow plows.
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Feb. 9, 2015
Rumor holds that Kristen Bell is the most-tattooed actress in Hollywood, with more than 200 faci ...
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Feb. 5, 2015
A mutation known as Alexandria's Genesis turns people into 'perfect human beings' who exhibit pu ...
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Feb. 5, 2015
Did NASA have to relabel the size chart for a condom-like urination contraption used in space su ...
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Feb. 3, 2015
Reports that former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee created a handy guide to identifying a secre ...
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Jan. 22, 2015
News: A sign was posted at a Walmart store in North Carolina informing truckers that they were n ...
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Jan. 21, 2015
Fauxtography: Video purportedly shows a surfer catching a wave at the Sydney Opera House.
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Jan. 6, 2015
Rumor: President Obama said the 'future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Isla ...
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Dec. 26, 2014
The rapper is still serving out his sentence in prison, in a non-dead state.
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Dec. 26, 2014
The lines between fact and fantasy were blurred for some in a 2014 film.
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Dec. 22, 2014 (Updated: May 7, 2021)
We first looked at this rumor about the death of Pringles inventor Fredric J. Baur back in 2014.
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