David Emery
David Emery is a West Coast-based writer and editor with 25 years of experience fact-checking rumors, hoaxes, and contemporary legends, first as a freelancer for About.com (1997-2016), and as a staff writer and editor for Snopes since July 2016. His varied media career has also included stints as a television writer, contributing editor of a (pre-internet) satirical newspaper, and newsroom librarian.
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Feb. 13, 2025
In 1712, Sweden decided that two leap days would be better than one.
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Oct. 31, 2024
Part costume party, part harvest festival and part celebration of the macabre, Halloween is a ju ...
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Oct. 26, 2024 (Updated: Oct. 28, 2024)
The image turned up on social media amid a political kerfuffle over Vice President Kamala Harris ...
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Sept. 20, 2024
LIFE magazine attributed the statement to the esteemed actress in 1961. In 2015, she denied ever ...
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Sept. 3, 2024
Tag is one of the oldest, most commonly played children's games in existence.
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Aug. 25, 2024
Where do you stand on The Great Cheez-It/Cheez-Its/Cheez-Itz Debate?
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Aug. 19, 2024
Editorial writers dubbed the 1924 Democratic and Republican National Conventions the "Klanbake" ...
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Aug. 12, 2024
The campaign reported a staff member shot the photo.
Written by: David Emery Sean Eifert
Aug. 9, 2024 (Updated: Aug. 12, 2024)
One X user commented, "You can tell it's photoshopped."
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July 2, 2024
Trump attended a summit meeting with North Korea's Chairman Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018.
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June 16, 2024
Donald Trump became eligible for the draft in 1964, at the same time the U.S. dramatically incre ...
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May 17, 2024
Trump appeared to salute a North Korean general in video taken at a summit meeting in Singapore.
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May 11, 2024
Tales of infants being used as alligator bait were popularized in 19th-century newspapers, on po ...
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April 15, 2024
The stories gained new life as Trump made history as the first former president to stand trial o ...
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March 29, 2024
Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it ...
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March 23, 2024
Trump called then-President Barack Obama the "founder of Isis" and Hillary Clinton the group's " ...
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March 17, 2024
Trump spoke about trade tariffs with China at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16, 2024.
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Feb. 26, 2024 (Updated: Feb. 27, 2024)
If you're not a fan of leap years, it's a good thing you didn't live in Sweden in 1712.
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Feb. 19, 2024
The first U.S. president famously wore ill-fitting, painful false teeth. Legend has it they were ...
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Feb. 12, 2024
Rapper Ice Spice was among celebrities who watched the championship game with Taylor Swift.
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