Kim LaCapria
Kim LaCapria worked for Snopes between August 2014 and 2018. LaCapria is a New York-based Content Manager, Snopes community member, and folklore enthusiast. When not working, she enjoys air hockey, jjimjilbangs, and casual mermaiding.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 2, 2017
A report that President-elect Trump appointed the former governor of Alaska as a Science and Tec ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 30, 2016
Bristol Palin's comments about performers declining to appear at Trump's inauguration were padde ...
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Dec. 30, 2016
A missile was not launched into space by Nazis in 1944, and is not headed for the midwestern Uni ...
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Dec. 30, 2016
There is no evidence "two handfuls" of cashews are as effective as a dose of Prozac, despite a m ...
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Dec. 30, 2016
A report that a reluctant member of the Electoral College took his own life to avoid voting for ...
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Dec. 29, 2016
A fake news site recycled an ancient urban legend about Chinese restaurants secretly serving dog ...
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Dec. 29, 2016
Age-old rumors about viral contamination of food evolved into a claim that HIV is present in can ...
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Dec. 29, 2016
Michu Meszaros, the diminutive actor behind the beloved sitcom character "Alf," died following a ...
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Dec. 28, 2016
A widely misrepresented federal court ruling deemed that the shooting of two dogs during the exe ...
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Dec. 28, 2016
Social media users mocked what appeared to be a sincere (if tone-deaf) GoFundMe plea from Cather ...
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Dec. 28, 2016
Despite rumors, Walmart has not recalled holiday rawhide bones due to formaldehyde contamination.
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Dec. 28, 2016
A viral GoFundMe aimed at protecting Betty White from the clutches of 2016 was in fact a veiled ...
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Dec. 27, 2016
Although concealing boxes for big-ticket items is never a bad idea, no evidence suggests that fl ...
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Dec. 27, 2016
The often unwelcome presence of precalculated "mandatory" gratuities have left diners confused a ...
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Dec. 26, 2016
Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson did not convey a bizarre tale of robbing a drug dealer of LSD ...
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Dec. 26, 2016
Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway addressed earlier statements about a proposed "Muslim ban" after ...
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Dec. 26, 2016
A rumor that convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was raped in prison was spread by a ...
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Dec. 26, 2016
After a similar, successful request to Walmart, the Fraternal Order of Police urged Amazon to dr ...
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Dec. 26, 2016
Siri can do a lot of things, but she won't summon police surreptitiously in response to the comm ...
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Dec. 25, 2016
A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same ...
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