Madison Dapcevich
Madison Dapcevich joined the Snopes newsroom as a freelance contributor in August 2023. Between July 2020 and July 2022, she was a full-time writer for Snopes. Before debunking digital rumors, Dapcevich spent several years working on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., reporting on agricultural and environmental issues throughout the Rocky Mountains, and covering breaking science news in the tech sector of San Francisco. Dapcevich's reporting has been featured in several publications, including those published during her staff positions at EcoWatch and IFLScience. She holds a master's degree in environmental science and natural resource journalism from the University of Montana, as well as a graduate certificate in natural resource conflict resolution. Dapcevich attended Cal Poly Humboldt and received undergraduate degrees in journalism and political science. When not plucking away on a computer keyboard, Dapcevich serves as a communications lead aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus assisting in deep-sea exploration and research. In her free time, she can be found whitewater kayaking and can traversing through the Montana backcountry with her two dogs, Ruka and Cholla.
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Feb. 1, 2025
The financial crisis of 2009 reportedly made the franchise too expensive to operate.
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Jan. 31, 2025
Juliana was a Great Dane who was recognized not once but twice for her extraordinary war efforts.
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Jan. 30, 2025
Scientists have also claimed that our feline friends “know” their names.
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Jan. 27, 2025
The "anti-gravity illusion effects" were for "entertainment purposes" only.
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Jan. 24, 2025
The bill would prohibit men from having sex or masturbating unless they intend to fertilize an e ...
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Jan. 22, 2025
The photo first emerged online in 2018 and was reportedly captured in New Zealand.
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Jan. 18, 2025
While multiple news outlets covered the 2015 study, it's unclear whether the report was peer-rev ...
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Jan. 15, 2025
One study found that teenage girls who drink soda are three times as likely to experience a bone ...
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Jan. 14, 2025
Records indicate the 35th president averaged “four to five cigars a day.”
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Jan. 11, 2025
A number of well-known quotes are attributed to the Founding Father.
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Jan. 11, 2025
Conducted by a private genomics company, the analysis found 2% of tested hot dogs contained trac ...
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Jan. 8, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 10, 2025)
Some social media users claimed the picture was taken during the 1984 construction of Seattle's ...
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Jan. 7, 2025
The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and ...
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Jan. 2, 2025
A mapping expert identified the video as containing data from Guichan Island near Taiwan.
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Dec. 31, 2024
He also wrote that there is “absolutely no craving” for further use of the drug “after the first ...
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Dec. 28, 2024
Both are rumored to share a well source in the Cognac region of France.
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Dec. 28, 2024
A video showed a marine iguana endemic only to the Galápagos Islands.
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Dec. 25, 2024
Social media users have posted numerous images of flowers in different colors, claiming they all ...
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Dec. 23, 2024
"Dakota the Dinomummy" is one of the best-preserved natural dinosaur mummies.
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Dec. 20, 2024
Documents say the picture shows a “group of poliomyelitis and arthritic patients.”
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