Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Jan. 7, 2025
Egypt's Wadi Al-Hitan — or "Valley of the Whales" — is famous for its abundance of fossils from ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 7, 2025
The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 6, 2025
The account behind the post was created years after the real Floyd's murder.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 6, 2025
The rumor spread across social media but originated with a Facebook page that describes itself a ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Jan. 6, 2025
"It's just gonna ask you a couple questions..."
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 6, 2025
Jan. 6, 2025, marked the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 5, 2025
Though the behavior is concerning, researchers say its not time to worry yet.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Jan. 4, 2025
"You can get arrested for them, but you cannot get convicted because you're in the right," Wozni ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Jan. 4, 2025
Posts are framing this old photo of Mars like it's recent.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 3, 2025
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump did threaten to try to take back the Panama Canal, however.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 3, 2025
Users from Indonesia, Nigeria and other countries posted untrue rumors of NBA, NCAA, NFL and NHL ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 2, 2025
Footage of the friendly volley circulated on TikTok and X in recent weeks.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 2, 2025
Madonna has said the song is about "a passionate young girl" very much in love with God.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 2, 2025
Stanley said lids on some of its travel mugs could come off when exposed to heat and torque, pot ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Jan. 2, 2025
President Joe Biden claimed in a December 2024 interview that the president-elect was the first ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 2, 2025
A mapping expert identified the video as containing data from Guichan Island near Taiwan.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Jan. 1, 2025
As the rumor goes, he needed more than a dozen stitches after a fall at age 95 and then voluntee ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Dec. 31, 2024
Scientists believe megalodons went extinct around 3.6 million years ago.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Dec. 31, 2024
In 2017, Texas passed a bill regulating foreign legislation in "certain family law cases" but it ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 31, 2024
We looked into this rumor after a reader asked if the airport's staff truly asked one of former ...
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