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Fact Checks

Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.

Is This Trump's Jail Mugshot That's Being Kept From the Public?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 4, 2023

Beware of all the fake mugshots of the former president floating around the internet.

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Did Lindsey Graham Say Republicans Would Get 'Destroyed' if They Nominated Donald Trump?

Written by: Dan Evon

Oct. 9, 2018

Senator Lindsey Graham may have been one of President Trump's biggest supporters in 2018, but th ...

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Did Florida School Ban 'Madonna and Child,' Calling It an 'Assault on Family Values'?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

April 3, 2023

According to a satirical article, the Renaissance painting suffered from a purported lack of ent ...

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Did Russian Forces Strike a 'NATO Command Center' in Lviv, Ukraine?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

April 3, 2023

A lazy piece of obvious propaganda has become incorporated into several false claims about the w ...

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No, George Floyd Didn't Denigrate Trans People in a 2011 Tweet

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 3, 2023 (Updated: Jan. 6, 2025)

He allegedly tweeted the offensive comment years before he died at the hands of police.

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Did Elon Musk Increase the Fee for Twitter Blue to $15 a Month?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

April 3, 2023

A tweet claiming the fee was increased attracted over 1.6 million views and over 20,000 likes as ...

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Is This 'Walking' Protein What Happiness Really Looks Like?

Is This 'Walking' Protein What Happiness Really Looks Like?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

July 26, 2017 (Updated: June 29, 2022)

A computer-generated visualization of a kinesin protein has been circulating on the internet for ...

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No, Alcatraz Island is Not Being Turned into Twitter's Headquarters

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 3, 2023

Elon Musk becomes an April Fools Day joke.

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Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

May 2, 1999

Legend holds that the original Coca-Cola formula contained a significant amount of cocaine.

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A meme claimed that Adolf Hitler and Marjorie Taylor Greene said we tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity and that our movement is Christian.

Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Echo Hitler's Exact Words on Christianity?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 1, 2022

According to a meme, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., repeated Adolf Hitler's words verbatim ...

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Is Australia Wider than the Earth's Moon?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

April 2, 2023

Yes and no. It depends on what yardstick we use.

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Did Elon Musk Add a Pop Sound to Twitter's 'Like' Button?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

April 1, 2023

A tweet with the claim attracted over 26,000 likes and over 821,000 views as of this writing.

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Will Trump Be Handcuffed During His Arraignment on Hush-Money Charges?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 31, 2023

Experts say it's unlikely, but this is uncharted territory.

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Do Photos Show Biden and Harris Celebrating Trump's Indictment?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

March 31, 2023

In the wake of news of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s indictment, social media were rife w ...

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A Black man in a black shirt looks towards the camera.

Did Denzel Washington Refuse Role In Disney's 'Woke Cinematic Universe'?

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

March 31, 2023

A satirical article claimed the actor turned down an opportunity to "play a gay man who struggle ...

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No, Trump Did Not Vow To Take 'Last Stand' at Trump Tower Applebee's

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 31, 2023

And there will be no “kill or be killed” showdown with law enforcement.

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DeSantis Deepfake Imagines a 2024 Presidential Campaign Amid Trump Indictment

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 31, 2023

The Florida governor also didn't say “Hail Hydra!”

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A reply from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump on Truth Social has a False rating over it.

Did Hillary Clinton Respond to Donald Trump on Truth Social About His Indictment?

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

March 31, 2023

The biggest piece of evidence that this was a fake post? The original poster publicly admitted it.

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The Origins of April Fools' Day

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 21, 2000

How the custom of pranking on April 1 came about remains shrouded in mystery.

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Did TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Once Work as a Facebook Intern?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

March 30, 2023

A viral TikTok video with the claim circulated in the days after TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifi ...

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