Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 4, 2023
Beware of all the fake mugshots of the former president floating around the internet.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 9, 2018
Senator Lindsey Graham may have been one of President Trump's biggest supporters in 2018, but th ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 3, 2023
According to a satirical article, the Renaissance painting suffered from a purported lack of ent ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 3, 2023
A lazy piece of obvious propaganda has become incorporated into several false claims about the w ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 3, 2023
Elon Musk becomes an April Fools Day joke.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 2, 1999
Legend holds that the original Coca-Cola formula contained a significant amount of cocaine.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 1, 2022
According to a meme, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., repeated Adolf Hitler's words verbatim ...
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 2, 2023
Yes and no. It depends on what yardstick we use.
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.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 31, 2023
Experts say it's unlikely, but this is uncharted territory.
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 ...
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 ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 31, 2023
And there will be no “kill or be killed” showdown with law enforcement.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 31, 2023
The Florida governor also didn't say “Hail Hydra!”
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.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 21, 2000
How the custom of pranking on April 1 came about remains shrouded in mystery.
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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