Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 14, 2022
It's a pithy line for the lovelorn and screenwriters to say, but is it true?
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 3, 2021
WARNING: This history lesson begins with a decidely NSFW meme.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 14, 2023
The claim, unlike the Corvair, has been in wide circulation since at least 2014.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2023
A tweet from an apparent satire account spread across the internet like wildfire on the day afte ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2023
We were able to verify that the aerial picture was shot from above the train derailment that occ ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2023
Tweet screenshots are easy to fake. However, this one was real.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 13, 2023
He did not call him “mighty Elon,” either.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2023
An online ad claimed ABC network was "furious" with Ripa after learning about the alleged skinca ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 13, 2023
Last we checked, a pentagram was a five-pointed star.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 13, 2023
Video and photos of the moment were posted to social media after airing during Fox's TV broadcast.
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
May 2, 2015
Conspiracy theory claims the seven astronauts supposedly killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challe ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 6, 2001
It appears domestic violence doesn't peak on any one specific day, but it does rise at particul ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 13, 2023
Legend has it Mozart so disliked a singer whose head bobbed up and down when she sang that he wr ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 12, 2023
We traced the origins of this inspirational quote to the year 2012.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb. 11, 2023
The earliest known usage of the term comes from a diary entry about a widow.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb. 10, 2023
He reportedly played "Johnny B. Goode," "Anotherloverholenyohead," and "Get on the Boat."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2004
"Doug, are you upset about all the questions about your being the first black quarterback in the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2020
This public service announcement doesn't provide much of a public service.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 9, 2023
O'Keefe founded the conservative publisher Project Veritas, which has become known for sting ope ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 9, 2023
A Dutch “researcher” nonetheless claimed to have predicted an earthquake in Turkey in early 2023.
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