Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2015 (Updated: Aug. 10, 2022)
A photograph purportedly showing a rare red owl with blue eyes is just the latest in digital owl ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
May 16, 2001 (Updated: Aug. 8, 2022)
"For attractive lips, speak with words of kindness," the viral quote begins.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 2, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 8, 2022)
A viral tweet with a picture of a sign said: "Fascists attacking drag bars, meanwhile Applebee's ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 25, 2005 (Updated: Aug. 5, 2022)
Article describes talk given to a group of Wisconsin schoolchildren at the Iwo Jima memorial.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 23, 2011 (Updated: Aug. 5, 2022)
We've seen such claims circulating online since at least 2007.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 4, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 9, 2022)
Dubbed the “killer whale,” orcas have mouths full of dozens of interlocking, 3-inch teeth.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 11, 2000 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2022)
Failed businesses, a lost election, and the death of his mother were all said to have been failu ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 3, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2022)
A popular Facebook post claimed that an Aramaic-language scroll discovered by archaeologists in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 25, 2015 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2022)
Social media rumors claim the same girl, a "crisis actor," was seen crying at tragedies in Bosto ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2013 (Updated: Aug. 2, 2022)
Did a list of "A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots" entries originate with comedian ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 28, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 2, 2022)
A new law makes it easier for military veterans, but not their spouses, to obtain a teaching cer ...
Written by: David Emery
March 20, 2022 (Updated: July 29, 2022)
Could it be ...... SATAN???
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 27, 2022 (Updated: July 29, 2022)
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Written by: Jordan Liles
July 25, 2022 (Updated: March 4, 2025)
Clippings from 14 articles published between 1894 and 2022 all appeared in newspaper archives.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 25, 2022
What would you do ... to keep buying this Klondike bar.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Oct. 20, 2000 (Updated: July 22, 2022)
The American television gameshow "Press Your Luck" first premiered in 1983.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 27, 2005 (Updated: July 21, 2022)
This claim originated in a 2005 email following a spate of attempted bombings in the London Unde ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 20, 2022 (Updated: July 21, 2022)
Sharp-eyed viewers noticed that in one brief scene, Dorothy Gale's shoes weren't red.
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 21, 2022
This rumor about the CEO of the Canadian breakfast company originated on a website that claims t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 24, 2017 (Updated: July 21, 2022)
A viral conspiracy video has emerged spreading a false rumor that a suicide bombing attack at an ...
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