Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
April 5, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 11, 2018)
Rumors that Hillary Clinton (and the Clinton Foundation) used Haiti exclusively for personal gai ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 30, 2012 (Updated: April 9, 2015)
The numeric codes found on produce stickers may or may not reliably identify how those produce i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 11, 2012 (Updated: March 20, 2015)
"Leo the Lion" has been featured in Goldwyn Pictures Corporation's logo since the early 20th cen ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 13, 2008 (Updated: March 11, 2015)
Rumor: Photographs show a new prison facility in Chicago, Illinois.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 5, 2012 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2015)
This widely-believed piece of lore pops up every year before the big game.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 5, 2003 (Updated: Sept. 22, 2014)
Was AIDS created by the CIA?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 25, 2000 (Updated: Aug. 21, 2014)
Legend claims women used to maintain slender figures by ingesting diet pills made from tapeworms.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 29, 2012 (Updated: June 14, 2021)
Photograph shows horses beneath giant furniture supposedly constructed to skirt a prohibition ag ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 28, 2004 (Updated: June 23, 2013)
Law professor's analysis demonstrates that the results of the last presidential election corresp ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
April 28, 2001 (Updated: May 8, 2012)
Legend: The apocryphal tale of the black celebrity, an elevator, and a frightened woman.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 14, 2008 (Updated: Feb. 23, 2012)
Did Barack Obama urge his supporters to join him in changing 'the greatest nation in the history ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 25, 2001 (Updated: Nov. 27, 2011)
Are bananas from South Africa or Costa Rica infecting consumers with flesh-eating disease?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 9, 2005 (Updated: Nov. 10, 2011)
Did a motorcyclist on a bike that had lost its brakes give his helmet to his girlfriend, saving ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 13, 2000 (Updated: Oct. 5, 2011)
Did a stoned babysitter cook an infant in the oven?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2003 (Updated: July 30, 2011)
Did a troop of Boy Scouts die after roasting hot dogs on oleander branches?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 6, 2005 (Updated: Feb. 2, 2021)
Did the jilted wife of the owner of Home Depot create the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 14, 2006 (Updated: May 4, 2011)
Ashley Flores: missing child or Internet hoax?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 23, 2006 (Updated: March 29, 2011)
Will slightly overpaying a traffic ticket keep points off your driving record?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 2004 (Updated: Oct. 15, 2010)
Did the daughter of murder victims decry the removal of 'So help me God' from the courtroom oath?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 26, 2006 (Updated: Feb. 4, 2010)
A sheriff attributed a suspect's being shot 68 times to 'that's all the bullets we had.'
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