Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 13, 2000 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2009)
About that heartwarming story of a boy named Shaya and what we might consider about the other bo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 12, 2008 (Updated: Feb. 17, 2009)
Was a concentration camp survivor coincidentally reunited years later with a girl who secretly h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 27, 2009 (Updated: Feb. 4, 2009)
Criminals in Omaha are distracting drivers with decoys and notes left on windshields?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 1, 2005 (Updated: Nov. 6, 2008)
Are Bounce brand fabric softener sheets effective for a variety of household uses?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 1999 (Updated: Aug. 18, 2007)
What's the big idea?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 1999 (Updated: April 22, 2021)
Did Dan White, Harvey Milk's killer, successfully argue in court that his judgement had been imp ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 11, 1999 (Updated: July 13, 2007)
Contrary to what one hears, there's no one right answer as to why people practice 'shoefiti' or ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2002 (Updated: June 15, 2011)
The band was never one to shy away from a good marketing gimmick.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2001 (Updated: March 24, 2007)
Did a mother bird sacrifice herself to protect her chicks from a forest fire?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Aug. 31, 2002 (Updated: Jan. 17, 2007)
The flood reportedly took place in London in 1814.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Feb. 19, 2002 (Updated: Oct. 9, 2006)
Is the word 'golf' an acronym formed from 'gentlemen only; ladies forbidden'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 10, 2006 (Updated: May 28, 2021)
This haunting photograph of a cat with a single cyclopic eye has been popping up since 2006.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2004 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2005)
Imam is questioned about Islamic attitude toward infidels.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 22, 1999 (Updated: April 1, 2013)
The dihydrogen monoxide hoax shows that even the most innocuous of substances can be made to sou ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 1, 2002 (Updated: Aug. 2, 2003)
Drug tests are not infallible.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2000 (Updated: March 11, 2010)
Fears of superheated water from the microwave have been around since the earliest days of the in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2000 (Updated: June 20, 2001)
Does an 1895 graduation examination for public school students demonstrate a shocking decline in ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 31, 2022
Biden made the remarks in Syracuse as part of highlighting an investment made by the U.S.-based ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 27, 2022
We found several Facebook posts from scammers that misleadingly claimed Mars and other celebriti ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 27, 2022
Shout-out to people on Twitter who provide evidence in their replies that shows the original twe ...
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