Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 31, 2021
"To receive the blue check crest, there must be someone authentic and notable actively living in ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 31, 2021
A newly discovered, miniature chameleon may be the world's smallest adult male reptile. Evolutio ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 31, 2021
Thousands of languages have existed throughout the history of humanity. There is no evidence the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 31, 2021
"You actually believe that I was drinking the blood of children?" Anderson Cooper asked the guest.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Jan. 30, 2021
Wearing horns and furs on his head, Jake Angeli was a highly visible figure in the U.S. Capitol ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Jan. 30, 2021
Any member of a national assembly or a head of state can submit nominations before February 1.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Jan. 30, 2021
"We'll do it in a livestream," Harlan Hill purportedly said.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 30, 2021
A picture appeared to show military and government officials closing in on a crashed UFO that lo ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 30, 2021
Misleading online advertisements featuring celebrities struck again, this time using a picture o ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 29, 2021
A photograph of a strange-looking animal appeared in an online advertisement about Chernobyl.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 29, 2021
The popping sounds made by cracking knuckles has been studied for decades.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Jan. 29, 2021
That would be ironic considering the progressive senator's unabashed proposals to impose new taxes.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 29, 2021
Unusual flavors are sometimes an internet fixation.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 29, 2021
Seefried was photographed brandishing a Confederate flag inside the halls of Congress. Claims th ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 29, 2021
A 7-foot-tall fence was erected following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 29, 2021
This was not the first time a living actor was featured in a misleading advertisement.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 29, 2021
The clip was "pitch perfect satire," according to one guest.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 29, 2021
An online advertisement failed to deliver on what would be quite a scoop about the famed jumbo jet.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 29, 2021
Conservatives criticized the president's flurry of executive orders made in the first weeks of h ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 28, 2021
Beginning around Jan. 22, 2021, users claimed that simply typing a single letter or the word "vi ...
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