Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Joey Esposito
July 7, 2025
The advice column in question ran in newspapers across the country on Dec. 27, 2001.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 6, 2025
TikTok videos show large mechanized umbrellas opening and retracting to create shade.
Written by: Cindy Shan
July 6, 2025
Social media users shared images of unusual water color at the famous waterfall amid internation ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
July 6, 2025
Social media users shared a clip from a comedy sketch, implying it showed a real interaction bet ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
July 5, 2025 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2025)
The incident occurred on July 28, 1945, and ultimately killed 14 people.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
July 5, 2025
While a popular meme was false, underwater tidal turbines do exist ... in Scotland.
Written by: Emery Winter
July 4, 2025
Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR's top circuit, called for NASCAR to ban Confederate fla ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
July 4, 2025
According to a story that appeared in popular Facebook posts, the girl went on to win a national ...
Written by: Emery Winter
July 4, 2025
This was not the first time weather maps on German news program "Tagesthemen" were edited by soc ...
Written by: Cindy Shan
July 3, 2025
Social media videos being shared in late June 2025 claimed that health authorities linked the po ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
July 3, 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is required by law to provide economic analyses on m ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 3, 2025
According to the rumor, McCartney said in 2025, "I don't celebrate it. I won't. WOKE doesn't des ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
July 3, 2025
Some users claimed the image was from July 2, 2025, and indicated an incoming "scare event."
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 3, 2025
The right-wing influencer has frequently made racist remarks and spread conspiracy theories.
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 3, 2025
Users shared this rumor about the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secr ...
Written by: Nick Hardinges
July 3, 2025
According to the claim, the 12,000-year-old city contains "what appears to be an ancient sports ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
July 3, 2025
Many people misremember the iconic line, likely confusing the animated Disney film with the orig ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 3, 2025
Four of the U.S. president's five children were born to immigrant mothers.
Written by: Rae Deng
July 2, 2025 (Updated: July 8, 2025)
While social media users claimed ICE's budget would increase to $48.5 billion, the actual overal ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
July 2, 2025
Connecticut is among several states that uses the herbicide Diquat to combat hydrilla, an invasi ...
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