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Written by: David Mikkelson
April 16, 2015
Fake news report holds that a retired CIA agent admitted in a deathbed confession that he assass ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 15, 2015
The New York Assembly did not pass a law making it expressly legal to abort third-trimester fetu ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 15, 2015
"Critics fear genetically modified cannabis will mix with other strains and could destroy the di ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 14, 2015
The FDA supposedly ban the sale of grape-flavored ice cream due to pet-related hazards.
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 12, 2015
Reports that the world's first successful human head transplant has taken place in South Africa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 8, 2015
"It just always bothered me every single time I walked by it."
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 8, 2015
Did President Harry S. Truman describe political correctness as 'a doctrine fostered by a delusi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2015
A popular claim about the NRA confused that organization's rules with those of the venues at whi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 7, 2015
Rumors of a cell phone virus disguised as a video called the 'Dance of the Pope' (or 'Dance of t ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 3, 2015
Spoiler alert: "GMO eggs" aren't really a thing.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2015
Reports that two people in Florida were arrested for selling golden tickets that guaranteed the ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 1, 2015
Fauxtography: Images allegedly show a dragon with fluffy white rabbit fur that was shot dead in ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 30, 2015
Consumers continue to be confused by misinformation about entries in ingredients labels.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 29, 2015
This creepy picture is often used to illustrate a fictional story about a missing college studen ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 24, 2015
A Brazilian scientist was allegedly hoist by his own petard when his eyes were plucked out by a ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 20, 2015
An infamous quote holds that a Vermont state legislator once said, 'If [people] have guns, they ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 20, 2015
Rumor: Kids are rubbing Burt's Bees lip balm on their eyelids to get high.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2015
A video showing an orangutan using sign language had some viewers doing a double take.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 10, 2015
If so, it had better leave the gold behind.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 10, 2015
Rumor holds that a typical mattress will double in weight after 10 years due to the accumulation ...
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