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Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 23, 2012
Words long attributed to South African president Nelson Mandela were actually written by a 2020 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 5, 2012
Rumors of Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen resigning and turning away from religion are fake news.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 24, 2012
The purported quote reads, "If the people let the government decide what foods they eat and what ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 22, 2012
An item criticizing multiple aspects of the Social Security system gets nearly everything wrong.
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 22, 2012
Wherein Bill Gates supposedly explains to a waiter why he left a much smaller tip than his son did.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 14, 2012
The story of how a few different images came together to form a tall (or long) tale.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 8, 2012
Barack Obama is not the only president who has not visited the D-Day Monument on D-Day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 17, 2012
This species should be particularly adept at night-time hunting.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 15, 2012
Photograph shows sharks swimming at the bottom of an escalator after the collapse of a shark tank.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 13, 2012
"The president's departure had nothing to do with the delay in the Thunderbird's show, as has be ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 12, 2012
Eating gum thrown on the ground causes birds to die?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 10, 2012
Are the lines on red Solo brand party cups designed for measuring servings of various kinds of a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 28, 2012
An Animal Planet program that supposedly revealed the existence of mermaids was a fake documentary.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 22, 2012
How many of us can grow our own names?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2012
A supposed photograph of a solar eclipse taken from space was actually a digital creation.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 9, 2012
‘I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions. But when I saw him lying there I ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2012
Navy SEAL rebukes President Obama over the various aspects of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Is ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 14, 2012
We don't mean to be crude. This photograph purportedly shows a food can labeled "fish assholes."
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 11, 2012
Has President Obama sold the tabulating of votes in U.S. national elections to a Spanish company ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 25, 2012
Medicare regulations do not require that doctors ask patients whether they own guns.
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