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Written by: Dan Evon
April 3, 2021
Actor Brendan Fraser is known for his roles in "The Mummy," "Encino Man," and "George of the Jun ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 15, 2023
A clip taken out of context was used by white supremacists to spread their “great replacement” c ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2017
In the 1930s, doctored postcards featuring giant grasshoppers sold "like hotcakes."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 14, 2023
Snopes first covered this long list of arrests and crimes attributed to members of Congress all ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 14, 2022
It's a pithy line for the lovelorn and screenwriters to say, but is it true?
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 3, 2021
WARNING: This history lesson begins with a decidely NSFW meme.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 14, 2023
The claim, unlike the Corvair, has been in wide circulation since at least 2014.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2023
A tweet from an apparent satire account spread across the internet like wildfire on the day afte ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 13, 2023
An online ad claimed ABC network was "furious" with Ripa after learning about the alleged skinca ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 13, 2023
Last we checked, a pentagram was a five-pointed star.
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
May 2, 2015
Conspiracy theory claims the seven astronauts supposedly killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challe ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 6, 2001
It appears domestic violence doesn't peak on any one specific day, but it does rise at particul ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb. 11, 2023
The earliest known usage of the term comes from a diary entry about a widow.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2004
"Doug, are you upset about all the questions about your being the first black quarterback in the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2020
This public service announcement doesn't provide much of a public service.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 9, 2023
A Dutch “researcher” nonetheless claimed to have predicted an earthquake in Turkey in early 2023.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 1, 2021
Another president, another pants pooping rumor.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 8, 2023
Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in August 2022 and spent weeks in a hospital.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 8, 2023
Beware of aging.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 7, 2023
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati has been in a coma since December 2022. This fact ha ...
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