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Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 4, 2022
A false tweet with hundreds of thousands of engagements claimed, "An outgoing Twitter employee s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 26, 2022
What would you do with $40 billion?
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2015
The image supposedly showing the famous animal strapped to a table has circulated since 2015.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 3, 2022
A wax sculpture of the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was first revealed in 2015 alongside ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 2, 2022
A significant increase in Social Security benefits was announced for 2023. Did Biden play any ro ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 1, 2022
#TrumpIsDead was trending on Twitter in the U.S. on the afternoon of Nov. 1, 2022.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 1, 2022
The video was the creative work of a stand-up comedian named John Crist.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 31, 2022
The Santa Monica Observer, the website that originally pushed this false rumor, later updated it ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 15, 2014
A widely shared meme claimed the fruit can switch flavors after you eat it.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Jan. 18, 2000
Rumors about menthol cigarettes tend to fall into two categories: those having to do with specif ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 25, 2001
Here's the etymology of “buck” to mean “dollar."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 9, 2000
Some versions of this rumor posit that the cow eyes are used as hamburger filler, or to make bee ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
April 25, 2010
Some people believe that storing batteries in a fridge or freezer will help them not lose their ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 6, 2015
Digital editing strikes again.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 19, 2001
Once upon a time, there was website called ManBeef.com that advertised "human meat" and detailed ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 10, 2014
Nope. A video of a mushroom-cloud explosion at a chemical plant in Donetsk, Ukraine, erroneously ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 22, 2015
The image of an autumnal landscape was first published on Flickr in 2006.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 24, 2001
According to legend, the Disneyland hearse was originally used to carry the religious leader's b ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2015
A rumor claimed that more than 60 people died in Mozambique because they consumed beer that was ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 30, 1999
In 1967, the Byrds recorded one of the finest records of that landmark year: The Notorious Byrd ...
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