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Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2015
A photograph purportedly showing a rare red owl with blue eyes is just the latest in digital owl ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 2, 2022
A viral tweet with a picture of a sign said: "Fascists attacking drag bars, meanwhile Applebee's ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 23, 2011
We've seen such claims circulating online since at least 2007.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 3, 2022
A popular Facebook post claimed that an Aramaic-language scroll discovered by archaeologists in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 25, 2015
Social media rumors claim the same girl, a "crisis actor," was seen crying at tragedies in Bosto ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2013
Did a list of "A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots" entries originate with comedian ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 28, 2022
A new law makes it easier for military veterans, but not their spouses, to obtain a teaching cer ...
Written by: David Emery
March 20, 2022
Could it be ...... SATAN???
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 27, 2005
This claim originated in a 2005 email following a spate of attempted bombings in the London Unde ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 24, 2017
A viral conspiracy video has emerged spreading a false rumor that a suicide bombing attack at an ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 29, 2020
Pennsylvania officials warned of "the dangers of uninformed, lay analysis combined with a basic ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 24, 2005
A Wendy's customer was said to have found a human finger in her bowl of chili.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
June 8, 2022
But we are gradually inching toward the milestone.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 24, 2021
A misleading video clip of Biden saying "end of quote" was widely circulated on social media.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 30, 2012
A circulated video clip claims to show an Australian politician being interviewed about an oil t ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 16, 2016
Umimaginative fake news publishers have recycled an old hoax about President Obama's banning the ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 28, 2022
Drummond, perhaps better known by her nickname, "The Pioneer Woman," was featured in Facebook ad ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 29, 2022
This rumor surfaced in a tweet after Cassidy Hutchinson testified in front of the U.S. House Jan ...
Written by: Dan Evon Alex Kasprak
Dec. 16, 2015
No matter how you look at it, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by volcanoes is signifi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 28, 2007
Children's television show host Fred Rogers has been the focus of many rumors.
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