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Written by: Jordan Liles
June 27, 2022
Hours after the U.S. House Jan. 6 panel announced a surprise hearing, we looked into a message o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 8, 2016
A clip of Barack Obama reading from his book "Dreams from My Father" has been shared out of context.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2017
A quote attributed to the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler about the start of World War III is a hoax ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2017
A video purportedly showing a ghost haunting a hallway at a school in Cork, Ireland, went viral ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001
Rapeseed oil has been used for cooking for centuries in Europe, India, China, and Japan.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 29, 1999
The 'middle finger salute' did not derive from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 7, 2009
Contrary to online scarelore, automobile components do not emit dangerous levels of cancer-causi ...
Written by: David Emery
June 11, 2022
A purported police mug shot of a bruised and disheveled Paul Pelosi miraculously turned up on so ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 25, 2022
The real trend here is an uptick in fear-mongering over food-supply shortages.
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 20, 2022
Here are several reasons why so many Americans think they remember entertainer Ed McMahon workin ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 16, 2022
The guards really don’t like to be bothered.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 24, 2018
A tweet by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 invoked the "white genocide" conspiracy th ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 9, 2022
The logic presented on a junk news website leaves much to be desired.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2022
You may have heard this "horse's ass" joke before.
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 13, 2022
Snopes contacted McDonald's USA by email after a rumor went viral on Facebook about dogs, xylito ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 18, 2019
A photograph purportedly shows a couple watching the Apollo 8 spacecraft launch in 1968.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 28, 2008
An old rumor tells of how the "Taps" military bugle song supposedly originated from a compositio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 21, 2022
The legend of the Ukrainian farmer continues to grow.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 28, 2021
Here's what we found when we looked at the video frame-by-frame.
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 14, 2022
One of the false claims was that Mayim Bialik had endorsed CBD gummies.
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