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Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 23, 2022
The quote has been online longer than Francis has been pope. A version of it even made it into a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 20, 2022
"If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best," Monroe ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 14, 2022
We recommend taking a few seconds to search Google for reliable sources before blindly sharing q ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 13, 2022
The Queen could be said to have kicked some proverbial ass during the Second World War, but did ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 12, 2022
Freeman is frequently (and falsely) credited with morsels of viral internet wisdom.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 4, 2022
The quote has become famous, but its original context was different than what many assume.
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 19, 2022
According to a social media meme, Greene once said, "I just bought a TV th ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 14, 2022
We looked back several years on social media to find the origins of a quote about a bit of life ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 28, 2022
We looked into the history of a quote attributed to Jefferson on the subjects of religious insti ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 6, 2022
One way to give undue weight to a political opinion is to pretend that it originated with a cred ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 10, 2022
"Nazi ideals demand that the practice of abortion shall be exterminated with a strong hand," the ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 9, 2022
We looked for the origins of a quote about confusing education with intelligence that has been a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 2, 2022
Did the embittered former president really tell his supporters to "boycott the midterm elections"?
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 26, 2022
We looked for the origins of a quote with Morgan Freeman's name on it that has appeared in Faceb ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 13, 2022
Quote memes went around on Facebook and Twitter after actor Jada Pinkett Smith's husband, Will S ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 7, 2022
A meme was posted to Facebook with a picture of actor Keanu Reeves, leading commenters to believ ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 1, 2022
Actor Denzel Washington has appeared in multiple motivational memes with a purported quote about ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 18, 2022
One deceitful tactic used to spread opinions is to pretend they were first offered by celebrities.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 4, 2022
The quote was virally shared beginning in late 2021.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 15, 2021
A viral Facebook post specifically credited Eastwood for a quote that did not belong to the famo ...
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