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Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 30, 2015
Margaret Sanger once addressed female KKK members in a bid to have her message heard as widely a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 29, 2015
A photograph supposedly shows a woman who mistakenly used expanding foam insulation on her hair ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 23, 2015
A picture of them was supposedly slipped under their parents' front door one year later.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 30, 2015
A shocking photograph shows ocean debris directly resulting from the massive 2011 earthquake in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 21, 2015
A viral video captures a patient suffering from blunt force trauma flail chest, not from the del ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 14, 2015
An intriguing image of chairs with trees growing through reportedly stems from an ill-fated wedd ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2015
A bull shark supposedly caught in the Ohio River near Indiana was actually captured from the Bri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2015
A photograph of women with missing limbs is actually a picture of Brazilian amputees, not wounde ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 19, 2015
Claims that photographs depict a couple who killed a dolphin by urinating in its blowhole were i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2015
A prehistoric snake dubbed Titanoboa cerrejonensis is estimated to have been an astonishi ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 4, 2015
Well, it's from 1921, at least.
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 15, 2015
A photograph supposedly shows a clump of tick eggs found along an outdoor path, but its details ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 24, 2015
The accompanying caption claims that the pictured toys were being observed by scientists to stud ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 18, 2015
Photographs purportedly capture the spot where two oceans merge in the Gulf of Alaska.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2015
An heart-rending image of a rabbit was deceptively repurposed for use in a protest against anima ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 2, 2015
A photograph depicting a sign at Target informing customers purchasing pork or alcohol to choose ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 5, 2015
An amphibian that lives in Alaska has an unusually high tolerance for freezing conditions.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 13, 2015
How many children Valentina Vassilyeva actually birthed is a subject of dispute, but this photog ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
Dec. 16, 2014
Pictures supposedly document toys from Christmas drives for the needy that were exchanged at Wal ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 24, 2014
A controversial photograph supposedly documents the practice of hunting African children for sport.
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