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Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 5, 2018
It is possible to experience some psychoactive effects from secondhand exposure to marijuana smo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 3, 2018
General Mills will be selling a new Lucky Charms cereal that incorporates glazed cornflakes.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 20, 2017
Viral reports of a woman’s harrowing experience with a life-threatening skin infection are mostl ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 13, 2017
A Facebook meme accurately presents the basic facts of two very different but equally controvers ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 7, 2017
A story employed the colorful portmanteau term "scromiting" to describe an illness potentially r ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 6, 2017
Changing your Twitter account's country to Germany does cause some far-right profiles to be with ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 16, 2017
The current GOP plan allows "unborn children" to be listed as beneficiaries of college funds, in ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 12, 2017
A popular claim about gun-related fatalities revitalized after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 18, 2017
Some Kroger grocery stores are offering children under 12 years of age a free piece of fruit to ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 5, 2017
Hopkins, a British commentator known for making outrageous and sometimes morally bankrupt statem ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 31, 2017
A Texas homeowner did protect his house from flooding by using an "inflatable dam," but it was f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 30, 2017
The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed that a flyer advertising high-paid jobs availa ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 29, 2017
Conservative web sites accurately stated that the San Domenico school has removed some statues; ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2017
An Australian jeweler creates small pieces incorporating ashes of unused embryos from in vitro f ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 7, 2017
The 16-year-old was likely bitten by an unusually large number of sea fleas -- not sea lice, as ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2017
Two books from the 1890s contain seemingly eerie connections to modern-day politics.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 13, 2017
Republican George Faught was put on the spot by fellow state representatives while defending his ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2017
A photograph of the vehicle is real, but misdated.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2017
Behind a sensationalist headline lurked real news of a product recall.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2017
An unincorporated community in Kentucky has elected a dog as its mayor for the fourth time in a row.
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