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Did a Human-Created Sinkhole Open in Guatemala?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 9, 2019

Some news items are so fascinating that they resurface time and time again.

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Did Police Find Heroin Disguised as SweeTarts?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 7, 2019

The Halloween holiday may have revived interest in an outdated and unsubstantiated warning.

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Were 11 People Killed, Dozens More Wounded Over One Weekend in Chicago?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 13, 2019

News, like food, is best consumed at the time it is prepared.

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Did Trump Meet with 30 Men in Congress to Discuss Maternity Care?

Written by: Bethania Palma

June 25, 2019

An image of the all-male Freedom Caucus discussing the future of women's health care coverage sp ...

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Did Migrants 'Invade' a Beach in Broad Daylight?

Written by: Bethania Palma

May 1, 2019

The claim appears to reference an incident on the shores of a beach in Spain in 2017.

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Are Texas Legislators 'Considering the Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

April 12, 2019

Republican-sponsored House Bill 896 garnered nationwide attention in the spring of 2019.

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Did Nike Just Re-Hire Michael Vick?

Written by: Dan Evon

April 8, 2019

Vick and Nike worked together after the former NFL star went to prison for dogfighting, but the ...

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Is Home Depot Selling Plants Treated with Bee-Harming Neonicotinoid Pesticides?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 26, 2019

The company pledged in 2015 to phase out the class of pesticides over concerns that they harmed ...

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Will 2018 See the First Christmas Full Moon Since 1977?

Written by: Dan Evon

Dec. 21, 2018

Beware of memes that use relative temporal terms.

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Do These 8 Teas Contain "Illegal Amounts of Deadly Pesticides"?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Dec. 3, 2018

Claims of dangerous pesticides “above the legal limit” in tea products rely on incorrect or misl ...

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Has It Been 10,316 Days Since the Berlin Wall Was Torn Down?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 30, 2018

Everything is relative, including -- or especially -- time.

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Does This Vet Need Help in Finding Survivors of His Air Force Bomb Group?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Nov. 28, 2018

The online world is amazing in satisfying some requests, but often information is propagated lon ...

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Is Allisyn Nicole Still Missing?

Written by: David Emery

Nov. 26, 2018

Recycled social media posts from 2013 report that the young woman who supposedly went missing wa ...

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Was Manure Dumped Outside of Democratic Headquarters in Ohio?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 3, 2018

A photograph showing a pile of manure discovered outside a political HQ is real, but the picture ...

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Did Donald Trump's First Year as President See the Lowest Jobs Growth Since 2011?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 12, 2018

A left-wing web site's January 2018 meme was based on data that were accurate at the time, but w ...

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Facebook logo with a silhouette of a hand holding a locked padlock in the foreground.

Did the Justice Department Demand Facebook Information for 'Anti-Trump Activists'?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Oct. 8, 2018

In October 2018, social media users recirculated a story about search warrants that had actually ...

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Is a 'Female Blackout' Taking Place on Facebook Tomorrow?

Written by: Dan Evon

Oct. 2, 2018

A chain message urging women to use a black square for their profile pics "tomorrow" has been ci ...

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Did Jimmy Carter Announce That His Cancer Is Spreading?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 29, 2018

Viral social media posts rehashed a three-year-old announcement about the former president, who ...

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Did a Michigan School District Ban Students from Wearing the American Flag?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 6, 2018

A year-old Facebook post about a school dress code became a source of reanimated outrage in 2018.

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Did Eleven U.S. Marines Give Their Lives This Week?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 3, 2018

A long-circulated message offers prayers on behalf of servicemen killed in Afghanistan several y ...

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