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Written by: Dan Evon
March 8, 2019
A single, unverified Facebook post is never a good reason to panic.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 17, 2019
House Bill 481, signed into law in May 2019, prompted a wave of assertions about its possible ef ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 1, 2019
While a relationship between eye color and tolerance to alcohol may exist, the topic is far less ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 22, 2016
Unproven anecdotes claim piercing a certain area of ear cartilage, known as a "daith piercing," ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2019
Nuances frequently get lost amidst social media uproar and hastily filed news reports.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 21, 2019
Conspiracy theorists provided no evidence for claims that Congressional Democrats and their rela ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 23, 2018
Conspiracy blogs cited vague "preliminary reports" to suggest that Jen Moore could have been par ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2018
Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 24, 2018
Sherry Foster said that although her son will recover, he is now afraid to wear shoes.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 28, 2018
Medical experts said that they had never heard of dogs suffering "chemical burns" from chewing o ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 3, 2016
An all-but-forgotten '90s tabloid story accusing Bill Clinton of fathering a "love child" with a ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 17, 2018
Biafra has long claimed that an acrimonious lawsuit over royalties stemmed from his former bandm ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 19, 2009
Do restroom hand dryers spread disease by blowing germs and bacteria around? The jury is still out.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 15, 2018
Despite a flurry of reporting to the contrary, the mystery of Earhart’s final resting place has ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 21, 2018
A years-old Internet rumor suggests the gun rights figurehead may not be mentally sound enough t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2017
Although President Trump may change the scope of one government program to focus on Islamic terr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 15, 2018
The rumor that the charitable foundation paid for Chelsea Clinton's 2010 wedding at Haiti's expe ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 9, 2017
A viral Facebook warning alleges a risk of chemical burn from a popular “Hatchimal” bath bomb pr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 8, 2017
The claim behind a 2013 school science project purportedly documenting that wireless signals wil ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 5, 2017
An apparent altercation between concert-goers was blown out of proportion, and the witness who r ...
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