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Written by: Caroline Wazer
Oct. 19, 2024
Some social media users suggested the claim originated from Yuri Bezmenov, a Soviet defector.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 17, 2024
After Hurricane Helene devastated multiple states in late September 2024, some online users shar ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 16, 2024
The claim centers on something Harris supposedly said as a toddler.
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Oct. 13, 2024
With discussions resurfacing around Musk's immigration journey, Snopes reexamined claims regardi ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 8, 2024
Republicans have often accused the Democratic vice president of having “Marxist” ties.
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Oct. 8, 2024
The quote first started popping up around 2018, with viral memes and posts attributing it to the ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Oct. 7, 2024
"I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table," the rapper supposedly s ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 6, 2024
A BuzzFeed News story, citing one unnamed source, said an early draft of a 2016 interview with T ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich Nick Hardinges
Oct. 6, 2024
Videos of muscly marsupials flaunting their figures spurred some social media users to claim suc ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Sept. 26, 2024
The hip-hop producer is alleged to have made the comments in 2003, shortly before he teamed up w ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 20, 2024
LIFE magazine attributed the statement to the esteemed actress in 1961. In 2015, she denied ever ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 8, 2024
Some social media users claimed the mobster lobbied for the cause after his niece became ill aft ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 4, 2024
A mutation of the MC1R gene is responsible for red hair.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Aug. 31, 2024
The vice president's claim that she once worked for the fast food giant resurfaced during the 20 ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Aug. 27, 2024
The presidential candidate has repeatedly claimed the alleged work experience in an attempt to c ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 22, 2024
The pictures did not appear to be altered, but their emergence had the hallmarks of a hoax.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 22, 2024
What we know about a purported conversation between the Israeli prime minister and Donald Trump.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 18, 2024
Some versions of the rumor claim his brother, Ralph, lobbied for the cause.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
July 22, 2024
Social media users claimed the photograph was captured in 1994.
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
July 22, 2024
During the televised performance of "California Dreamin'," singer Michelle Phillips held a peele ...
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