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Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 29, 2018
A story about a couple's futile attempts to conceive may be nothing more than a recycled joke or ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 28, 2018
Purported screenshots of a Facebook rant by an unhappy ex-bride prompted a global wave of curios ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 27, 2018
Photographs suggest the 45th president colored one of the flag's stripes blue, though the eviden ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 27, 2018
Police say the comment was made, but by a civilian bystander and not by one of their officers.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 23, 2018
Scattered social media posts cited no sources for claims about the president's former adviser th ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 11, 2018
News reports and photographs abound documenting the birth of children weighing upwards of 17 pou ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 9, 2018
Curved or “clubbed” fingernails have been used as an indicator of health since the time of Hippo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 6, 2018
A "firenado" truly formed during the Carr fire in California, but this photograph likely does no ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 30, 2018
A meme posited a highly improbable, if not absolutely impossible, scenario under which an impeac ...
Written by: David Emery
July 23, 2018
A right-wing blog with a history of spreading conspiracy theories claimed the FBI agent is reall ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2018
We found many reasons to be suspicious of a video purportedly showing a woman stabbing a man wit ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 4, 2018
We found no evidence the Obama administration gave preferential treatment to the 23,000-plus Ira ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 3, 2018
Shirts featuring 'the F word' are commonplace at political rallies, but the origins of a photogr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 1, 2018
The 81-year-old justice's resignation announcement triggered a spate of conspiracy posts focused ...
Written by: David Emery
June 27, 2018
In June 2018, an Arizona fire department warned local residents to check their pool noodles for ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 25, 2018
Some elements of a viral post about Melania Trump's jacket are factual, but there's no proof it ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 11, 2018
A popular cautionary tale about a child dying after his asthma medication was swapped for essent ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 11, 2018
A Facebook user evoked images of the Holocaust in a claim that Immigration and Customs Enforceme ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 2, 2018
A Florida man named Jesse Pariseau tweeted about an alleged encounter with Donald Trump which su ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 22, 2018
Although a photograph raised alarm among Li's fanbase, his manager says the actor is in fine fettle.
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