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Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 26, 2024
The quote has spread everywhere, from books to social media.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
May 25, 2024
At 2,000 pounds — half the weight of a steel car at the time — the vehicle comprised 14 plastic ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
May 25, 2024
The purported figure indicates that the average 30-year-old American owes more money than they own.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 24, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires that commercially produced ice cream weigh at lea ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 24, 2024
Butker's causes were related to family, faith and freedom of speech, a report claimed.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 24, 2024
The new movie will allegedly star a "zombie Jack," with Leonard DiCaprio returning.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 24, 2024
This was the one of several claims seeding doubt about the legitimacy of U.S. electoral processe ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
May 24, 2024 (Updated: May 28, 2024)
Biden's apparent gaffe was a quote taken from the speech he gave at the NAACP Fight for Freedom ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 24, 2024
A viral post deemed the move "a disconcerting, crazy and uneducational message that rewards ille ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
May 24, 2024
In 2005, South African Marius Els rescued a 5-month-old hippopotamus from a flood and attempted ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 24, 2024
A young Kennedy made a trip to Palestine in 1939.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 23, 2024
Harvard's SCoPEx project is no longer active, but misinformation about it lives on.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 23, 2024
Disney+ released a sequel titled "Hocus Pocus 2" in 2022.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 23, 2024
"If you can make sense out of this please let me know," the May 2024 viral post read.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
May 23, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the X owner he should host a presidential debate between the three ca ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
May 23, 2024
In the Himalayas, locals refer to cannabis by different names, and the plant has a long history ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
May 23, 2024
"This is not Temu," one user on Reddit commented. "This is an old video of backup at a post offi ...
Written by: Nick Hardinges
May 22, 2024
Social media posts said men were dipping their private parts in foods after learning they contai ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
May 22, 2024
Yup, satire sites still publish stories about the national anthem protests in the middle of the ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
May 22, 2024 (Updated: Sept. 19, 2024)
The photograph gained particular attention due to emerging accusations against the music mogul.
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