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Screenshot of image from Facebook post. A photo of a pinkish creature with tentacles around a circular center, in which there is an open mouth with what appears to be top and bottom rows of teeth

Does this image show real 'little sea monster'?

Written by: Emery Winter

Nov. 4, 2025

The photo is of a rarely seen deep sea squid. Its "teeth like a human" are actually lips.

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Is Erika Kirk pregnant with her 3rd child? Unfounded claim continues to spread online

Written by: Megan Loe

Nov. 4, 2025

Despite online rumors, Erika Kirk had not confirmed a pregnancy on social media or in public rem ...

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A white man wearing a blue suit speaks while standing at a podium.

Did JD Vance get food stamps as a child? Unpacking the claim

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Nov. 3, 2025

The vice president wrote about his troubled childhood in his book "Hillbilly Elegy."

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Inspecting rumor Trump officials are moving to military bases for security reasons

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Nov. 3, 2025

The claim stemmed from two separate reports: one from The Atlantic and the other from The New Yo ...

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Investigating rumor Trump spent $3.4M in taxpayer money on 'Great Gatsby' Halloween party

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Nov. 3, 2025

The U.S. president hosted a party at his Mar-a-Lago club in 2025 as millions of Americans feared ...

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A person walks by a grocery store with a sign that says "WE ACCEPT (FOOD STAMPS)"

USDA prohibits SNAP discounts during shutdown unless retailers have waivers

Written by: Rae Deng

Nov. 3, 2025 (Updated: Nov. 4, 2025)

The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule prevents retailers from treating food stamp customers differently, ...

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Did Steven Tyler send helicopters loaded with aid to Jamaica?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Nov. 3, 2025

The story claimed that within just 24 hours, Tyler organized a fleet of helicopters filled with ...

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Did Reagan say fascism would come to America 'in the name of liberalism'?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Nov. 3, 2025

The quote often attributed to the former Republican president has made the rounds for years.

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JCPenney once advertised a tea kettle that some said resembled Hitler

Written by: Joey Esposito

Nov. 3, 2025

The retailer's billboard went viral in 2013 and was quickly taken down, but not before the item ...

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Screenshot from Instagram post of boy, Jackson Oswalt, posing in a hard hat next to his fusor, which features a radiation symbol on the front. Text below reads: "12-year-old makes world record by building nuclear reactor in bedroom, FBI & Guinness Book pays him a visit."

12-year-old boy achieved nuclear fusion from his bedroom in 2018. The FBI visited afterwards

Written by: Emery Winter

Nov. 3, 2025

The agency swept Jackson Oswalt's home for radiation in 2018 after he became the youngest person ...

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Screenshot from Facebook post. Graphic of a bunch of little robot spiders on ice sheet with green beams radiating out the top of them. Sky has some kind of object across it and an aurora can be seen in the clouds

False robot alien spider story is invading social media

Written by: Emery Winter

Nov. 2, 2025 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2025)

A social media page that frequently posts fabricated stories about alien life shared another out ...

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Bill Gates said climate change 'will not lead to humanity's demise'?

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Nov. 2, 2025

Social media users accused Gates of softening his long-standing commitment to mitigating the eff ...

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Black couple patented foundation of modern home security systems in 1969

Written by: Joey Esposito

Nov. 2, 2025

Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, filed for the patent in 1966 and received appro ...

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Close up perspective shot of someone exchanging a blank business card with a person in a grey suit

Posts claim business cards are being laced with burundanga. That's impossible

Written by: Emery Winter

Nov. 2, 2025

Social media posts framed as a "police warning" directed towards women were vague chain messages ...

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A vintage photo from the 1980s shows President Ronald Reagan, a white man with coiffed hair in a brown suit, signing a stack of papers while surrounded by other white men in suits.

Reagan signed law requiring emergency health care for undocumented immigrants. Here's what it says

Written by: Rae Deng

Nov. 1, 2025

The historical fact spread online in October 2025 as Republicans claimed Democrats shut down the ...

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Screenshot of AI-generated eagle video featuring rows of gravestones with eagles perched upon most of them. Many of the gravestones have American flags in front of them.

Video shows thousands of bald eagles at Missouri veterans cemetery?

Written by: Emery Winter

Nov. 1, 2025

The video was posted by Branson Area Breaking News, a satirical Facebook page.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a white man with glasses in a suit. He is standing in front of a podium with an American flag in the background.

9 rumors we've examined about Mike Johnson

Written by: Rae Deng

Nov. 1, 2025

Yes, Johnson called nude cyclists in Portland the "most threatening thing" he's seen. No, there' ...

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Investigating rumor that Mike Johnson and his son are 'abstinence partners'

Written by: Joey Esposito

Nov. 1, 2025

A social media meme appeared to reference a 2023 story about Johnson’s use of an anti-porn app.

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What Vance said about wanting neighbors who speak the same language

Written by: Joey Esposito

Oct. 31, 2025 (Updated: Dec. 8, 2025)

The vice president's comments occurred during an interview for a New York Post podcast.

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Border Patrol agents arrest a man on the ground in front of people and a neighborhood decked out in Halloween decorations.

Border Patrol used tear gas in Chicago neighborhood ahead of Halloween parade. Here's what we know

Written by: Rae Deng

Oct. 31, 2025 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2025)

Following the incident, DHS head Kristi Noem denied a request from Democratic Illinois Gov. JB P ...

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