World War II
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 23, 2021
This photograph came from a "graduation" event of a Taliban group called Badri 313.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 25, 2021
After fighting wars abroad, Black former servicemen faced segregation, violence, and discriminat ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 1, 2020
Social media rumors that two memorials in New York were vandalized proved misleading.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 4, 2020
Caption: "During difficult times the first ones you have to keep under control are the jackasses ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 6, 2019
A viral Facebook post appears to have been inspired by a 2016 book about the Hollywood icon's wa ...
Written by: David Emery
April 13, 2018
Objections to questions about citizenship on 2020 census forms stem from fears that the data mig ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 29, 2018
The Frenchman who would become known as the world's greatest pantomime artist helped smuggle Jew ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 19, 2017
An elusive old story about the iconic singer has received a new lease on life on social media.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 1, 2017
The newspaper's managing editor chided stars who he said were courting "unpopularity" by speakin ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 14, 2017
The World War II-era short film "Don't Be a Sucker" cited Nazi propaganda as an example of how h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 21, 2017
A still from the movie Blitzmädels an die Front is frequently shared as if it were an aut ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 12, 2017
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was roundly criticized after contrasting Hitler with Syr ...
Written by: David Emery
April 11, 2017
Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2017
A persistent rumor holds that the term "snowflake" originated during the Holocaust, but no evide ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 7, 2016
Comments made by Josh Earnest about diplomatic relations with Japan around the 2016 anniversary ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 7, 2016
Two weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, strange ads appeared for a game of ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 11, 2016
Circulating images purport to compare the effects of urban decay in Detroit with the destruction ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 5, 2016
A photograph of the "last surviving veteran" of a WWII battle group marching in a Memorial Day p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 27, 2015
Salafists vandalized multiple burial sites in Libya because they hold that "worshipping at grave ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 22, 2015
Theodor Seuss Geisel created a number of biting political cartoons during WWII, including one co ...
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