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Written by: Nick Hardinges
May 7, 2024
Social media users claimed the profits of 15 corporations in 2023 were the true cause of inflation.
Written by: Jack Izzo
April 22, 2024
"Suspended" is doing a TON of heavy lifting in this claim.
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 27, 2016
Accounts conflict about how terrified Americans really were by Orson Welles' infamous 1938 "War ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 22, 2023
"What a beautiful example for a data science literacy course," one X user commented about the vi ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 11, 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo allegedly made his Hotel Pestana CR7 available to people seeking shelter after ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 22, 2019
Multiple internet memes and news reports played off comments the 45th president made in a series ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 27, 2021
This rumor is more plausible than it might appear.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 20, 2022
A popular meme claimed the Vatican banned gas-fueled lighting for religious reasons. Was it all ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 22, 2019
Google traditionally avoids making Doodles involving ANY overtly religious holiday.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 22, 2023
The government announced it will test a new nationwide emergency alert on April 23, 2023.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 7, 2023
A picture of a dog lying down on rubble next to a hand was shot years before the earthquake that ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 1, 2016
A heartwarming anecdote tells of the future inventor's mother fibbing to her son about his expul ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson Jessica Lee
Oct. 7, 2014
A viral TikTok video claimed "electric waves" from the outlet "will come through your body." Tha ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 14, 2022
In February 2022, Stéphane Bancel had sold less than $10 million worth of shares by mid-month, a ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 19, 2022
While timelines vary, everyone agrees that vaccinations only help reduce your chances of infection.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 18, 2022
Just how much does The Rock like old rocks?
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 18, 2020
The arrest of a Harvard professor fueled conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 coronavirus dise ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2021
Can you lose something you were never nominated for?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 20, 2021
Photographs of a truck advertising "Wilmore Funeral Home" in North Carolina emerged in September ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 25, 2021
Social media companies reportedly are facing a new set of regulations starting May 26, 2021.
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