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What Was the Flatwoods Monster?

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Bethania Palma

Dec. 4, 2021 Or maybe we should be asking "who" it was.

Ten Things Science Did Not Say in 2017

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Alex Kasprak

Dec. 30, 2017 Science denialism, clickbait headlines, and absurd pseudoscience: Our favorite science debunking ...

Who Wrote the Serenity Prayer?

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David Mikkelson

July 14, 2014 Who wrote the Serenity Prayer? Was it St. Augustine, or someone else?

Aerial shot of "Pearl City," Doha, Qatar

Qatar Points to 'Fake News' Amid Diplomatic Crisis

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Bethania Palma

June 6, 2017 The FBI reportedly sent investigators to Doha, but the crisis between the Gulf states has been b ...

Will Burning Bay Leaves Reduce Anxiety?

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Alex Kasprak

Oct. 17, 2017 A chemical compound found in the leaves of the bay laurel may affect mood, but the results are i ...

'First Ever' Study Comparing Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children Shows Harm from Vaccines?

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Alex Kasprak

May 17, 2017 This study, with its suspect statistics and devil-may-care attitude toward methodological design ...

Do Falling Coconuts Kill More People Than Sharks Each Year?

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Alex Kasprak

May 30, 2017 This factoid has been repeated so often it might as well be true, but "research" on which it is ...

Is Costco Toilet Paper Unsafe for Plumbing Systems?

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Kim LaCapria

Feb. 6, 2018 We found no evidence to suggest Costco toilet paper was any less safe for septic tanks than any ...

Mermaids: The Body Found

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David Mikkelson

May 29, 2012 An Animal Planet program that supposedly revealed the existence of mermaids was a fake documentary.

Does a Single Volcanic Eruption Release as Much CO2 As All of Humanity Has to Date?

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Dan Evon Alex Kasprak

Dec. 16, 2015 No matter how you look at it, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by volcanoes is signifi ...

A long-held rumor claims humans only use 10% of their brains.

Do We Only Use 10% of our Brains?

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David Mikkelson

July 25, 2014 Among the most powerful lures of the myth is the idea that we could harness the remaining portio ...

Do Hundreds of Papers Published in 2017 'Prove' That Global Warming is a Myth?

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Alex Kasprak

Oct. 26, 2017 An article stakes its claim on a regurgitation of false information from a blogger who rejects m ...

Did Native American Scouts’ Long Hair Provide “Almost Supernatural” Tracking Abilities During the Vietnam War?

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Alex Kasprak

Dec. 6, 2016 Native American trackers were supposedly recruited by the U.S. military for service during the V ...

The Complicated History of the 'Magdeburg Unicorn'

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Madison Dapcevich

Aug. 16, 2022 Wooly rhino? Unicorn? Narwhal? Oh, my.

Does This Video Show Hikers Walking on a Lake of Crystal Clear Ice?

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Dan Evon

Dec. 14, 2014 A video shows two hikers on a lake of crystal clear ice, creating the impression that they are w ...

How Two Years' of COVID Politics Played Out on Snopes and OnTheIssues

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Jesse Gordon Dan MacGuill

Feb. 2, 2022 A look back at some of the most important, egregious, and iconic episodes of COVID politics from ...

Trump Insists He Witnessed Cheering Muslims on 9/11

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Kim LaCapria

Nov. 22, 2015 Donald Trump insisted he witnessed television footage "thousands" of Muslims in New Jersey "chee ...

Pepsi Brings Back Ancestors

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David Mikkelson

May 13, 2011 Was 'Come Alive With Pepsi' mistranslated in China as 'Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the ...

Six Rules of Engagement for Conspiracy Theorists

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The Conversation

July 22, 2020 Simply laying out evidence or pointing out logical contradictions in a conspiracist's argument i ...

What We Know About Sightings of the "Jersey Devil" In 2015

Written by:

Dan Evon

Oct. 12, 2015

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