We are the internet’s go-to source for discerning what is true and what is total nonsense. Before you scroll further, a few tips on how to “snopes”:
Thousands upon thousands of fact checks and investigations live in our archives. You might want to bookmark this page.
Shortcut to the most popular or most recent content when you visit the Hot 50 and What’s New pages.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Send us a note. Your tip could be our next assignment.
For more than two decades Snopes.com has reliably reported the facts at no charge to readers, but our work is far from free to produce. Please make a contribution today.
Interested in some fine print? Click here.
All proceeds from our store help support Snopes.
The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, has died at age 90.
A group of conservative lawmakers in Ohio has introduced a bill to outlaw abortion outright except to save the pregnant woman’s life.
Britain’s Prince Andrew says he doesn’t remember a woman who has accused him of sexually exploiting her in encounters arranged by Jeffrey Epstein.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Millions of Americans are choosing to experience the impeachment hearings through media filters that depict the proceedings as either a worthless sham or like Christmas in November.
Twitter says its new ban on political ads will cover appeals for votes, solicitations for campaign contributions and any political content.
A popular phishing scam targets Netflix users.
Critics maintain the bill prevents students from being penalized if their work is scientifically wrong, as long as their reasoning is based on their religious beliefs.
The longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.
Sometimes the truth is smellier than fiction.
Exceptionally high tidal waters surged through Venice again, prompting the mayor to close St. Mark’s Square and call for more donations for repairs just three days after the Italian lagoon city suffered its worst flooding in 50 years.
Taylor Swift said that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcoming Netflix documentary on hold because the men who own her old recordings won’t allow her to play her songs.
Astronauts began an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station.
Featured on Snopes today: An invention for "centrifugal birthing," that time Donald Trump saved the Veterans Day parade, and the cutest "unicorn" puppy you'll ever see.
A picture posted to the Iowa Republican's Twitter timeline drew backlash.
Many may assume the term "OMG" originated with teens and smart phones.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Social media posts and memes badly misrepresented the facts surrounding the November 2019 resolution of a high-profile lawsuit against the president.
Authorities have arrested a woman whose husband’s corpse was found in a freezer in a bedroom inside their southwest Missouri home, where it may have been stored for nearly a year.
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ability to defy investigations.
Costco is not giving out free coupons to Facebook users to celebrate the company's anniversary.
The Earth is constantly surrounded by "near-earth objects."
A routine review of content labeled satire.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Reports of the death of actor Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson are fake news.
Bud Light is not giving away free 24-packs of beer to Facebook users to celebrate the company's anniversary.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Costco is not giving out free coupons to Facebook users to celebrate the company's anniversary.
An online Dunkin' coupon offering that promises a free box of donuts is part of an anniversary giveaway scam.
"Any contest or sweepstakes JetBlue runs would be hosted on an official JetBlue channel."
