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Is a Testicular Blow Exponentially More Painful Than Childbirth?
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Did Sons of Top Democrats Do Business in Ukraine As Part of Clinton-Linked Conspiracy?
Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in October 2019 in response to the Ukraine scandal that threatened Donald Trump's presidency with impeachment.
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Did Pelosi Divert $2.4 Billion from Social Security to Cover Impeachment Costs?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Chick-fil-A and Same-Sex Marriage
The fast food chain has been criticized for donating money to organizations that oppose same-sex marriage.
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Did Christopher Columbus Seize, Sell, and Export Sex Slaves?
A Facebook meme accurately describes some of Columbus's most brutal practices in the Caribbean.
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Were 300 Children Found Frozen Alive for Organ Harvesting?
A video of a tragic event was repurposed for social media clicks.
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Did Jane Fonda Betray American POWs in North Vietnam?
The long-standing claim that Jane Fonda turned smuggled messages from U.S. POWs over to their North Vietnamese captors is false.
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Can the Snakehead Fish Survive on Land?
An invasive species of fish is causing problems for wildlife officials in Georgia.
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Was TV Host Bill Nye Arrested for Manufacturing and Selling Illegal Drugs?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Does a Photo Show Trump’s Children with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman?
Real photographs do exist of Donald Trump with the men arrested on suspicion of scheming to funnel foreign money into his campaign.
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Did a Starbucks Executive Say That ‘White Men Are the Root of All Evil’?
A notorious junk news web site grossly distorted comments made by Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer.
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Will Dangerous Cosmic Rays Pass Close to Earth ‘Tonight’?
This claim has been around for years and makes no scientific sense whatsoever.
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EXCLUSIVE: Expanding Pro-Trump Outlet ‘The BL’ Is Closely Linked to The Epoch Times
Both The Epoch Times and The BL deny any connection whatsoever. Our report makes that a challenging argument to defend.
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Did Monica Lewinsky Offer to ‘Take One For (the) Team’ to Get Trump Impeached?
A crude joke spread quickly online in the wake of an impeachment inquiry into the U.S. president.
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Are Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw Getting Divorced?
"I think it's the belief that you can't live in Hollywood and be happily married, but you can," Robin McGraw declared.
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Is Kik Messenger App Shutting Down?
CEO of Kik Interactive Ted Livingston made a major announcement in late September 2019 in a Medium blog post.
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Did Justin Trudeau Stop Teaching at a Vancouver Private School Under the Cloud of a Sex Scandal?
Days before Canada's 2019 federal election, rumors emerged about the future prime minister's 2001 departure from the West Point Grey Academy.
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Canned Pumpkin Isn’t Actually Pumpkin?
Just ahead of the fall holidays, a viral social media rumor suggested the pumpkin in pumpkin pie is secretly produced from other squash.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
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Did a Plane Disappear and Land 37 Years Later?
Armed with facts, the mystery of Pan Am Flight 914 isn't much of a mystery.
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Does a C-SPAN Video Show Joe Biden ‘Confessing to Bribery’?
The U.S. may have pushed for the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor, but not for the reasons implied in a video clip.
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Is Olive Garden Funding Trump’s Re-Election?
One tweet can cause a storm of sharing ... and massive headaches for companies unfairly targeted for boycotts.
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Did Hillary Clinton Say ‘I Would Like to See People Like Donald Trump Run for Office’?
“In fact, when you say businessmen and women, I can’t help but think of a particular one that I would just love to see running for the presidency at some point in the future."
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Did Ivanka Trump Say Hunter Biden Benefited from Nepotism?
Two prominent U.S. political families sniped at each other over alleged abuses of influence.
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Steve Jobs Deathbed Speech
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did not leave behind a deathbed warning about how the "non-stop pursuit of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me."
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Did a Plane Narrowly Avoid a Fuel Tanker During a Failed Terrorist Attempt?
This nearly disastrous event didn't occur in Algeria (or any other real-world location).
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Was Shepard Smith Fired from Fox News?
2017 reports that Fox News anchor Shep Smith had been fired by chairman Rupert Murdoch for being "too controversial" were junk news.
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Did Dems Write to Ukrainians in 2018 Asking Them to ‘Investigate Trump’?
Three Democratic senators reached out to Yuriy Lutsenko, the prosecutor general of Ukraine, in May 2018.
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Did Barnes and Noble Market a Parody of Trump’s Presidency as a Children’s Book?
Some social media users reacted with outrage to the publication of "If You Give a Pig the White House" in October 2019.
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Was Global Warming Data ‘Faked’ to ‘Fit Climate Change Fictions’?
That adjustments are made to records of climate is neither a scoop, nor a secret, nor a controversy.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The story of William Kamkwamba, aka "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," is true, but it isn't new and has been extensively covered in the media.
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Did China Grant a Trademark to Ivanka Trump for Voting Machines?
The first daughter said in 2018 that she would be closing down her business to focus on her work in Washington.
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Was a Banner Hung from Trump Tower Saying He ‘Betrayed and Murdered Kurdish People’?
President Trump's decision to abandon Kurdish allies in Syria has drawn criticism from a wide range of groups.
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Did Canada Legalize Bestiality?
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the country's current legal definition of bestiality only bans penetrative sexual acts with animals, but it didn't legalize any other similar activities.
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Is ‘Trumpy Bear’ a Real Product?
As seen on TV: "The fearless, super-plush American grizzly"
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Did St. Patrick Wipe Out an African ‘Pygmy’ Tribe, the First Inhabitants of Ireland?
A long-standing theory of ancient Irish history describes the genocide of the Twa pygmies, purportedly the original source of the "leprechaun" myth.
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Does Carrying a Blue Halloween Bucket Signify That a Trick-or-Treater Has Autism?
A viral Facebook post created the misleading impression that carrying blue pumpkin buckets on Halloween is a recognized signifier for autism.
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Was Comedian Kevin Hart Paralyzed After a Car Crash?
Kevin Hart was severely injured but not 'paralyzed' after a September 2019 automobile accident.
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Does a Vintage Advertisement Show Boy Eating a Stick of Butter?
An image purportedly showing a vintage advertisement for butter was created as a joke.
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Does a Failed Impeachment Nullify Presidential Term, Allow Extra Reelection?
On the flip side, if a president is impeached (but not convicted), is that person prevented from running for a second term?
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Did Senator Richard Blumenthal Misrepresent His Military Service?
The Connecticut Democrat admitted making false and misleading claims about his military service record but insisted he had "misspoken."
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Is This a Photo of Trump’s Thinning Hair Blowing in the Wind?
U.S. President Donald Trump's hair continues to be a subject of much online debate.
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Have Democrats Tried to Impeach Every GOP President Since Ike?
The question arises in light of the U.S. House of Representatives' launching of an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump in fall 2019.
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Is Anchor Butter Contaminated with HIV?
A new variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods or beverages takes aim at a popular brand of butter.
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Were ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ Characters Created to Represent Different Mental Disorders?
A popular theory holds that the characters in 'Winnie-the-Pooh' stories each represents a different mental disorder.
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The Life of Colonel Sanders
Supposedly flat broke and suicidal at 65, KFC's Colonel Sanders parlayed his Kentucky-fried chicken recipe into a multi-billion-dollar business by age 88 — or did he?
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Is This a Video of a ‘Hypnotized Chicken’?
The strange act of "hypnotizing" chickens was first described in the 1600s.
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Delivery Courier Scam
A scammer used debit card information gleaned during delivery of unordered 'gifts' to make unauthorized ATM withdrawals.
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Did Starbucks’ Exec Rosalind Brewer Say She Dislikes White People?
An old, false claim was resurrected in a new blog post with the same basic, factual errors.
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Did the Obamacare Website Cost More Than What It Will Cost to Build Trump’s Border Wall?
A spurious quote attributed to actor/comedian Tim Allen was shared by one of President Donald Trump's sons.
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Is a Testicular Blow Exponentially More Painful Than Childbirth?
There are no real winners in this contest.
Did Sons of Top Democrats Do Business in Ukraine As Part of Clinton-Linked Conspiracy?
Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in October 2019 in response to the Ukraine scandal that threatened Donald Trump's presidency with impeachment.
Did Pelosi Divert $2.4 Billion from Social Security to Cover Impeachment Costs?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Chick-fil-A and Same-Sex Marriage
The fast food chain has been criticized for donating money to organizations that oppose same-sex marriage.
Did Christopher Columbus Seize, Sell, and Export Sex Slaves?
A Facebook meme accurately describes some of Columbus's most brutal practices in the Caribbean.