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Will Posting This Notice Stop Facebook or Instagram from Making Your Posts Public?
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Did This Picture Show U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar in ‘Jihad Academy’?
A photograph of an unidentified woman was miscaptioned for political purposes.
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Was the Amazon Rainforest on Fire in August 2019?
As of this writing, portions of the Amazon rainforest reportedly were still burning.
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Can a Fetus Send Its Own Stem Cells to Repair Its Mother’s Damaged Organs?
Genetically distinct fetal cells can remain in a mother’s body for decades after birth and can even incorporate themselves into her organs.
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Did President Trump ‘Crash’ a Wedding and ‘Grope’ the Bride?
Trump was a guest at a wedding at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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Did a New Jersey Brother and Sister Win the Right to Marry Each Other?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Was the U.S. Congress Originally Paid Per Diem to Prevent Them from Raising Their Salaries?
Bad history does not make for good learning.
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‘Money Bags’ Calendar
Five Saturdays, five Sundays, and five Mondays in month is not a phenomenon that occurs only once every 800+ years.
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Social Media Hacker Warning
Accepting a Facebook friend request from a stranger will not provide hackers with access to your computer and online accounts.
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Is Tom Selleck a Trump Supporter?
As it turns out, Tom Selleck is not the same person as Jon Voight.
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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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Were Shell Workers in Pennsylvania Told to Attend a Trump Rally or Lose Pay?
Multiple news articles detailed a controversy surrounding the president's August 2019 visit to a Pennsylvania petrochemical plant.
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Did Donald Trump Call Himself the ‘Second Coming of God,’ the ‘Chosen One’ or the ‘King of Israel’?
Multiple internet memes and news reports played off comments the 45th president made in a series of statements in August 2019.
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Did ‘Fox and Friends’ Call Fred Rogers an ‘Evil, Evil Man’?
The segment prompted numerous rebuttals condemning the "maliciousness of the attack" on the legacy of the children's TV host.
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Were Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Created as an ‘Anti-Masturbatory Morning Meal’?
Numerous websites exaggerated the role of J.H. Kellogg's odd beliefs about sexual health in the creation of the breakfast cereal.
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Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict Trump Would Try to Buy Greenland?
The future-predicting abilities of "The Simpsons" have been exaggerated over the years.
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Hickory (NC) Walmart Human Trafficking Warning
According to Hickory police, no reports of attempted abductions or unwanted solicitations in local parking lots had been received.
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Did a ‘Dreamer’ Stab a Texas Couple to Death?
An unreliable website's claim about the immigration status of the suspect in a double-murder case appeared to rely on nothing but an assumption based on his name.
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Did the FEC Chair Ask Trump for Evidence of Voter Fraud, Writing ‘Lay Your Cards on the Table’?
A remarkably forthright open letter, supposedly written by Ellen Weintraub to the U.S. president, was shared online in August 2019.
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Did Rick Perry Fall For A Years-Old Social Media Privacy Hoax?
Posting a "legal notice" to a social media account has no real effect on the social platform, either.
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Is CVS a Major Donor to Trump’s 2020 Reelection Campaign?
CVS corporate and its associated PAC contributed $535,000 in donations in 2017 to political organizations that support Trump.
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Is This a Real Ad for a ‘Big Dick’ Machine Gun for Kids?
Something that was fine for children a century ago would now be considered inappropriate in so many ways.
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Was Malia Obama ‘Arrested Again’ Amid a Media Blackout?
Junk news websites continue to be obsessed with the Obama family.
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Do the Oldest and Weakest Wolves Really Lead the Pack?
A photograph of a wolf pack is commonly shared with an inaccurate description of the behavior of wolves.
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Does This Map Show Why We Need the Electoral College?
A map demonstrates the population disparity between densely populated Los Angeles County and much of the U.S.
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Are Ingredients in ‘Impossible’ and ‘Beyond Meat’ Burgers Indistinguishable from Dog Food?
The burger-imitation products do share a few ingredients with some brands of vegan, grain-free “ultra-premium” dog food.
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Did the Media Ignore President Trump’s Signing of a Bill to Clean Up the Oceans?
Despite what was claimed in a Facebook meme, the enactment of the 'Save Our Oceans Act' in October 2018 received more national press coverage than Obama's signing of an almost identical bill in 2012.
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Are Surplus Apples Hung for Free From Fences in Norway to Feed the Hungry?
One woman's kindness sparked rumors about the harvesting habits of an entire country.
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Is This Really a Video of a 10-Month-Old Baby Drawing?
Internet users were impressed with (and skeptical of) a video showing a baby drawing cartoon characters.
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Is this Phallic-Looking Object a Real Plant?
A viral image shows a Nepenthes plant in the early stages of developing its characteristic pit trap. This stage of growth has been described by some as “penile.”
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Did Jeffrey Epstein Have a Painting of Bill Clinton Wearing a Dress in His Flat?
Snopes spoke to the artist behind the painting, who could not corroborate August 2019 news reports that cited anonymous sources.
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Study: Too Many People Think Satirical News Is Real
In a news cycle full of clownish characters and outrageous rhetoric, it’s no wonder satire isn’t fully registering with a lot of readers.
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Did Charlie Chaplin Write the Poem, ‘As I Began to Love Myself’?
Sometimes the author of a poem gets lost in translation.
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Did Donald Trump Say Republicans Are the “Dumbest Group of Voters”?
Trump supposedly proclaimed that Republicans are the "dumbest group of voters" in a 1998 'People' magazine interview.
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Does Facebook’s Policy Allow Them to Use Your Photos in Ads?
Rumors have circulated for many years saying that all your photos are up for grabs.
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Did Beto O’Rourke Say Old People and Wounded Veterans Should Be ‘Thrown in the Trash’?
A widely-shared Facebook meme took aim at the 2020 Democratic presidential contender.
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Is This Rachel Chandler and President Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane?
The answer to "Who is Rachel Chandler?" is simpler than some think.
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Pentagon 9/11 Daycare Corral
Did 40 Marines rescue kids from a Pentagon daycare facility on 9/11, then enclose them in a protective corral of cribs?
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Did Trump Administration ‘Purge’ 200,000 VA Health Care Applications?
At least 200,000 applications for veterans' health care have been closed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Did Obama Admin Build Cages That House Immigrant Children at U.S.-Mexico Border?
While under scrutiny for treatment of migrants, the Trump administration has been shifting blame to its predecessor.
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Did the Japanese Government Ban Microwave Ovens?
No matter what language you hear it in, this rumor is shady.
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Did a Pride Flag Replace a POW/MIA Flag at Veterans Memorial Plaza?
Oddly, most of the outrage over this incident came after the problem had been fixed.
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Is a Dead Body Visible at Google Maps 52.376552,5.198303?
A Google Maps image supposedly captured a furtive corpse disposal.
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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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Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl
A civil suit against Donald Trump alleging he raped a 13-year-old girl was dismissed in California in May 2016, refiled in New York in June 2016, and dropped again in November 2016.
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Is a Testicular Blow Exponentially More Painful Than Childbirth?
There are no real winners in this contest.
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Does This Photograph Show ICE Arresting Small Children?
Although a photograph of handcuffed children is shared with the claim the youngsters were arrested by ICE, the image is unrelated to immigration.
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Conspiracy: Jeffrey Epstein ‘Body Double’ Photos Explained
Comparing a 15-year-old photo and a photo of a corpse may not be the best foundation for a conspiracy theory.
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Did Whoopi Goldberg Call Judge Jeanine Pirro a ‘Sand N***er?’
An unsubstantiated accusation that Whoopi Goldberg used a racial slur in reference to Judge Jeanine Pirro originated with a disreputable source.
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Did AG Barr Visit Jeffrey Epstein’s Prison Before His Apparent Suicide?
The claim comes from someone whose stated expertise on the topic is that in 1992 he repeatedly visited the same prison Epstein would be held in before the latter died in 2019.
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Will Posting This Notice Stop Facebook or Instagram from Making Your Posts Public?
"WARNING: Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow!"
Did This Picture Show U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar in ‘Jihad Academy’?
A photograph of an unidentified woman was miscaptioned for political purposes.
Was the Amazon Rainforest on Fire in August 2019?
As of this writing, portions of the Amazon rainforest reportedly were still burning.
Can a Fetus Send Its Own Stem Cells to Repair Its Mother’s Damaged Organs?
Genetically distinct fetal cells can remain in a mother’s body for decades after birth and can even incorporate themselves into her organs.
Did President Trump ‘Crash’ a Wedding and ‘Grope’ the Bride?
Trump was a guest at a wedding at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.