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Did Trump Supporters Leave Trash Behind After ’45 Fest’?
20 June 2019If there's one common denominator of festivals, tailgates, and rallies, it's trash.
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Will Woody Be Openly Bisexual in ‘Toy Story 4?’
3 June 2019A niche genre of 'satire' gives animated characters sexuality.
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Did Trump Campaign Offer Actors $50 to Cheer Him at Prez Announcement?
20 June 2019The Trump campaign denied knowing a contractor hired a casting agency for the candidate's 2015 campaign-announcement rally.
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Is this Phallic-Looking Object a Real Plant?
28 March 2019A 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 a Man Fall into Coma After Discovering Wife Owned House They Rented?
21 June 2019Anecdotal reports of a man finding out his wife owns the house they've been renting were making the rounds in Africa years before this meme.
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Escherian Stairwell
6 May 2013A video documenting the existence of a never-ending 'Escherian Stairwell' is itself an illusion.
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Are Rosaries Being Taken from Immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border?
31 May 2018Rosaries are among personal belongings confiscated from immigrants when they are arrested at the southern border of the United States.
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Is This Giant Fossil for Real?
21 June 2019The fossil was first discovered in 1947 and dubbed a “fossil truck tire” before geologists inspected it.
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Is This ‘Pedosexual’ Pride Sign Real?
21 June 2019This is not the first bad-faith attempt to connect the LGBTQ community to pedophilia.
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Does an X-Ray Show Hundreds of Bubble Tea Pearls in a Teen’s Stomach?
19 June 2019We were able to loosen up some information about this image with the help of the American Gastroenterological Association.
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Did Obama Pledge ‘More Flexibility’ Toward Russia After the 2012 Election?
13 December 2016In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would have "more flexibility" to negotiate with Putin after the election.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Graduate Cum Laude from Boston University?
3 April 2019While "bartender" may be the most frequently mentioned part of her résumé, the congresswoman has quite a few other accomplishments to her name.
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Will Posting This Notice Stop Facebook from Making Your Posts Public?
4 June 2012"WARNING: Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow!"
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Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Get It Free?
19 June 2019It's a familiar trope on the internet but remains factually challenged.
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Was Frank ‘Rocky’ Fiegel the Inspiration for ‘Popeye’?
20 June 2019According to local folklore, "Popeye the Sailor Man" was based on a real-life person from Chester, Ill.
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Did Denzel Washington Leave the Democratic Party Because He ‘Had It with the Lies’?
19 June 2019A false theme that has been online since the 2016 was given new life by junk news.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
15 February 2019Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
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9 ‘Facts’ About Slavery They Don’t Want You to Know
17 August 2016A widely circulated list of historical "facts" about slavery dwells on the participation of non-whites as owners and traders of slaves in America.
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Is This Video of a ‘Gyro Drop’ Amusement Park Ride Real?
14 June 2019The "Gyro Drop" is a real amusement park ride, but a popular video of it relies on some imagination.
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Did Sexual Assault Allegations Against Donald Trump Only Start With the 2016 Election?
Although many women accused then-candidate Trump of sexual assault during the 2016 election, that wasn't the first time that he faced these sorts of allegations.
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Did Michael Kors Say ‘I’m Tired of Pretending I Like Blacks’?
1 February 2015Yet another false rumor proclaimed that a famous businessperson expressed disdain for blacks using his company's products.
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The Tragic Life of Keanu Reeves
14 December 2016You'll need a hanky to make it all the way through this sad viral video recounting the tragic life story of "Matrix" actor Keanu Reeves.
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Did Reality TV Star Beth Chapman from ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Pass Away?
22 April 2019The star, who has been battling cancer since 2017, was hospitalized in early April 2019.
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Drano Bottle Bombs
27 April 2010A viral alert warns about neighborhood residents finding unexploded 'bottle bombs' in their yards.
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Was Donald Trump at Ground Zero Searching for Survivors Two Days After 9/11 with Workers He Paid For?
11 September 2018A meme echoes President Trump's 2001 comments about having hundreds of workers search for survivors after the terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.
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Are ‘Black Diamond’ Disney VHS Tapes Worth Thousands of Dollars?
2 June 2016Multiple blogs have claimed that "Black Diamond Collection" Disney films on VHS are worth thousands of dollars, but the tapes are not rare nor selling for nearly that much.
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Greg Comer Prayer Request
25 April 2017The lack of dates in prayer chains often causes confusion about the validity of such messages.
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Does This Image Show a Traffic Jam on China’s 50-Lane Highway?
28 March 2019A photograph showing a "50-lane traffic jam" in China is real, but the accompanying caption is a bit misleading.
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Were There Irish Slaves in America, Too?
24 September 2016Questionable sources maintain that the plight of so-called "Irish slaves" in early America was worse than that of African slaves. Historians beg to differ.
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Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl
23 June 2016A 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 Tina Turner ‘Gravely Ill’ With Stomach Cancer or Other Disease?
2 May 2019The legendary singer revealed in her 2018 autobiography that she had coped with bouts of cancer, stroke, and kidney disease.
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Is This a ‘Possum-Eating’ Spider?
18 June 2019Reports indicate a really big spider ate a really small possum in Australia.
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Was Rapper XXXTentacion Found Alive?
15 April 2019Is a reverse death hoax even more callous than a death hoax?
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Does a Meme Show Starving Citizens in Venezuela Eating Garbage?
20 June 2019A Turning Point USA meme that claimed to showcase poverty in Venezuela co-opted an unrelated image from another time and place to do so.
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Guam Reaches the Tipping Point?
3 April 2010Rep. Hank Johnson said he feared that stationing 8,000 Marines on Guam would cause the island to 'become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.'
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Did Police Shut Down a Nightclub for Fostering Cannibalism?
18 June 2019An unreliable website shared a scare story with a xenophobic twist in June 2019.
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Did Johnson and Johnson Admit Their Baby Products Contain Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde?
18 September 2015Johnson & Johnson reformulated their shampoo to remove formaldehyde, but that process was completed years ago and was based on consumers' unrealistic fears of chemicals.
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Is Disney Making a Live-Action ‘Hercules’?
19 June 2019Anonymous, unverified accounts on Twitter typically aren't the best sources for reliable news.
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Were Two Young Black Men Lynched in Oklahoma Without Media Attention?
7 May 2018Some have called the murder and dismemberment of two African-American men over a gun sale gone wrong a "modern lynching."
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Did Comedian Steve Harvey Praise President Trump as a Politically Incorrect ‘Fixer’?
4 March 2019Facebook users attributed an unusual analogy about "raccoons" to "Steve Harvey" in early 2019. But which Steve Harvey?
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Did Cars Melt in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait Due to a Heat Wave?
10 July 2018Images showing "melted" cars in are real, but the extreme heat came from a nearby construction fire, not the sun.
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Were an American Couple Killed by Isis While Trying to ‘Prove Humans Are Kind’?
16 August 2018A widely-shared article potentially confused some readers about the motives of a couple murdered in Tajikistan in July 2018.
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Was the Russian Sleep Experiment Real?
28 August 2013An account describing the horrific results of a 'Russian Sleep Experiment' from the late 1940s is a work of modern creepy fiction.
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Did Stormy Daniels Die and Leave a ‘Suicide Note’ with a Stunning Admission?
19 June 2019That might be difficult ... the adult film actress and vocal critic of Donald Trump is alive and well.
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Did a 5G Cellular Network Test Cause Hundreds of Birds to Die?
13 November 2018The theory that a 5G network test caused the unexplained death of birds in The Hague relies on such a test's actually having taken place.
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Carmen Winstead
10 October 2006The ghost of a teen named Carmen Winstead supposedly strikes down those who don't repost her story on Facebook.
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Did Jane Fonda Betray American POWs in North Vietnam?
21 June 2000The 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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Were 16 Girls Impregnated After a Teenager Ejaculated in a Pool?
12 February 2016The story of a girl becoming pregnant in a shared swimming pool is an old urban legend, but this particular version of it originated with a fake news site.
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Were ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ Characters Created to Represent Different Mental Disorders?
21 August 2018A popular theory holds that the characters in 'Winnie-the-Pooh' stories each represents a different mental disorder.
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Do the Oldest and Weakest Wolves Really Lead the Pack?
22 December 2015A photograph of a wolf pack is commonly shared with an inaccurate description of the behavior of wolves.
