Dan Evon

Dan Evon is a Chicago-based writer who has been sifting through the sludge of social media since 2009. Prior to joining the editorial staff at Snopes.com, he was the editor-in-chief of Social News Daily, a senior writer for The Inquisitr, and covered motorcycle racing for All About Bikes Magazine.

A Toronto restaurant renamed burgers as office supplies so people could expense them.

Did Toronto Restaurant Rename Burgers as Office Supplies?

13 March 2021

The Receats — or receipts — campaign gave people an underhanded opportunity to expense some...

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A video from 2ncs on Instagram showed a blue car evading police by bouncing off of two other cars.

Did This Driver Evade Police By Bouncing Off Two Vehicles?

8 April 2021

According to a viral video, the driver started by jumping the car off an entrance...

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Person, Human, Astronaut

Did NASA Warn Astronauts Not to Masturbate in Space?

22 July 2022

Some news outlets definitely use sensational and misleading titles to generate clicks.

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Watercraft, Vessel, Transportation

Did the ‘USS Al Gore’ Get Stuck in Ice?

16 February 2021

The truth about this meme may be inconvenient.

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Did Al Gore Certify Election Results of Bush’s Victory?

5 January 2021

The vice president does not have the authority to reject a state's chosen electors.

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Al Gore’s Home Energy Use

28 February 2007

Does Al Gore's home consume twenty times as much energy as the average American house?

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Was a ‘President Gore’ Headline Published by Washington Times in 2000?

8 November 2020

Beware of headlines from an alternative history.

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Does Border Wall Construction Threaten Native American Burial Sites?

11 February 2020

According to Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, explosions occurred on Monument Hill where a Tohono O'odham...

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Head, Face, Person

Does The Rock Own a T. Rex Skull?

19 January 2022

Just how much does The Rock like old rocks?

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Tie, Accessories, Accessory

Did Rupert Murdoch Say Fox News Only Cares About Ratings, Not Facts?

27 April 2021

If they were real, these quotes would be front page news — not meme fodder.

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Was the ‘Star Wars’ Imperial March Played for President Trump During UK Visit?

3 June 2019

The Band of the Grenadier Guards played several songs during the president's visit to Buckingham...

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Did Biden Fart in Front of the Duchess of Cornwall?

8 November 2021

As they say, whoever spread the rumor was the one who laid the boomer.

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