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Shannon Sanford
Shannon Sanford

Shannon Sanford is a freelance writer assigned to come up with fun content from Snopes' archives. 

10 9/11 Conspiracies that Still Persist Today

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Shannon Sanford
March 15, 2024 Amid chaos comes plenty of rumors and conspiracies, and we're here to debunk them all.
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5 Elon Musk 'Facts' That Have Been Debunked

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Shannon Sanford
March 14, 2024 His eccentricity (dare we say ... outlandishness?) can make it difficult to separate fact from f ...
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20 Climate Change Rumors that Don't Hold Water

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Shannon Sanford
March 13, 2024 Facing the facts can be tough, especially when it comes to climate change.
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10 Times People Accused Fox News of Lying

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Shannon Sanford
March 12, 2024 Can they really get away with this?
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This satellite image taken at 3:06 p.m. EDT and provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Ian making landfall in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Fla., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, as a catastrophic Category 4 storm. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Rumors That Are Downright Dangerous

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Shannon Sanford
March 11, 2024 It's time to separate fact from fiction and weather the storm of misinformation together.
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20 Times People Accused CNN of Lying

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Shannon Sanford
March 8, 2024 In recent years, the 24/7 cable news network has become something of a cultural punching bag.
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A rumor said that USPS would be temporarily suspending mail services in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

20 Online Scams to Watch Out For

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Shannon Sanford
March 7, 2024 Unfortunately, that text is not from a company that wants to send you free money. It’s just ano ...
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A false rumor claimed that a video showed a naked Joe Biden whipping a female sex slave.

Pearl Harbor Rumors That Live in Infamy

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Shannon Sanford
March 6, 2024 We're taking a look at some of those rumors and which ones actually stand up to scrutiny.
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Jimmy Carter: Unveiling the Truth Behind the Rumors

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Shannon Sanford
March 5, 2024 Jimmy Carter stopped a nuclear meltdown? What else can this guy do?!
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Smartphone Warnings You Can Safely Ignore

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Shannon Sanford
March 4, 2024 Seriously, don't worry about these warnings. It won't do you any good.
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Food Myths We All Fell For

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Shannon Sanford
March 1, 2024 Could peanut butter be used to diagnose Alzheimer’s? Can you use it for a home test?
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20 Myths and Facts About the Moon Landing

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Shannon Sanford
Feb. 29, 2024 Apparently some people think it was all a Stanley Kubrick film? Talk about a masterpiece!
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Historical Facts and Rumors About America's Presidents

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Shannon Sanford
Feb. 28, 2024 From fake quotes to rumors about mental fitness and even photos of presidents cozying up to thei ...
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Fake Celebrity Quotes That Fooled the Internet

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Shannon Sanford Jordan Pennington
Jan. 25, 2024 As inspirational as some of these quotes may be, they prove just how important it is to double-c ...
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Rumor: Golf courses have 18 holes because 18 shots makes up a bottle of scotch.

21 Word Origins the Internet Got Completely Wrong

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 24, 2024 As it turns out, people have a propensity to make false claims about word origins.
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Celebrity Death Hoaxes That Fooled Readers

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 22, 2024 We sorted fact from fiction so you wouldn't have to.
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Word Origins the Internet Got Completely Wrong

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 16, 2024 Word origins (etymology) is every bit the serious academic discipline you might expect it to be ...
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Don't Tempt Fate With These 15 Bad Luck Superstitions

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 15, 2024 There's scant evidence to prove these bad luck superstitions are based on anything other than qu ...
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