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Aunt Jemima Through the Ages The controversial “Mammy” character has come to be seen as a “racial stereotype.”

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Climate Change Denial: Debunked Don’t get it twisted. Despite the rumors and politicized debate, human-caused climate change is a...

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Honest Abe in the Age of Digital Media More than a century after his death, the 16th U.S. president remains a contentious figure...

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A Rundown of Popular Rumors About Russia’s Attack on Ukraine As we watch one of the largest land wars in Europe since World War II...

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A Collection of Tips for Combating Online Misinformation Like a Pro To celebrate International Fact-Checking Day on April 2, 2022, the Snopes newsroom compiled some tools...

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Copypasta Copying, pasting and sharing hoaxes helps them spread online, sometimes for years.

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List: 24 Online Scams To Watch Out For A collection of emails, texts, and social media posts that advertise illegitimate giveaways.

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Albert Einstein: Quotes He Never Said and Other Facts When you think you know everything about the famous physicist...

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A Collection of Rumors About Olympic Games For years, corners of the internet have focused on the international games — sometimes absent...

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U.S. President Joe Biden is the subject of the Let's Go Brandon chant that began at a sporting event.

‘Let’s Go Brandon’: A Collection of Stories The right-wing joke based on a misheard chant has led to several stories from our...

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Did Trump Really Make These Gaffes About Italy? U.S. President Donald Trump's mid-October meeting with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella sparked some interesting rumors.

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Philanthropist-in-Chief and Presidential Salaries U.S. President Donald Trump isn't the first commander-in-chief to donate his presidential salary.

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