Fact Checks Archive

Did Biden Say ‘My Butt’s Been Wiped?’ The president appeared to be making a joke about how difficult it was to talk...

Unproven

Does Video Show Tom Brady Playing Catch with a Throwing Machine? Tom Brady is an accurate passer, but is he this accurate?

False

NYC Restaurant Sets World Record for Priciest Fries It's not the first record broken by Serendipity 3 with a menu item.

True

Does a NASA Photo Show ‘Blue Dunes’ on Mars? The picture was produced by Odyssey, the longest-serving space craft orbiting Mars.

Mixture

Did Richard Nixon Order Nuclear Strike On North Korea While Drunk? Even without Twitter, presidents can tangle foreign relations on a whim.

Does a Video Show a C-17 Globemaster Flying Between Buildings? A video of an 2018 aerial stunt went viral again in 2021.

True

Can Sheepshead Fish Bite People with Their ‘Human’ Teeth? The so-called "demon fish" have a mouthful of molars and two incisors.

True

Was the Olympics Torch Relay a Tool of Nazi Propaganda? The first torch relay took place during the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

True

Is This ‘Lego Gun’ Real? A customized Glock19, dubbed the "Block19," was briefly available for purchase in the summer of...

Mostly True

Did Kevin Hart Prank Nick Cannon By Sharing His Cell Number for ‘Advice on Fatherhood’? We called the phone number supposedly linked to Cannon, a father of seven.

True

Is This Meandering Quote From Biden Real? A quote starting "and the question is whether or not we should be in a...

Correct Attribution

Yes, the Cleveland Baseball Team Has a New Name The name change comes after years of advocacy by indigenous organizations.

True