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Doctor Finds Boys Missing Hamster Wedged Into 700 Pound Mom's Back Fat

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Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016 No, a doctor didn't discover a long-dead hamster rotting between folds of a morbidly obese mothe ...
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Was Yosemite Sam Banned

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Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016 A meme falsely claimed the Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam had been banned from television d ...
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Michelle Fields on Social Security

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Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016 In a discussion of Social Security, Fox News contributor Michelle Fields opined that "we shouldn ...
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Taco Bell Announcing Bankruptcy, All Stores Closing by 2018?

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Dan Evon
May 31, 2016 A prank news article generator tricked many social media users into believing the Taco Bell chai ...
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Photograph Shows 100,000 Bikers at Rally with Donald Trump

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Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016 A years-old photograph was used to illustrate claims that thousands of bikers attended a rally w ...
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Bernie Sanders Naps at Memorial Day Event

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Dan Evon
May 31, 2016 A photograph that appears to show the Democratic presidential candidate napping at a Memorial Da ...
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Sarah Palin on Slavery

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Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016 A quote purportedly from Sarah Palin saying that slavery wasn't the fault of the United States i ...
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Giant Alligator Spotted on Florida Golf Course

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Dan Evon
May 31, 2016 Large reptiles strolling around links are not an unusual sight in the Sunshine State.
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Racial Slur on Huck Finn's Receipt?

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Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016 An image of a racist epithet on a receipt from Huck Finn's in New Orleans is real and unaltered, ...
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Police Going to Pubs and Banning England Football Jerseys

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Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016 A tabloid reported that police in the UK were banning England football jerseys from pubs and clu ...
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'Rain Falling in One Spot'

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Dan Evon
May 30, 2016 A video purportedly showing "mysterious rain" all falling in "one spot" doesn't show rain at all.
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Chicks Hatched Without Eggshells

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Dan Evon
May 30, 2016 A video purportedly shows a group of high school students hatching a chick that developed outsid ...
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Orlando Shooter Was a Democrat?

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Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2016 In 2006 Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen registered to vote as a Democrat, but his recent p ...
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Denny's Waitress Assaulted by Muslims for Serving Bacon During Ramadan

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Snopes Staff
May 30, 2016 Junk news reports that Muslims targeted an 18-year-old Denny's restaurant server for taking orde ...
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Muslims Threaten Bikini-Clad Women with Stun Gun

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Dan Evon
May 30, 2016 A video showing a fight at a pool of unclear nature is shared with a fear-mongering story about ...
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Michigan Right to Farm Act Repealed

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Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2016 A misleading blog post recycled inaccurate claims from 2014 about changes to Michigan's "Right t ...
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Was the Bitter Almond Tree Banned in 1995 Because B17 Fights Cancer?

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Snopes Staff
May 30, 2016 The FDA has only cracked down on people peddling bitter almond derivatives as a cancer cure.
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Did the White House Watch the Benghazi Attack and Do Nothing?

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David Mikkelson
May 30, 2016 Claims that top Obama administration officials watched the Benghazi attack unfold in real-time b ...
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Hillary Clinton to Be Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges

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Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2016 A broken Huffington Post link circulated on social media suggested that Hillary Clinton would so ...
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Trump Haters and Trump Supporters

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Dan Evon
May 30, 2016 Photographs that purportedly show the difference between "Trump haters" and "Trump supporters" a ...
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