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Was Memorial Day Created By Former Slaves to Honor Union War Dead?

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David Mikkelson
May 27, 2013 One legend associated with the creation of Memorial Day holds that it was started by former slav ...
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Did Franz Kafka Invent Letters from a Missing Doll to Comfort a Little Girl?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Mar 9, 2021 "In the end, love will return in another way," the renowned author of "The Metamorphosis" was qu ...
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Was the sinking of the Titanic planned by financier J.P Morgan?

False Rumor Suggests Sinking of Titanic Was Inside Job

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Sep 15, 2022 We wish we could say that the memes pushing this rumor were created simply as a joke to troll co ...
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Are U.S. Railroad Gauges Based on Roman Chariots?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 16, 2001 The eventual standardization of railroad gauge in the U.S. was due far less to a slavish devotio ...
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Did Wright Brothers Fly Same Year NYT Said Flying Machines Could Take 10M Years To Develop?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 12, 2023 The claimed amount of time between the New York Times editorial being published and the Wright b ...
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Does This Pic Show Neil Armstrong's Family Watching Him Lift Off to Moon?

Written by:
Damakant Jayshi
May 11, 2023 LIFE magazine arranged for the astronaut's family to watch the liftoff from a boat the publisher ...
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Is This Queen Elizabeth II on Her Coronation Day in 1953?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sep 19, 2022 Princess Elizabeth became queen at age 25, after the death of her father, King George VI.
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Yes, This Pic Shows Jet that Landed Safely After Roof Was Ripped Off Mid-Flight

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Nur Ibrahim
Apr 29, 2023 A flight attendant was killed after being "sucked through the opening," and more than 60 people ...
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Did a Bargain Hunter Find Original Print of Declaration of Independence?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jun 29, 2000 A lucky bargain hunter got more than he bargained for when he purchased an old painting.
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Is This List of 'Communist Rules for Revolution' Real?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug 16, 2000 A list of 'Communist Rules for Revolution' was supposedly discovered by Allied forces in Germany ...
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Were There Irish Slaves in America, Too?

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David Emery
Sep 23, 2016 Questionable sources maintain that the plight of so-called "Irish slaves" in early America was w ...
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Did St. Patrick Wipe Out an African 'Pygmy' Tribe, the First Inhabitants of Ireland?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jul 29, 2019 A long-standing theory of ancient Irish history describes the genocide of the Twa pygmies, purpo ...
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Did Buzz Aldrin Take Communion on the Moon?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 7, 2010 Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin said he wanted to perform "some appropriate symbolic act regardi ...
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That Time Feb. 30 Was a Real Date on the Calendar

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David Emery
Mar 13, 2023 If you were born on a Leap Day and find that aggravating, imagine being born on a day that then ...
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Did Robert F. Kennedy Say People Who ‘Stop History in Its Tracks’ ‘Fear the Future’?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Mar 1, 2023 They “invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed,” he allegedly said.
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Could Women Not Do These 9 Things in 1971?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sep 3, 2019 A viral list recounts some of the bumps on the road to gender equality.
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Do These Photos Show a 1939 Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb 21, 2020 It wasn't the only Nazi rally to take place in 1930s New York.
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Did President Nixon Hide Proof of Alien Life in a Time Capsule?

Written by:
David Emery
Mar 23, 2018 A shadowy Watergate-era figure who claims he had personal access to Richard Nixon says the presi ...
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Did Prostitute Gerda Puridle Invent Fake Eyelashes To, Umm... Protect Her Eyes?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb 3, 2021 WARNING: This history lesson begins with a decidely NSFW meme.
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Is This a Real Article Claiming Frida Kahlo 'Gleefully Dabbles in Art'?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Aug 29, 2021 A Detroit newspaper article, allegedly written in 1933, reviewed the iconic artist before she wa ...
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