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Did a 1930s Cartoon Warn of Vaccine Misinformation? A remarkably prescient cartoon, dating back almost a century, resurfaced in 2021, as COVID-19 vaccination...

True

Did Michael Collins Joke That Neil Armstrong Should ‘Scream and Cut Your Mic’ During Moon Landing? Evidence is lacking for the authenticity of a zinger included in a 1998 TV series...

False

Was the Pentagon Built with Extra Bathrooms Due to Segregation? Segregation laws in America had a direct impact on the Pentagon's design and the people...

True

Was ‘Strange Fruit’ Written by James Baldwin’s High School Teacher? In April 2021, many readers became aware of a remarkable biographical link between the anti-racist...

True

Was the Titanic the First Ship to Issue an SOS? Legend holds that the first use of 'SOS' was by the Titanic, but ships had...

False

Are These Dildos Really 28,000 Years Old? The Hohle Fels phallus is popularly considered to be the oldest known dildo.

Miscaptioned

Was This Violin Played on the Titanic? None of the musicians aboard the Titanic survived the ship's sinking, but at least one...

True

Does US Rank No. 1 in Incarceration, Gas Consumption, Military Spending? "We're number one" isn't always a point of pride.

Mixture

Did Fred Hampton’s Mother Babysit Emmett Till? This isn't the only tragic connection between the two civil rights figures.

True

Rumors circulated in April 2021 that Prince Philip was of Greek origin.

Was Prince Philip Greek? The royal consort had a complicated family background involving exile and displacement.

Mostly False

Why is Prince Philip Not a King? Only Queen Elizabeth had the power to give her husband a title.

True

In the 1930s, wheat producers in the United States printed floral designs on flour sacks so that consumers could recycle the material as clothing.

Did Wheat Producers in the 1930s Make Flour Sacks To Be Fashioned Into Clothes? A viral Facebook post in April 2021 described a once common, but now widely forgotten...

True