15 January 2019 - Social media memes compared a defensive wall built along the northern border of New Amsterdam during the 17th century to President Donald Trump's border wall.
2 January 2019 - The SS Warrimoo was reportedly once navigated to a point such that it simultaneously spanned four different hemispheres and two centuries.
6 December 2018 - Whether an economic theory involving McDonald's franchises and war literally holds true largely depends on one's definition of "war."
18 December 2018 - A Facebook meme highlighted the Puritan colonists' dim view of December 25 celebrations.
28 November 2018 - Henry A. Wallace's 1944 piece included a warning regarding the alliance of racists and "deliberate poisoners of public information."
21 August 2018 - A meme accurately recounts the life of a man born into slavery who stole a Confederate ship to rescue fellow slaves, became a war hero, and got elected to the U.S. Congress.
7 June 2018 - In a 1998 article about the pitfalls of making predictions about technological progress, the Nobel Prize-winning economist questioned the future role of the Internet.
25 May 2018 - A Facebook meme accurately describes some of Columbus's most brutal practices in the Caribbean.
25 May 2018 - News reports of a German football club's getting banned in 1934 after failing to give the Nazi salute are real, but the team's actions were not in protest of the Third Reich.
15 May 2018 - An Internet meme holds that the KKK touted its political power by marching en masse outside the convention, which allegedly became known thereafter as the "Klanbake."
3 May 2018 - A popular meme contained a mixture of myth, rumor, and facts (as well as a ridiculous digitally edited image) about the legendary United States president.
13 April 2018 - Objections to questions about citizenship on 2020 census forms stem from fears that the data might be shared with other agencies, as reportedly took place in World War II.
