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 contains 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.
12 April 2018 The life story of Anna Mae Dickinson, dubbed the "luckiest woman alive," is amazing — and fictional.
13 April 2018 A pro-gun rights meme gets some facts right, but it misrepresents the truth behind an old high school yearbook photograph.
28 March 2018 Revisionist accounts of the origin of the National Rifle Association say it was formed to help freed slaves defend themselves against racist attacks after the Civil War.
23 March 2018 A shadowy Watergate-era figure who claims he had personal access to Richard Nixon says the president showed him a letter confirming the existence of extraterrestrials.
14 March 2018 After a violent Native American uprising in 1862, President Lincoln signed off on 39 executions but also prevented the deaths of 264 other Dakota combatants.
