11 October 2018 A viral image of one municipal ordinance regarding Halloween activities left viewers wondering whether police were going to be hauling off bigger youngsters for trick-or-treating.
5 May 2018 The Cinco de Mayo holiday is not a celebration of Mexico's achieving independence from Spain, nor is it a major holiday in Mexico.
7 November 2012 A spurious Wikipedia edit led to the rumor that a tradition of celebrating Veterans Day with ravioli dinners was initiated by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
22 April 2015 The date of Earth Day was not chosen as April 22 by a murderer to coincide with Vladimir Lenin's birthday.
5 March 1999 A compendium of superstitions and lore associated with the holy day of Easter.
17 February 2003 What are we celebrating on the holiday known as 'Presidents Day'? Is it really a holiday at all?
1 January 2003 Ring in 2019 with a compendium of superstitions associated with New Year's Day.
7 November 2000 Does the name of Boxing Day come from the need to rid the house of empty boxes on the day after Christmas?
18 December 2001 The image of Santa Claus as a jolly large man in a red-and-white suit was the standard long before Coca-Cola co-opted it for their advertising.
7 December 2000 Despite modern religious legends, candy canes were not created as Christian symbols representing the blood and purity of Jesus.
1 December 2013 The term 'Black Friday' did not originate with the practice of selling off slaves on the day after Thanksgiving.
27 October 2016 Unreliable web sites spun a news story about the Swedish Transport Administration nixing Christmas lights on street poles into a fictional tale about kowtowing to Muslim immigrants.
18 April 2019 A Breitbart report re-emerged on social media in the aftermath of the April 2019 fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
18 April 2019 A 2019 fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris sparked interest in the condition of France's other churches.
18 April 2019 The newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives are frequent targets of partisan misinformation.
18 April 2019 Pat Robertson definitely has a history of controversial statements.
17 April 2019 The same internet meme quoted Trump as saying he has 'tremendous respect' for Adolf Hitler.