Were Inmates Abandoned at Orleans Parish Prison During Hurricane Katrina?
13 September 2018 Inmates at Orleans Parish Prison reported that they spent several days in flooded cells without food or water while awaiting rescue after Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina
Is the Trump Administration Price Gouging Puerto Rico Evacuees and Seizing Passports?
28 September 2017 The Trump administration did not implement a Department of State policy that was widely rumored as being applicable to Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees.
Did Physicist Michio Kaku Say HAARP Caused Irma and Harvey?
11 September 2017 A 2013 CBS video segment about weather modification was dishonestly reframed as a clip about Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
Hurricane Irma Rumor FAQ
9 September 2017 Hurricane Irma has prompted the showering of social media with rumors, astonishing photographs, and other questionable claims.
Mexican Troops Aided U.S. After Hurricane Katrina?
5 September 2016 As Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, so too did a rumor Mexico sent troops to assist Louisiana residents during Hurricane Katrina.
Were Hurricane Katrina ‘Looting’ Photographs Captioned Differently Based on Race?
1 September 2005 News photographs alternately described subjects of different races as 'looting' or 'finding' supplies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Blame Blanco
2 June 2015 Did Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco decline a request to declare an emergency?
Earth’' Population as a Village of 100 People
7 April 2015 What would the proportions of common traits be like if we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people?
Do We Only Use Ten Percent of our Brains?
25 July 2014 Do we really use only ten percent of our brains?
Spiders Swallowed Per Year
28 April 2014 Does the average person swallow eight spiders per year?
Donkey Deaths
6 April 2014 Are more people killed by donkeys every year than in airplane crashes?
Blonde Extinction
2 August 2013 Are natural blondes likely to be extinct within 200 years?
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