Fact Checks Archive

Does This NASA Photo Show a ‘Portal’ and ‘Wall’ on Mars? It's either a door leading to another celestial dimension ... or part of a rock.

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Roe Leak: No, Justices Didn’t Argue Against Abortion to Boost ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ Abortion-rights activists responded with outrage to a footnote from the draft opinion overturning Roe v....

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According to a rumor Richard Tyler Blevins aka Ninja tweeted I am in the middle of carrying a League of Legends game about to close it out and my braless wife brings me a sandwich not asked for with chips as I get a double kill bot lane and so how is your day going.

Did ‘Ninja’ Tweet ‘My Braless Wife Brings Me a Sandwich’? Twitter users celebrated the first anniversary of the original tweet by reposting the message to...

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Was George Soros’ Son ‘Behind’ SCOTUS Leak? The logic presented on a junk news website leaves much to be desired.

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Did Hitler Say He’d Put an ‘End to the Idea That a Woman’s Body Belongs to Her’? "Nazi ideals demand that the practice of abortion shall be exterminated with a strong hand,"...

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No, NASA Does Not Plan To Send ‘Nude Pics’ into Space Snopes spoke with NASA and the lead author of a popularly cited study to clarify.

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A picture of Joy Behar said that Elon Musk issued a tender offer to buy The View outright for $17 and a coupon for a free appetizer at Applebee's.

Did Elon Musk Offer to Buy ABC’s ‘The View’? A meme about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the daytime talk show "The View," and an...

False

did amber heard snort cocaine during trial?

Does Video Show Amber Heard Sniffing Cocaine at Depp v. Heard Trial? A video purports to show the actor's sneaking a bump mere feet away from the...

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No, Pregnancy Tests Do Not Contain Plan B Pills Please, do not eat any part of a pregnancy test.

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The Price Is Right host Drew Carey did not endorse keto pills.

Is ‘Price Is Right’ Ending After Drew Carey Endorsed Keto? A paid ad on Facebook showed a picture of "The Price Is Right" host Drew...

False

There's no record that Elon Musk said the words in the quote I hate when people confuse education with intelligence or you can have a bachelor's degree and still be an idiot.

Did Musk Say ‘I Hate When People Confuse Education with Intelligence’? We looked for the origins of a quote about confusing education with intelligence that has...

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witness farted johnny depp amber heard trial

Did Witness Fart Loudly While Testifying in Depp v. Heard Trial? This rumor doesn't pass the smell test.

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