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Did Audrey Hepburn Author These 'Beauty Tips'?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
David Mikkelson
May 16, 2001
"For attractive lips, speak with words of kindness," the viral quote begins.
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Is This a Real Quote by Nelson Mandela?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 9, 2020
A quote attributed to Mandela, former president of South Africa, said: "Fools divide themselves ...
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The American Dream Ended Last Night in Ohio?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 2, 2015
A speech by Franklin Graham laments that the American dream ended with the reelection of Barack ...
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Did Baltimore Sun Publish 'The Black Dilemma'?
Written by:
Dan Evon
June 10, 2015
The controversial essay has actually been circulating on the internet since at least September 2014.
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Did Bill O'Reilly Write an Essay Calling COVID-19 a Chinese Bioweapon?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
April 13, 2020
A conspiracy-tinged essay attributed to the former Fox News host went viral on social media.
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Did Johns Hopkins Publish This 'Excellent Summary' of COVID-19 Advice?
Written by:
Dan Evon
March 30, 2020
If you're looking for reliable COVID-19 information from Johns Hopkins University, please check ...
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Did George Washington Say This About Citizens' Right to Bear Arms?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2020
George Washington is in the running for the United States' most misquoted president.
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Did Joan Rivers Say Letting People Think You're Mean Is 'One of the Most Rebellious Things a Woman Can Do'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct. 27, 2022
She didn't say it, but it's possible she thought it.
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No Evidence Freud Made This Snark About the Irish
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct. 22, 2022
The quote is shared widely.
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Did Darwin Say It Is 'Not the Strongest of Species That Survives' but the 'Most Adaptable'?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 12, 2022
The English naturalist has often been the subject of misattributions.
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Is Macaulay Quote About 'Dominating' India with English Culture Real?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct. 11, 2022
A reader emailed us and said they spotted the quote meme on WhatsApp.
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Did Pope Francis Say This About 'Rivers Drinking Their Own Water'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 23, 2022
The quote has been online longer than Francis has been pope. A version of it even made it into a ...
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Did Marilyn Monroe Really Say This?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 20, 2022
"If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best," Monroe ...
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Did Thomas Paine Write, 'The Duty of a True Patriot Is to Protect His Country from Its Government'?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Sept. 14, 2022
We recommend taking a few seconds to search Google for reliable sources before blindly sharing q ...
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Did Queen Elizabeth Say This About the Need To 'Kick Some Ass'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 13, 2022
The Queen could be said to have kicked some proverbial ass during the Second World War, but did ...
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Did Morgan Freeman Say This About Stupidity?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 12, 2022
Freeman is frequently (and falsely) credited with morsels of viral internet wisdom.
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Did Marilyn Monroe Say, 'Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug. 4, 2022
The quote has become famous, but its original context was different than what many assume.
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Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Confuse 'Antenna' for a Country?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
July 19, 2022
According to a social media meme, Greene once said, "
I just bought a TV th ...
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Did Oprah Say, 'When People Treat You Like They Don't Care, Believe Them'?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
July 14, 2022
We looked back several years on social media to find the origins of a quote about a bit of life ...
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Did Thomas Jefferson Say Religious Institutions 'Undermine All Our Civil Rights'?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
June 28, 2022
We looked into the history of a quote attributed to Jefferson on the subjects of religious insti ...
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