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Is ‘Breaking Bad’ Leaving Netflix in February 2025?

Written by:
Damakant Jayshi
May 8, 2023 According to reports, Netflix has the license for the popular crime series until February 2025.
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Did Lady Gaga’s College Classmates Create Facebook Page Insulting Her?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Apr 30, 2023 It was allegedly titled "Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous."
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Alphabet, Text, Symbol

Did FedEx Fire a Driver Who Refused To Deliver to Pro-Biden Homes?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 27, 2021 Vincent Paterno bragged online about refusing to deliver packages to left-leaning customers. Onl ...
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Will Trump Be Handcuffed During His Arraignment on Hush-Money Charges?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Mar 31, 2023 Experts say it's unlikely, but this is uncharted territory.
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TikTok's logo is on both a phone and in the background of a bigger screen.

Is TikTok Banned in China?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 23, 2023 Douyin, China's version of TikTok, is available within the country.
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A tweet and Reddit thread claimed that President Donald Trump signed his signature on a NAFTA agreement in the wrong place by mistake.

Did Trump Sign a 'NAFTA Agreement' in the Wrong Place?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb 15, 2022 A moment from U.S. President Donald Trump's time in the White House resurfaced on Reddit in 2022.
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The word "Unproven" in yellow says over a photo. On the left of the photo stands a white woman wearing a leopard print dress and pink robe, while to the right it says in pink "I dress more provocatively and risque than any drag queen in Tennessee. Lord I hope."

Did Dolly Parton Say This About Drag Queens?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 14, 2023 She has said before that she would be a drag queen if she hadn't been born a girl.
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Three white people stand near a wall. The two on the right are wearing dresses.

Did Tennessee Ban the Classic Movie 'Some Like It Hot'?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 9, 2023 The state recently passed a ban on so-called "adult cabaret performances" that feature male or f ...
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War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It's hardly a civilized pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.

Did Walter Cronkite Say War Is 'a Form of Madness'?

Written by:
David Emery
Mar 3, 2023 Cronkite, a veteran war correspondent and broadcast journalist, was once regarded as "the most t ...
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Albert Einstein.

Did Albert Einstein Say World War IV Will be Fought 'With Sticks and Stones'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 16, 2018 A quote appears to paraphrase remarks made by the famed physicist — but he wasn't the first to w ...
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Person, Human, Clothing

Did NASA Reject Hillary Clinton’s Childhood Dream of Becoming an Astronaut?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Feb 25, 2021 The space agency did not allow women astronauts when Hillary Rodham was a young girl.
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Did a 1930s Marijuana Expert Testify that the Drug Turned Him into a Bat?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb 22, 2023 According to decades of lore, federal marijuana expert James Munch testified in court that two p ...
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Did Nixon Hide Proof of Alien Life in a Time Capsule?

Written by:
David Emery
Mar 23, 2018 A shadowy Watergate-era figure who claims he had personal access to Richard Nixon says the presi ...
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Mozart

Did Mozart Write an Aria To Lampoon a Head-Bobbing Soprano?

Written by:
David Emery
Feb 13, 2023 Legend has it Mozart so disliked a singer whose head bobbed up and down when she sang that he wr ...
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Former U.S. President Barack Obama once said of U.S. President Joe Biden, "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up."

Did Obama Say 'Don't Underestimate Joe's Ability to F*ck Things Up'?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct 26, 2022 We looked for the origins of a quote that said former U.S. President Barack Obama purportedly wa ...
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Did Keanu Reeves Say, 'I Buy Myself Clothes. I Have Great Times by Myself'?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 28, 2023 The "sad Keanu" meme strikes again.
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Is This a Real Photo of a Cat Sitting Like a Human?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 19, 2023 This eerie image had some comparing the feline to otherworldly beings.
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carole baskin

Was Carole Baskin's Former Husband Don Lewis Found Alive in Costa Rica?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 18, 2023 The flower-crowned Big Cat Rescue owner has long been the target of macabre but unfounded rumors ...
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Person, Human, Art

Was ‘Muffin Man’ Song a Warning to Kids About 16th-Century Serial Killer?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Feb 12, 2021 The baker reportedly lured children to their death by dangling muffins from a string.
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Is a Deceased Pope Tapped with a Silver Hammer to Verify He's Dead?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Apr 2, 2005 Legend holds that part of the process of determining that a pope has died is to call for him to ...
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