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Fake Celebrity Quotes That Fooled the Internet

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Shannon Sanford Jordan Pennington
Jan. 25, 2024 As inspirational as some of these quotes may be, they prove just how important it is to double-c ...
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21 Word Origins the Internet Got Completely Wrong

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 24, 2024 As it turns out, people have a propensity to make false claims about word origins.
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Celebrity Death Hoaxes That Fooled Readers

Written by:
Shannon Sanford
Jan. 22, 2024 We sorted fact from fiction so you wouldn't have to.
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Word Origins the Internet Got Completely Wrong

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 16, 2024 Word origins (etymology) is every bit the serious academic discipline you might expect it to be ...
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Don't Tempt Fate With These 15 Bad Luck Superstitions

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Shannon Sanford
Jan. 15, 2024 There's scant evidence to prove these bad luck superstitions are based on anything other than qu ...
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7 Trivia Facts to Lighten Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine David Emery Jessica Lee
Nov. 22, 2023 Between meal planning and awkward conversations, the annual feast can be stressful. Let Snopes a ...
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4 False Rumors About Tom Hanks That Went Viral Recently

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Jessica Lee
Aug. 18, 2023 He's not playing MLK in an upcoming Netflix movie, and a photo supposedly showing him in a pro-T ...
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Examples of a Deceptive Photography Trick: Forced Perspective

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Aleksandra Wrona
May 22, 2023 A technique known as "forced perspective" is behind images of giant frogs, massive rats, and eno ...
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9 Wild Rumors About the Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels Affair

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David Emery
March 20, 2023 Sometimes it feels as though the internet is one gigantic tabloid gossip sheet.
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9 Doctored Pics and Deepfakes of Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
March 4, 2023 The Ukrainian president has long been the subject of viral fauxtography and misleading videos.
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16 Examples of Misleading (or False) 'Copypasta' Messages

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb. 26, 2023 This type of post asks people to copy, paste and share text — and doesn't always relay the truth.
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Look Out For These 'Copypasta' Messages on Facebook

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb. 23, 2023 Not only is Facebook the source of many copy-and-pasted texts but the subject, as well. Here are ...
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Presidential Trivia: 50 Short Stories About US Presidents

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Jessica Lee
Feb. 16, 2023 With tales of alleged affairs, drunken decisions, and pet alligators, some of these anecdotes ar ...
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