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Person, Human, Poster

Top 8 Most Read Snopes News Stories in 2021

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Jessica Lee
Dec. 16, 2021 Our newsroom does fact-based, explanatory journalism via two methods: fact checks with truth rat ...
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Top 7 Super Bowl Myths and Legends

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David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2016 A compendium of the most popular legends and rumors associated with the Super Bowl. How many ha ...
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FALSE: Terrorist Exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl Now Top ISIS Commander

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David Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 2014 Rumor: Prisoners swapped in exchange for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl now top 'ISIS leaders.'
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Top DNC Officials Out After Leaked E-Mail Scandal

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Kim LaCapria
Aug. 2, 2016 Three more top DNC officials are out following Wikileaks' publication of 20,000 of the organizat ...
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Some Top State Department Officials Resign as Trump Administration Takes Over

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David Emery
Jan. 26, 2017 A State Department spokesman said the resignations of four career foreign service officers weren ...
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Landscape, Nature, Outdoors

Will Using Twitter's Tip Jar Sometimes Send Recipient Your Address?

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Madison Dapcevich
May 7, 2021 Product testers warned of a potential security issue.
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Did a Cheesecake Factory Customer Receive Misleading 'Tip Suggestions' on His Receipt?

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Dan MacGuill
Sept. 27, 2017 A viral Facebook post shows an authentic credit card receipt for a Cheesecake Factory order with ...
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Top 7 Myths and Legends About the Super Bowl

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David Mikkelson
Feb. 4, 2015 A compendium of the most popular legends and rumors associated with the Super Bowl. How many ha ...
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Tennis Ball, Sport, Ball

Top 10 Most Popular Snopes Fact Checks in 2021

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Jessica Lee
Dec. 16, 2021 A page debunking a rumor that Biden had pooped his pants during a meeting with the pope is No. 1.
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A video on Reddit claimed to show pills burning on top of a stove and they turned out to be calcium gluconate from Russia.

Is the Video of Pills Burning on Top of a Stove Real?

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Jordan Liles
Jan. 31, 2022 The video showed 10 pills growing into a snake-like form above the flames from the stovetop that ...
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Top Ten 9/11 Rumors and Conspiracy Theories

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David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 2014 The ten most widely circulated rumors and conspiracy theories associated with the 9/11 terrorist ...
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A close-up composite image of a single red blood cell balanced on the very tip of a needle at high magnification.

Is This a Red Blood Cell on the Tip of a Needle?

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Dan Evon
March 1, 2017 A photograph purportedly showing a red blood cell on the tip of a needle is actually a composite ...
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Do Trump's Top Advisers Believe He is Misleading Them About Russian Blackmail?

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Bethania Palma
Jan. 30, 2017 An unverified report stemming from an unidentified Twitter user who claims to be a White House i ...
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Audience, Person, Crowd

Top General Blasts Rep. Matt Gaetz for 'Offensive' Comment About Military Being 'Woke'

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Bethania Palma
June 24, 2021 And the exchange went viral.
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Did Biden's US Justice Department Send 'Top People' to Manhattan to Arrest Trump?

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Alex Kasprak
March 21, 2023 At least one former high-level Biden DOJ official was involved in the Manhattan DA's local case ...
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Did This Soldier Refuse to Tip Because His Service Should Be Enough?

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David Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 2015 Rumor: A military member refused to leave a tip at a restaurant because he said his service was ...
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A white woman wearing red lipstick and blue eyeshadow looks towards the camera. On the side of her head towards the camera, she has her hair pulled into a pigtail with a white bow.

Are These Real Pics of Taylor Swift from 2009 NY Times Mag Photoshoot?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Dec. 12, 2023 Old photographs of the singer dressed in doll-like outfits went viral in 2023.
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Mysterious 'Pyramid' Was Caught on Camera Atop Scottish Mountain?

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Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 4, 2023 "Portal alert," someone posted.
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Did Trump Tap Giorgio A. Tsoukalos for Secretary of the Space Force?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 29, 2018 A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as ...
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Did the Obama Transition Team Keep a 'List of Muslims For Top Jobs'?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
April 16, 2019 It's unclear why a story from the 2016 election cycle was circulating in 2019.
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