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Did Nike Offer ‘People of Color’ a 75 Percent Off Coupon?

Users of the controversial online forum 4Chan produced racially-charged and potentially dangerous fake coupons, in...

Was a ‘Pedophiles Are People Too’ Notice Posted Near an Oregon School?

A sign reading "Pedophiles are People Too" was briefly pinned to a telephone pole near...

Did a Sign for Starbucks Racial Bias Training Single Out White People?

A sign informing Starbucks customers that stores would be closed in order to "educate white...

Are People Adopting Pit Bull Terriers for the Sole Purpose of Euthanizing Them?

The #PitbullDropOff hashtag and related claims of mass dog killing stem from a sophomoric troll...

Is This the First Caravan Member to Be Granted Asylum in the United States?

A cynical attempt to smear asylum seekers in the 2018 “caravan” of immigrants is actually...

Is Starbucks Offering Coupons for Black Customers Only?

A Starbucks coupon for customers of "African-American heritage" only was a piece of divisive propaganda...

Did People Start Licking Toilets as a Protest Against Donald Trump?

A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet...

Does Barack Obama’s Official Portrait Contain Secret Images of Sperm?

Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack...

Is ‘LGBT’ Adding a ‘P’ for Pedosexuals?

Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" to represent "pedosexuals" originated with a...

Did an Anonymous 4chan User Predict the Las Vegas Shooting Three Weeks in Advance?

There is no proof that a vague post the day before the anniversary of 9/11...

Starbucks Dreamer Day

Starbucks Dreamer Day was a hoax concocted on 4chan's /pol/ forum as a way to...

Are People Identifying as ‘Clovergender’?

The term was evidently created by pranksters in order to mock individuals of non-binary gender.