Did Mark Zuckerberg Announce That He’s Closing Facebook?
A video purportedly showing Mark Zuckerberg announcing that closure of Facebook is a digitally altered hoax.
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Is Daniel Radcliffe Starring in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’?
An April Fool's Day prank featuring a fan-made movie poster left some aficionados of the Harry Potter universe disappointed.
2018 April Fools’ Day Roundup!
A collection of the best japes sprung on unsuspecting internet users as part of the annual April Fool's Day tradition.
Is President Trump Planning a Monument to the War on Christmas?
A humorous article was just a seasonal jape, but not quite in the way that many readers recognized.
Has Pluto Been Officially Reclassified as a Planet?
The decade-long debate over Pluto's planetary status has provided fodder for April Fool's Day jokes and fake news.
Did Tokyo Open the First Human Meat Restaurant?
Reports that a new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world to legally offer human meat to diners are fake news.
Dragon Skeleton Discovered in Iceland?
Reports that the remains of a mythical beast were found in the Nordic island nation were just an April Fool's Day hoax.
Was a Centuries-Old Underground City Discovered Beneath Cades Cove?
An April Fool's Day joke about a mysterious city discovered beneath the Smoky Mountains was mistaken for a genuine news item.
How to Create a Hybrid Kiwi-Banana Fruit
A video showing how gardeners can create hybrid kiwi-banana fruits is an old April Fool's Day joke.
Happy April Fool’s Day!
Here's a roundup of some of this year's best (or worst) April Fool's Day pranks.
Is ‘Trump’ Tattooed on This Man’s Forehead?
A photograph of a man with the word "Trump" tattooed on his forehead was hard to believe.
Donald Trump’s Harvard Rejection Letter
An image purportedly showing the rejection letter Donald Trump received from Harvard University is not real.
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Did Sanders Propose Raising Taxes to 52% on Incomes Over $29,000?
A popular meme appears to have conflated two different tax proposals from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.
Is Quaden Bayles 18 Years Old?
After receiving financial support from a wide range of celebrities, a bullied boy with dwarfism was accused of lying about his age.
Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?
If a prediction is only noticed after an incident occurs, is it really a prediction?
Bernie Sanders’ 1972 Essay on Rape
Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign tried to distance him from a 1972 essay in which he wrote that a woman "fantasizes being raped by three men simultaneously."
Did a Montana Man Sell Jerky Made From Human Meat?
A routine review of content labeled satire.