Did Mark Zuckerberg Announce That He’s Closing Facebook?
18 April 2018A 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’?
3 April 2018An 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!
1 April 2018A 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?
30 March 2018A 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?
29 January 2018The 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?
2 December 2017Reports 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?
6 April 2017Reports 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?
3 April 2017An 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
17 March 2016A video showing how gardeners can create hybrid kiwi-banana fruits is an old April Fool's Day joke.
Happy April Fool’s Day!
1 April 2017Here'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?
25 October 2016A photograph of a man with the word "Trump" tattooed on his forehead was hard to believe.
Donald Trump’s Harvard Rejection Letter
18 August 2016An image purportedly showing the rejection letter Donald Trump received from Harvard University is not real.
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Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?
13 June 2018In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of vaccinations.
Is This Video of a ‘Gyro Drop’ Amusement Park Ride Real?
14 June 2019The "Gyro Drop" is a real amusement park ride, but a popular video of it relies on some imagination.
Did U.S. Taxpayers Pay Over $90 Billion More Under Trump’s Tax Law?
11 June 2019The IRS collected $93 billion more from taxpayers in fiscal year 2018 than 2017, but that doesn't mean it's a harbinger of things to come.
Is This the ‘Sonic’ Character’s New Redesign?
10 June 2019Graphic artists "gotta go fast" to get Sonic the Hedgehog redesigned in time for the movie's 2020 release.
Did Obama Pledge ‘More Flexibility’ Toward Russia After the 2012 Election?
13 December 2016In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would have "more flexibility" to negotiate with Putin after the election.