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False Authority

15 May 2017 - The bare-faced truth about all those Lost Legends at snopes.com

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Is ‘Trumpy Bear’ a Real Product?

11 January 2018 - As seen on TV: "The fearless, super-plush American grizzly"

Was a Group of High Schoolers Photographed Performing a Nazi Salute?

13 November 2018 - Officials launched an investigation into the photograph of Baraboo High School students after it was posted on Twitter.

Were Ewok-Like Creatures Called ‘Chay Na Men’ Found Near a Cave in Thailand?

12 November 2018 - Ewoks, for the time being, can still only be found on the fictional forest moon of Endor.

Secret Sisters Gift Exchange

12 November 2018 - A "Secret Sister" gift exchange scheme spread via social media promises windfalls it can't deliver.

Comic Book Genius Stan Lee, Spider-Man Creator, Dies at 95

12 November 2018 - As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as its publisher, Lee was widely considered the architect of the contemporary comic book.

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Did All Democrats Vote Against a 2.8 Percent Social Security COLA Increase?

18 October 2018 - Social Security cost of living allowances are established by formula and don't require Congressional approval.

‘Got Another Friend Request from You’ Facebook Warning

7 October 2018 - A warning about a Facebook user's supposedly having received a second friend request from you is mostly useless.

Is This a Photograph of Christine Blasey Ford with Bill Clinton?

25 September 2018 - Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is apparently a Zelig-like figure who has met and posed with every prominent American liberal.

Is This a Photograph of Christine Blasey Ford Partying?

23 September 2018 - Apparently any photograph of a woman semi-clothed and drinking can be used to smear the credibility of someone who reported a sexual assault.

Did a ‘New Deadly Spider’ Species Kill Several People in the U.S. in the Summer of 2018?

22 August 2018 - A viral, scare-mongering Facebook post fabricated a series of fatal spider bites and used photographs of the relatively harmless woodlouse spider.

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