Historic Hoaxes

‘Sawing New York in Half’ Hoax

If you can't move the people off the land, just move the land ...

Is This Tennis Champion Julie Richardson — in 1898?

An 1898 photograph of a woman named Julia Richardson was mistaken for a photograph of...

The Unhealthy Bathtub Was it once believed that taking baths was injurious to a person's health?

Top Fact Checks

Were This Fawn and Bobcat Found Huddled Together After a California Wildfire?

Does Pic Show Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell with the Pope?

Should a Bottle Always Be Put on Tires When Parked?

Did an MSNBC Producer ‘Follow’ a Bus Containing Rittenhouse Jurors?

No, the Rittenhouses Haven’t Sued Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg for Defamation