Bernie Sanders Gives Bank of America Speeches?
A misleading web rumor claimed Bernie Sanders gave the same sort of highly-compensated speeches to Wall Street for which he criticized Hillary Clinton.
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Was the Comic Strip ‘Peanuts’ Renamed ‘Radishes’ in Denmark?
Rumor: The 'Peanuts' comic strip was renamed 'Radishes' in some international newspapers because locals were not familiar with real peanuts.
‘Grapes of Wrath’ Japanese Mistranslation
Rumor: The title of John Steinbeck's novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' was mistranslated into Japanese as 'The Angry Raisins.'
Donkey Kong Naming
Was the title of the arcade game 'Donkey Kong' the result of a mistranslation?
Glass Slippers Mistranslations
Were Cinderella's slippers made of fur, not glass?
U.N. Mistranslation
A tale of an embarrassing mistranslation at the United Nations.
Starion / Stallion Confusion
Was the Mitsubish Starion supposed to have been the 'Stallion'?
Osco Renaming
Were Osco drug stores changed back to the Sav-On name because 'asco' means 'disgust' in Spanish?
Pepsi Brings Back Ancestors
Was 'Come Alive With Pepsi' mistranslated in China as 'Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Dead'?
Disgruntled Former Lexicographer
Disgruntled Random House employee sneaks unusual definition of 'mutton' into the publisher's 1999 dictionary.
Ma Sacrée Toux!
Did a misinterpretation of Napoleon's complaint about his cough result in the unintended slaying of 1,200 prisoners?
Moomba
Did the name of Australia's annual Moomba festival come from a derogatory Aboriginal term?
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Did an 11-Year-Old Girl Shoot and Kill ‘Illegal Aliens’ Burglarizing Her Home?
The fake story of two undocumented immigrants burglarizing a home and being killed by a little girl with a shotgun is more than a decade old.
Did the Obamacare Website Cost More Than What It Will Cost to Build Trump’s Border Wall?
A spurious quote attributed to actor/comedian Tim Allen was shared by one of President Donald Trump's sons.
Did Tanya McDowell Get 5 Years for Sending Her Son to a Better School While Felicity Huffman Got 14 Days?
Memes comparing Tanya McDowell to various school-related criminal cases surface frequently.
Is This a Photo of Two Whales Beneath the Samuel De Champlain Bridge?
Digital editing can create some surreal looking scenes.
Did 41 Percent of Trump Supporters Favor Bombing a Fictional City from ‘Aladdin’?
Public Policy Polling found that a surprising percentage of voters advocated attacking a non-existent city from a Disney film.