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Were Blood, Dog Feces Hidden Inside Starbucks Products? Although an Atlanta Starbucks briefly closed after complaints of contamination, these rumors stemmed from a...

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Are Refugee Tuberculosis Rates in San Diego ‘More Than 100 Times Greater’ Than the National Average?

17 August 2017

A California scientist told us that Breitbart's story on his team's 2013 study was "not...

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Starbucks Dreamer Day

7 August 2017

Starbucks Dreamer Day was a hoax concocted on 4chan's /pol/ forum as a way to...

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Mysterious Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino Expected in April 2017 A new Starbucks drink is rumored to involve pink and purple glitter and contain no...

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Did Starbucks Place Trump’s Photo on the Floor So Every Customer Has to Step on It?

19 February 2017

An image showing a President Trump welcome mat on the floor of a Starbucks was...

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Are Evolution Fresh Drinks ‘Poison’?

6 February 2017

A hoax shared on Facebook claimed that Evolution Fresh brand cold-pressed juices and smoothies were...

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Starbucks #WelcomeRefugees Promotion

31 January 2017

An image showing a promotion at Starbucks that exhorts customers to provide the name "Aloha...

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Starbucks Pledges to Hire 10,000 Refugees

30 January 2017

CEO Howard Schultz said the company is doubling down on its commitment 'to welcome and...

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Trump Supporters Start #TrumpCup Starbucks Fad

18 November 2016

Supporters of Donald Trump engaged in a social fad via Starbucks and the hashtag #TrumpCup.

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Starbucks CEO Admits Plot to Lure Customers Into Satanism

3 November 2016

A spoof of the Starbucks "holiday cups" controversy held that CEO Howard Schultz admitted he...

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Starbucks’ New Cups Already a Source of Controversy

1 November 2016

The Seattle-based coffee giant has introduced a new green cup with a design intended to...

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Women Barred from Saudi Arabia Starbucks

10 February 2016

A store in Riyadh was temporarily closed to women while a functional "gender segregation wall"...

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