Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to ‘Radical Islamic Terror’?
An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly misleading summary of official UK statistics.
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Australian Gun Stats
Statistics do not demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997.
Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?
An Oxford University study that supposedly indicated "big butts make you smarter" was heavily distorted in news reports.
Earth’' Population as a Village of 100 People
What would the proportions of common traits be like if we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people?
Do We Only Use Ten Percent of our Brains?
Do we really use only ten percent of our brains?
Do People Swallow Eight Spiders Per Year?
One of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the internet.
Donkey Deaths
Are more people killed by donkeys every year than in airplane crashes?
Do Men Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds?
An old bit of accepted psychology holds that men, on average, think about sex every seven seconds.
Blonde Extinction
Are natural blondes likely to be extinct within 200 years?
Sneeze Equals Orgasm
Is sneezing seven times in a row the same as an orgasm?
Swallowed Lipstick
Does the average woman swallow six pounds of lipstick during her lifetime?
Understated Unemployment
Does the government understate the unemployment rate because they only report what percentage of people are collecting unemployment insurance?
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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.
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.
Was TV Host Bill Nye Arrested for Manufacturing and Selling Illegal Drugs?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Does Chick-fil-A Pay a $17 Starting Wage?
Company spokesperson: "Chick-fil-A restaurants are individually owned and operated, so wage decisions are made at the local level."