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Did Man at Capitol Riot Die After Accidentally Tasing Himself? Five persons died in conjunction with the Capitol riot, but some reports surrounding their deaths...

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Were Capitol Riot Attendees Added to FBI’s No-Fly List? While videos show people who were removed from flights for being unruly or refusing to...

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Did a ‘Convicted Terrorist’ Sit on the Board of a BLM Funding Body? The past crimes of Susan Rosenberg reemerged in the summer of 2020, amid a new...

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Was ‘TRUMP’ Carved into a Florida Manatee’s Back? Harassing a manatee comes with a price tag of up to $100,000 if convicted.

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Did Clarence Thomas’ Wife Ginni Sponsor 80 Buses to Capitol Riots? The wife of the Supreme Court justice has been a vocal activist for fringe right-wing...

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Did Members of Congress Provide ‘Reconnaissance Tours’ Before Capitol Riots? New Jersey Representative Mikie Sherrill made the assertion on a Facebook Live broadcast and has...

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Was ‘I Am Legend’ Set in 2021? And was the "zombie outbreak" caused by a vaccine?

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Did Rep. Boebert Tweet About Speaker Pelosi’s Location During Capitol Riot? As rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol. Boebert tweeted: "The Speaker has been removed from...

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Was Pope Francis Arrested on Charges of Child Trafficking? "Pope Francis is currently being held in an unknown prison," reported the Conservative Beaver, hours...

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Image of old book, "Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey"

Is “Baron Trump’s Marvelous Underground Journey” a Real Book from the 1890s? Two books from the 1890s contain seemingly eerie connections to modern-day politics.

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Does a Photo Show Rep. Boebert With Insurrectionists on US Capitol Steps? This is not the first controversy to surround U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert since the U.S....

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Did the FBI Warn of Armed Protests at ‘All 50 State Capitols’? Congress has been briefed on a number of potential threats of violence planned for the...

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Are These Screenshots About Armie Hammer’s ‘Cannibal’ Lifestyle Real? The actor’s purported sexual kinks set the internet aflame.

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Did Pelosi ‘Remove’ Gender-Specific Words from Use in the House of Representatives? Right-leaning observers and commentators reacted angrily to proposals made by the Democratic House Speaker in...

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Does an Impeached US President Lose Benefits? Being removed from office is not the only potential consequence of impeachment.

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Did Woman Who Died at Capitol Riot Carry a ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Flag? Macabre online speculation surrounded the death of Georgia resident Rosanne Boyland during the Jan. 6,...

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Did The Weeknd Get Plastic Surgery? The artist's "Save Your Tears" music video got people asking questions.

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Is Martial Law ‘Imminent’ Before Biden’s Inauguration? Seems odd that a pastor in rural Texas would be the first to get the...

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Did Trump Watch Capitol Riots From a Private Party Nearby? Donald Trump Jr. posted a video of the Trump team smiling and dancing with music...

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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Did Trump Tell Supporters to Storm US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? Here's what the president said hours before right-wing extremists breached the Capitol.

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Did Trump Invoke Insurrection Act? Parler posts alleged Trump had invoked a law to use military force against political opponents.

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Did ‘Antifa’ Jake Angeli Collude With Nancy Pelosi’s Son-in-Law? Jake Angeli, who dressed in horns and furs during the U.S. Capitol riot, was the...

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Did NPR Publish Article Describing Capitol Riot Before It Happened? The original headline went through at least two updates as the story developed.

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No, AOC Didn’t Tweet About ‘The Purge’ U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the frequent target of internet rumors and disinformation.

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Has Rudy Giuliani Been Disbarred? As public anger grew over the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters,...

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Viral Post ‘How To Fight Covid at Home’ Provides Problematic Advice Though not all of the post's assertions lack a theoretical basis, their applicability to COVID-19...

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Did Donald Trump Jr. Tweet That Being Impeached Was ‘Deplorable’? Shifting political tides often make previous public statements seem embarrassing in retrospect.

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Did Consumers Sue Over Alleged Hair Loss Ingredient in TRESemmé Shampoo? A viral Facebook post, and online articles, reported a potentially significant class action lawsuit against...

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Did ‘Elizabeth From Knoxville’ Use an ‘Onion Towel’ To Make Herself Cry? A video of a woman who participated in rioting at the U.S. Capitol went viral...

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No, Apple Isn’t Shutting Off the Emergency Broadcast System A rumor about the alert system on Apple phones originated with an unreliable source.

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Was an ‘Anti-Antifa’ Shirt Worn at US Capitol Riot? To be clear, the word antifa is short for anti-fascist.

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Was ‘America’s Frontline Doctor’ Simone Gold at US Capitol Attack? Readers may remember Gold from the notorious "White Coat Summit" of 2020.

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Did US Capitol Police Officer Take a Selfie With Rioter? A known white nationalist recorded the clip that went viral amid the chaos of the...

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Was Giuliani Photographed with Capitol Rioter Jake Angeli? The man photographed wearing horns at the siege on the U.S. Capitol is apparently not...

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Dennis Guthrie’s Letter to Nancy Pelosi An op-ed piece about health insurance reform legislation prompted a Charlotte lawyer to send a...

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Did OnlyFans Delete Trump’s Account After Capitol Attack? The subscription-based, video-sharing service is best known as a platform for sex workers and pornography.

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Were Panic Buttons Removed From Democratic Lawmaker’s Office Prior to Insurrection? The circumstances under which the buttons were allegedly "torn out" of U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley's...

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Does Website for Wisconsin Republicans Say ‘Prepare for War’? The St. Croix County Republican Party supposedly kept the phrase on its website, despite requests...

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Was Trump at Cheyenne Mountain Military Base Looking at ‘Evidence’ From Pelosi’s Stolen Laptop? Claims that Trump viewed "evidence" on the laptop quickly went viral.

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Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict Pro-Trump Horned Rioter Jake Angeli? Either way, we love the character name "Groundskeeper Willie."

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Is a Testicular Blow Exponentially More Painful Than Childbirth? There are no real winners in this contest.

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RapeX, the South African Anti-Rape Condom A prototype anti-rape device was fashioned as a female condom with teeth lining the inside.

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Is This ‘Trump Army’ Fundraising Email Real? The Trump campaign launched the "Army for Trump" website in March 2020.

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Was Chuck Norris at the Capitol Riot? These photographs are real, but this person is not Chuck Norris.

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Was a Noose Hung Across from the US Capitol? It would be just one of many disturbing images to emerge from the pro-Trump riots.

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Did Feds Handcuff an ‘Irrational’ Nancy Pelosi and Raid Her Office? A routine review of content labeled satire

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Was a ‘Biden Election Official’ Arrested for Election Fraud in Texas? An arrest for election-related offenses in Texas in January 2021 had no connection to the...

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Is 6MWE an Anti-Semitic Proud Boys Slogan? A Proud Boy wearing a shirt with the acronym 6MWE combined with a fascist symbol...

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Nancy Pelosi Was Just Taken from Her Office in Handcuffs? Reports that the House Minority Leader was taken from her office in handcuffs for plotting...

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The Myths Behind the Tattoos Worn by ‘QAnon Shaman’ Jake Angeli The defining image of the storming of the US Capitol on January 6 was undoubtedly...

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