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A woman pumping gas at a Circle K near a Walgreens was seen attempting to fill her tank while a yellow bag labeled sorry out of service covered the handle and a Build Back Better Biden bumper sticker appeared to be affixed to the car.

Viral Gas Pump Photo with Biden Sticker Was Digitally Altered A nonpolitical moment was made both political and misleading with the use of digital editing...

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Will Banks Have To Report All Transactions Over $600 to IRS Under Biden Plan? The American Families Plan has a reporting requirement for banks that has infuriated some.

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Are Members of Congress Exempt from the Federal Vaccine Mandate? Biden’s executive order took aggressive action to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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HIstorical photograph of two boys exposed to smallpox, one who had been vaccinated and one who had not.

Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox? In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of...

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Did Breastfeeding Baby Die After Mother Received COVID-19 Vaccine Dose? Health experts do recommend the vaccine be given to breastfeeding parents.

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Did Biden Say Vaccines Protect Against Hurricanes? Biden: "If you wind up having to evacuate, if you wind up having to stay...

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Did Giuliani ‘Turn Down a Knighthood’ from Queen Elizabeth II? The former New York mayor made an expletive-ridden speech in September 2021, at a commemoration...

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Did 1 in 500 US Residents Die From COVID-19 by September 2021? A total of nearly 664,000 people were lost to the virus in the United States...

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Is the ‘My First Vape’ Children’s Toy Real? "'My First Vape' has been specially made to be suitable for children 9 months or...

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Did a Plane Disappear and Land 37 Years Later? Armed with facts, we find that the mystery of Pan Am Flight 914 isn't much...

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Yes, a Billboard Paired Trump’s Picture with a Bible Verse About Jesus The billboard prompted some disbelief online.

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Is Coca-Cola Giving Away Free Bags with Goodies for their 125th Anniversary? A misleading post came from a fake Coca-Cola Facebook page created the same day the...

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Are Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw Getting Divorced? "I think it's the belief that you can't live in Hollywood and be happily married,...

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Do COVID-19 Vaccines Make You Infertile? Here are the facts behind claims of impotency, placenta issues, and swollen testicles.

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Did Biden Order VA to Withhold Health Benefits From Unvaccinated Veterans? The president indeed unveiled sweeping requirements for vaccines and testing that could impact as many...

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Yes, That New Insect Named for RuPaul Is Fabulous as Expected Condragulations. Shantay, you stay.

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An ad said to always place a toilet paper roll under the toilet seat at night and promised to say why but did not.

Should an Empty Toilet Paper Roll or Red Cup Be Placed Under the Toilet Seat at Night? Online advertisements promised what appeared to be a handy bathroom trick.

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Elvis Presley’s Hair Auctioned for $72,500 The hair was accompanied by "extensive" documentation.

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Was Walt Disney Frozen? Half a century onwards, the rumor that Walt Disney's body was put in cryonic storage...

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Did Glenn Beck Evacuate 5,100 Christians from Afghanistan? Beck said that his organization raised almost $30 million.

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Is This the Full Transcript of a Call from Flight 93 on 9/11? An online text purports to document a conversation between passenger Todd Beamer and phone operator...

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An email scam for Roundup weedkiller lawsuit legal matters is going around.

Roundup Weed Killer Settlement Scam Targets Gmail Inboxes The body of one scam email about a Roundup settlement claimed it came from "a...

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Confessions for the Holidays Ben Stein's 2005 commentary about the observance of Christmas circulates every holiday season.

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Did Biden Pull Down His Mask at 9/11 Ceremony? They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Did Prostitute Gerda Puridle Invent Fake Eyelashes To, Umm… Protect Her Eyes? WARNING: This history lesson begins with a decidely NSFW meme.

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Did Biden Check Watch Multiple Times During Transfer of Fallen Soldiers? During the dignified transfer of U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan, U.S. President Joe Biden appeared...

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Is Dina Sanichar the ‘Real-Life Mowgli’? The fantastical fictional work "The Jungle Book" may have some roots in the truth.

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No, Don’t Use Ivermectin-Soaked Tampons as COVID-19 Prevention Stay clear of this advice supposedly circulating on Facebook.

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Did Emma Raducanu Trademark Her Own Name Hours After US Open Win? The English tennis player emerged as one of the most exciting young athletes in the...

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Did ‘Mike the Headless Chicken’ Live for 18 Months After Losing His Head? Miracle Mike was, quite literally, running around like a chicken with its head cut off...

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Is This ‘Barack + Hussein + Obama = COVID-19’ Protest Sign Real? The math in this image isn't the only thing that's off.

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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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Despite misleading ads Lily from the AT&T ATT commercials did not have a controversial life behind the scenes.

Did Lily from the AT&T Commercials ‘Confirm Rumors’? For years, online advertisers have paid to push misleading claims about actress Milana Vayntrub.

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List purportedly shows employers who don't require or required or requiring their employees to get vaccinated including White House CDC FDA WHO Pfizer Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

Are White House Staff and Vaccine Company Employees Required to Get Vaccinated for COVID? On Sept. 9, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden detailed an update to the previously announced...

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Black Like Ike? President Dwight D. Eisenhower's racial background has sparked a number of long-circulating rumors, but there's...

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Did Tim Tebow Write Apocalyptic Facebook Post About ‘Cashless Society’? The former Denver Broncos tight end became a household name in the 2010s as an...

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Did 45K People Die Within 3 Days of Getting COVID Vaccine? Allegations were said to have come from a “government insider.”

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Does a Poignant Photo of Gay Men’s Choir Show Devastating Impact of HIV/AIDS? Since 1981, more than 300 members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus have died...

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Did Swedish Millionaire Johan Eliasch Buy 400K Acres of Amazon Rainforest? He allegedly paid $14 million for the land as part of his own conservation efforts.

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Texas Lawyer Arrested for Michael Myers ‘Halloween’ Prank The prank didn't make everyone laugh.

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Does Ivermectin Cause Sterility in Men? One study purportedly found that 85% of men who were given the anti-parasitic were sterile...

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Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wear ‘Tax the Rich’ Dress to Met Gala? Social media users widely shared pictures of the New York congresswoman, known as AOC, in...

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Does the Lawless Yellowstone ‘Zone of Death’ Exist? Reports speculate that “murder is legal” in this area.

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Dr Phil Divorce Settlement Phil's McGraw Has Finally Been Revealed Debbie Higgins Robin Million $1

Was Dr. Phil’s Divorce Settlement ‘Finally Revealed’ as $1M? An online advertisement that featured a picture of the famous therapist and his wife claimed...

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Was TV Host Bill Nye Arrested for Manufacturing and Selling Illegal Drugs? A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Jamie Lee Curtis: Male and Female? Long-standing rumor holds that actress Jamie Lee Curtis acknowledged in an interview that she was...

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Your Older Home Could Have Razor Blades in Its Walls Piles of hundreds of used razor blades are sometimes found in older homes during remodeling....

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Did Tanzania’s President Expose Faulty COVID-19 Testing by Submitting Non-Human Samples? Viral social media posts claimed Tanzanian President John Magufuli used samples from a fruit, quail,...

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Did Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Get New ‘Handmaid’ Uniforms? Under Texas' new law, citizens can sue anyone who performs, funds, or helps a person...

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Did David Muir ‘Reveal His Partner’ and Pose Shirtless? An online advertisement featured a shirtless picture of ABC News anchor David Muir and claimed...

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