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Did a Delta Pilot Die Mid-Flight Due to COVID-19 Vaccination? An FAA spokesperson said: "The FAA has found no evidence such an event occurred."

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Does ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Include a Munchkin Suicide? One of the most ubiquitous of film legends holds that a munchkin hanged himself on-camera...

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A rumor claims that the FBI found a 9/11 hijacker's airplane ticket on the morning of September 11 2001 just moments after one of the towers collapsed.

Did FBI Find a 9/11 Hijacker’s Plane Ticket Moments After North Tower Collapsed? The story was mentioned on a podcast by investigative journalist Chris Hansen.

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Did Trump Instruct Republicans Not To Vote in 2022 or 2024? Typically, current or former politicians send the opposite message to voters.

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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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Meteorite Hits Canadian Woman’s Home It was a 100 billion-to-one shot.

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Does Facebook Have ‘Shake-to-Report’ Feature That Lands Users in ‘Facebook Jail’? As of late May 2019, a new Facebook feature allowing users to report technical problems...

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SCAM ALERT: Texas Roadhouse Vouchers on Facebook The bogus promotion ran on at least 13 separate inauthentic Facebook profiles, in September 2021.

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The claim is that a Southwest Airlines pilot or other employee hung a Gadsen flag that said don't tread on me from a cockpit on a grounded plane.

Did a Southwest Airlines Employee Fly a ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ Flag from Cockpit? We looked to find the origins of the viral photograph of the Gadsden flag.

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Edward Mordrake, the Man with Two Faces Was a nineteenth-century Englishman named Edward Mordake (or Mordrake) born with a malevolent "second face"...

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Did Raising Cane’s Send Corporate Staff To Work as Cooks, Cashiers Amid Labor Shortage? From the office to the deep fryer they reportedly went.

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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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No Evidence Southwest Pilots Called Out Due to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Southwest Airlines canceled a large number of flights, but not for the reason some claimed.

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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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Does This Cat Have an Unusually Deep Voice? A video purportedly shows a feline with an extremely deep meow.

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A Facebook meme claimed and mentioned Trump's America and Biden's America and showed empty and full shelves in a grocery store.

Viral Grocery Store Meme Uses 2018 Photo To Illustrate ‘Biden’s America’ Not only were the pictures misleading, but the meme used a broad brush to place...

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Was ‘Squid Game’ Doll Borrowed from South Korean Carriage Museum? Displaying this giant murder doll can't be good for business.

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Does Video Show an 800-Foot Underwater Atomic Blast in 1958? As of this writing, the video had been viewed more than 11 million times across...

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Do COVID-19 Vaccines Change the Color of Human Blood? Some organisms do have blue blood — just not humans.

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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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Were These Electric Cars Abandoned Because Their Batteries Failed? An anti-electric car post shows the results of a failed business model rather than a...

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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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A ‘Columbus Day’ Claim Debunked in 1892 In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but he never actually set foot in...

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Is Olive Garden Going Out of Business? An online ad promoting a list of restaurants closing in 2020 may have stopped breadstick-lovers...

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A Tom and Jerry episode showed kittens that had been drowned in a sack.

Did a ‘Tom and Jerry’ Cartoon Show Dead, Drowned Kittens? "What's one of the darkest things you've ever seen in a children's show?," asked a...

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Are These Rumors True About Zodiac Killer? Allegedly, he was a fan of Lady Gaga, trolled Ted Bundy online, and had a...

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Did Christmas Presents Never Arrive Late Under Trump? "What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means...

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The ‘Pzoom’ Invisible Car Trick, Explained It has more to do with camera tricks than butt muscles.

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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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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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Did Muhammad Ali Encourage Vaccinations? NBA player Kyrie Irving's refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccination has drawn egregiously flawed comparisons...

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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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Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Contain Aborted Fetal Cells? An October 2021 viral video rehashed an old controversy.

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Are Criminals Using Plastic Bottles in Wheel Wells to Carjack People? The alleged trick of distracting a driver by cramming a plastic bottle in a wheel...

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Does Putting a Ziplock Bag Over a Car Mirror Have a Legitimate Purpose? Online advertisements promised what appeared to be a handy trick for drivers involving plastic Ziplock...

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Background Check: Investigating George Floyd’s Criminal Record The question of past arrests often surfaces among people who want to rationalize police officers'...

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A Meme About Mount Rushmore’s Racist Past Went Viral. Here’s What We Know. The meme, which even claimed KKK ties to the beloved monument, took off amid anti-racism...

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Was the World’s Longest Human Poop 26 Feet Long? The world record was supposedly set at a bowling alley.

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Is This Old Marilyn Manson Photo Real? At 52, Manson definitely looks older than he did in the '90s, but this?

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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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Did Jay Leno Marry a ‘Gorgeous Husband’? Unscrupulous online advertisers led readers on a futile search for the former talk show host's...

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Have More Military Personnel Died from COVID Vaccines than Disease Itself? In the first six weeks it was available online, a video claiming as much garnered...

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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 Viral Pic Show Jon Bon Jovi Washing Dishes at His Restaurant? The rock star stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Does Tennessee Find Kevin James Sexy? What is it about maps that makes them seem so credible to the internet?

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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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Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake Ice Cream If you like cake and ice cream, why not cake ice cream?

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Did a Toronto Bar Cheer at Kevin Durant’s Injury? Some fans really did cheer when Durant got injured, but this reaction video is digitally...

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Screenshot of a video of a snake being caught in a trap.

Does This Video Show a Giant Anaconda Getting Caught in a Trap? It's not just the chickens who are scared by what's seen in this video.

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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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