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Is ‘New Profile Pic’ App a Russian Malware Scam? There's little evidence to suggest that this app is any more invasive in its collection...

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Does This NASA Photo Show a ‘Portal’ and ‘Wall’ on Mars? It's either a door leading to another celestial dimension ... or part of a rock.

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did amber heard snort cocaine during trial?

Does Video Show Amber Heard Sniffing Cocaine at Depp v. Heard Trial? A video purports to show the actor's sneaking a bump mere feet away from the...

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Was Baby Formula Shipped to US-Mexico Border Amid Shortage? Border officials are required by law to provide food for any minors in their custody.

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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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Oprah Winfrey did not suffer a tragedy or die in May 2022 nor did she endorse keto weight loss gummies in Time magazine with Ellen DeGeneres.

Did Oprah Winfrey Suffer a ‘Tragedy’ and Endorse Keto Weight Loss Gummies? We looked into text messages that appeared to claim that Oprah Winfrey had died, displaying...

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Why Is There a Baby Formula Shortage? Here's what we know about the current baby formula shortage in the United States.

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Did Texas Ban Instagram Filters? A lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton provoked headlines and social media posts in...

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Does This X-Ray Show a Snake Inside a Woman’s Body? An x-ray image showing a slender creature inside a woman's pelvic area has been shared...

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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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The Price Is Right host Drew Carey did not endorse keto pills.

Is ‘Price Is Right’ Ending After Drew Carey Endorsed Keto? A paid ad on Facebook showed a picture of "The Price Is Right" host Drew...

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Did Witness Fart Loudly While Testifying in Depp v. Heard Trial? This rumor doesn't pass the smell test.

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Do In-N-Out Burger Food Containers Include Bible Verses? Cups and burger wrappers at In-N-Out Burger fast food chain are inscribed with unobtrusive Bible...

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Was EPCOT Built on a Sinkhole at Disney World? Disney originally denied the existence of the sinkhole where part of EPCOT was planned, but...

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Did Trey Gowdy Praise ‘2000 Mules’? According to a viral meme, Gowdy attended a viewing of the film purporting to prove...

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Was the Snapchat Crying Filter Inspired by Amber Heard? Another rumor about the Depp v. Heard case makes the rounds.

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An airport that once existed at Walt Disney World is now abandoned.

Does Walt Disney World Have an Abandoned Airport? The Mouselets, a group of Disney fans, documented the history of the Lake Buena Vista...

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According to a rumor Richard Tyler Blevins aka Ninja tweeted I am in the middle of carrying a League of Legends game about to close it out and my braless wife brings me a sandwich not asked for with chips as I get a double kill bot lane and so how is your day going.

Did ‘Ninja’ Tweet ‘My Braless Wife Brings Me a Sandwich’? Twitter users celebrated the first anniversary of the original tweet by reposting the message to...

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A somewhat misleading police warning about Huggy Wuggy and Poppy Playtime made the rounds about TikTok and YouTube Kids.

Huggy Wuggy Police Warning Prompts Misleading Rumors About TikTok and YouTube Kids We looked at the origins of an inflated controversy about a character named Huggy Wuggy...

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Did Man Stuck 71 Hours in Elevator Kill and Eat Wife To Survive? Desperate situations sometimes call for horrifically desperate measures.

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In sum, security-conscious users need not worry about a "new hack on Facebook" that might hurt, offend, or insult friends.

Does a Facebook Hack ‘Hurt and Offend’ Friends? A warning about an "insulting" Facebook hack began with: "Apparently someone has found another way...

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Does This Disney Cartoon Show Mickey Mouse Inappropriately Making Swiss Cheese? Risqué images hidden in Disney cartoons purportedly date to the very birth of the Mickey...

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Amber Heard Johnny Depp defamation trial

Did Amber Heard Steal ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ Lines During Depp Trial? Social media users claimed Heard uttered lines borrowed verbatim from the film "The Talented Mr....

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Is This Cellphone Prediction from 1953 Real? The rotary telephone was still being used in 1953.

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Is the Hammerhead Bat a Real Animal? A photograph showing an odd-looking, large bat with an elongated face features a real animal,...

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Did Kentucky Derby Winner Turn Down White House Invite? You may have heard this "horse's ass" joke before.

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A photograph shows a big wave hitting a lighthouse while a lighthouse keeper stands in the doorway and the picture is from 1989 at the La Jument Lighthouse in France.

Is the La Jument Lighthouse Photo Real? In the picture, a man stands in the doorway seemingly unaware of the massive wave...

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An online ad claimed that a horse refuses to give birth and when the vet sees the ultrasound he calls the police and a YouTube video also said the owner couldn't believe her eyes when she saw whom her horse gave birth to.

Did a Vet Call Police After a Horse ‘Refused’ to Give Birth? We clicked through a 50-page slideshow article to save our readers some time.

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False ads said The Truth About Donald Trump's Son Barron Is No Secret Anymore.

Is ‘the Truth’ About Barron Trump ‘No Secret Anymore’? We looked at a misleading online ad that appeared to promise a big reveal about...

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Steve Jobs Deathbed Speech Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did not leave behind a deathbed warning about how the "non-stop...

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre once called Fox News racist.

Did Karine Jean-Pierre Say Fox News Is ‘Racist’? The alleged quote was cited in May 2022, just after it was announced that Jean-Pierre...

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Did Police Take Dylann Roof to Burger King? Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was reportedly "taken to Burger King" after he was arrested...

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What Was That Underwater ‘Yellow Brick Road’ Scientists Found? The formation looks eerily like something that could have been made by human hands.

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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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Is Gmail ‘Actively Suppressing’ Emails from Republicans? Or could it be a simple switch of spam settings?

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Recent mass shootings have called into question whether there were shootings under previous administrations.

Did US Have No Mass Shootings Under Trump? Some social media users appear to be suffering from serious memory loss.

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Was This Photograph of an ‘Explosion’ of Buttons Taken at an Abandoned Button Factory? "The discovery started with an unusual photo of an old stair full of colorful buttons."

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Did Donald Trump Transport Stranded Troops on His Own Airplane? A story that Donald Trump personally sent out an airplane to transport hundreds of stranded...

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there are a new animal species taking over at chernobyl dolores leipzig zoo speculated andean bear

Is This a ‘New Animal Species Taking Over Chernobyl’? A photograph of a strange-looking animal appeared in an online advertisement about Chernobyl.

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Did Pastor Dave Barnhart Say, ‘The Unborn Are a Convenient Group of People to Advocate For’? This quote went viral in May 2022 as many feared that Roe v. Wade would...

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Can You Sell a Testicle for $35,000 to $50,000? Not one of the better schemes for those who need cash in a hurry.

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Does Drinking Apple Juice ‘Make Your PP Bigger’? YouTube, dank memes, and years-old clickbait collided in June 2020 to foster the scientifically illiterate...

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Does This Photograph Show Che Guevara Executing Two Women? Claims that a photograph shows Che Guevara executing two women appear to be based solely...

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Starbuck Island was featured on Google Earth and some thought it was a rock or structure and others asked what is on Starbuck Island.

The Starbuck Island Google Earth TikTok Video, Explained What is on Starbuck Island? We learned about the history of the remote location after...

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Did Dolly Parton Say This About ‘Dixie’ Being An ‘Offensive’ Word? The "Jolene" singer talked about the word amid renewed conversations on cancel culture.

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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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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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There's no record that Elon Musk said the words in the quote I hate when people confuse education with intelligence or you can have a bachelor's degree and still be an idiot.

Did Musk Say ‘I Hate When People Confuse Education with Intelligence’? We looked for the origins of a quote about confusing education with intelligence that has...

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Did Conservative Justices Lie About Roe v. Wade? Left-wing critics caused "#LyingGOP" to trend on social media in May 2022. But did they...

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Was VP of Pfizer Arrested After Document Dump? In less than 24 hours, a fabricated claim from a self-described "satire" website was copied...

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