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An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The purported remark attributed to ...
A self-professed “targeted individual” on Twitter apparently had his hackles raised by a group of German satiricists enough to try to use their work to gin up fears about “Antifa.” “Ever seen an ...
Dubious and dated stats about missing children spread in August 2020, among them that 2,000 children go missing in the United States every day.
Robert De Niro was questioned as a witness in a French prostitution ring in 1998. However, the actor was never charged and denies wrongdoing.
According to blog posts and memes, the derogatory connotation of the word comes from historical resentment toward women who were able to earn their own way without having to depend on a man to support ...
Against the backdrop of a long-running federal shutdown, purportedly over border wall funding, a Facebook user shared the following meme in January 2019: It read: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT $56 BILLION ...
After Thomas Edison’s school teacher called him addled or mentally ill in a letter, Edison's mother hid the letter from the young inventor and homeschooled him so that he could reach his full ...
A March 2022 post that claimed former U.S. President Ronald Reagan oversaw the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, and vetoed Congressional bills seeking to codify the FCC's guideline into law.
In October 2019, a post circulated showing a natural rock formation known as “Six Grandfathers” before it was carved into what most Americans now call “Mount Rushmore.” For anyone curious, here’s what ...
Narratives about a purported string of food factory fires in 2022 had long-tail staying power, but rarely did debunkings address the "whys" of the conspiracy theory.
Rumormongerers claimed that the USNWT had once been defeated by the FC Dallas under-15 team and thus did not deserve a pay raise, despite their 2019 World Cup win.