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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 March 2009 event honoring then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lingered on for years online, as both right-wing political figures and internet “influencers” have linked her to another ...
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 ...
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.
A debate continues over whether the United States Postal Service is losing money thanks to an arduous pension pre-funding law or if it is simply because mail volume is decreasing due to the influence ...
A viral, ham-handed parable about "who shook the jar" of proverbial ants was attributed to David Attenborough.
On December 17 2018, a Facebook page shared the following meme purporting to reveal the surprising etymology of the word “hospital”: With a nod to the “ today years old ” meme, it read: How old were ...
Once again, a suspiciously sourceless, wounded lover quote attributed to Frida Kahlo is circulating on social media -- with no evidence she ever wrote any such poem.
Robert De Niro was questioned as a witness in a French prostitution ring in 1998. However, the actor was never charged and denies wrongdoing.
A Facebook post popular during #BlackHistoryMonth held that the original Lone Ranger was a black man and a freed slave named Bass Reeves.
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.