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Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jul 28, 2023 The dubious anecdote has proliferated on the internet and in books for decades.
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Was Land Used for Manhattan Project Previously Inhabited by Hispanos Who Were Forced Out?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jul 25, 2023 Some homesteaders were not compensated for their loss as Oppenheimer and his team of scientists ...
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A white baby drinks milk from a bottle.

No, the CDC Hasn't Endorsed the Use of Powerful Drugs by 'Men Who Want to Breastfeed'

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jul 20, 2023 Both cisgender and transgender women have used domperidone, a drug not approved in the U.S., to ...
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Did the Inventor of the Lobotomy Receive a Nobel Prize for His Work?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jul 20, 2023 Egas Moniz introduced prefrontal leukotomy in the mid-1930s, later known as lobotomy.
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Are weather maps being used for climate change scare-mongering?

No, Weather Maps Aren't Scare-Mongering About Climate Change

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jul 29, 2022 A NOAA spokesperson told Snopes that the point isn't to trick anyone or make the weather seem sc ...
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Was the '73 Film 'Soylent Green' Depicting Food Made from Human Corpses Set in 2022?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 27, 2023 The dystopian film has become a sci-fi cult classic.
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Did Early 20th-Century Commercial Airplanes Use Wicker Chairs to Seat Passengers?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 16, 2023 Coach today had nothing on those flights.
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Social media users claimed that US President Joe Biden hugged Eva Longoria in an inappropriate manner that amounted to sexual assault and groping.

Video of Biden Hugging Eva Longoria at 'Flamin' Hot' Screening Goes Viral

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 16, 2023 The moment was captured prior to a White House screening of Eva Longoria's directorial debut fil ...
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Does Video Show Ukrainian Armed Forces Training Child Soldiers?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Jun 16, 2023 Social media users started sharing a video that supposedly showed Ukrainian child soldiers train ...
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A tweet from Occupy Democrats claimed there was breaking news and said that an unhinged conservative husband and wife interrupted an elementary school track-and-field meet, accused a 9-year old girl with short hair of being a boy, and demanded that the young girl produce her birth certificate in the middle of the race or be disqualified.

9-Year-Old Girl's Gender Allegedly Questioned by Couple at Track Meet

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 15, 2023 An altercation at a children's track meet in British Columbia left a young girl traumatized, acc ...
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A Black person holds a red sign with white letters that say "END THE AIDS EPIDEMIC."

Was AIDS Created by the CIA?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 13, 2023
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Were 'Mania' Patients in the 1800s Spun Around on a Big Chair to Calm Them Down?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 11, 2023 Present-day spin doctors had nothing on these ones.
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A gradient flag has shades, from top to bottom, or dark blue, light blue, yellow, white, yellow, light pink, and dark pink. The white stripe in the middle is twice as big as the other stripes.

Do 'Minor-Attracted Persons' Use a 'MAPs Pride Flag' To Represent Themselves?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 10, 2023 As claims about the flag began to pick up steam again in 2023, we decided to revisit the topic w ...
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A Meme About Mount Rushmore's Racist Past Went Viral. Here's What We Know.

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jul 29, 2020 The meme, which even claimed KKK ties to the beloved monument, took off amid anti-racism protest ...
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What Are the Origins of the Term ‘Stay Woke’?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 1, 2023 The phrase was used in a 1938 recording by Black folk singer Lead Belly.
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Behind the 'Size of the Donut Hole Down Through the Years' Meme

Written by:
Bethania Palma
May 11, 2022 We finally tracked down the origins of this mystery picture, which has confounded the internet d ...
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At Snopes we debunked the myths behind Elliðaey in Iceland also known as the so-called world's loneliest house.

The 'World's Loneliest House': Elliðaey's Myths Debunked

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Nov 12, 2021 Here are the facts and myths behind the viral photograph.
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Patriot Front: Behind Conspiracist Claims That the Far-Right Group Are 'Feds'

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
May 22, 2023 Just because they may look silly and have poor operational security doesn't mean neo-fascist Pat ...
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Did Franz Kafka Invent Letters from a Missing Doll to Comfort a Little Girl?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Mar 9, 2021 "In the end, love will return in another way," the renowned author of "The Metamorphosis" was qu ...
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How Serious Was the Alleged 'Car Chase' Involving Harry and Meghan?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
May 18, 2023 The couple described the incident as "near catastrophic," while social media users hypothesized ...
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