An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The remark was first brought to light by ...

“I’m not asking you to kiss me, nor apologize to me when I think you’re wrong. I won’t even ask you to hug me when I need it most. I don’t ask you to tell me how beautiful I am, even if it’s a lie, ...

Claim: Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu said “An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.” Description: A widely shared quote on social media attributes the claim ‘An evil ...

Obama resettled 70,000 SOMALIAN REFUGEES in MINNESOTA. No wonder ILHAN OMAR was elected. IT WAS PLANNED. If the subtext wasn’t clear enough, the meme said that President Obama purposely relocated tens ...

A popular September 2019 Facebook post about guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier makes a number of claims, among them that anyone serving as a Sentinel “must commit 2 years of life to guard the ...

If you use Facebook, chances are you’ve stumbled upon the videos of Jay Shetty — perhaps the one that is very vaguely titled “Before You Judge Anyone, Watch This,” which is a parable about airport ...

In late 2020 and early 2021, a “369” or “3 6 9 method” purportedly derived from the words of Nikola Tesla were popular across various platforms (as versions of this quote): Tesla’s “3-6-9” quote ...

On March 8 2023 — International Women’s Day — an Imgur account circulated with a screenshot of a tweet by attorney Qasim Rashid, claiming that “female suicide rates” fell 20 percent in the years after ...

After the United States Women’s National Team beat the Netherlands 2 to 0 to win the World Cup in July 2019, the fans of the nation’s soccer team were delighted. It also lent serious heft to the ...

On April 17 2023, a viral tweet about a deadly “Benadryl challenge” spreading on TikTok claimed that a boy in Ohio died after participating in it: A different tweet from April 17 2023 made similar ...

Claim: "Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich, not the poor. The richest 1% evade 3 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has a yacht tax deduction." ...

On August 27 2020, Facebook user Mckenzie Clayton shared a screenshot of what appeared to be her own share of an August 2019 post; Clayton’s screenshot included a Facebook flag indicating that the ...