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 ...

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 ...

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT $56 BILLION IN PURE CASH TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES LAST YEAR ALONE. THAT’S AFTER THEIR KIDS ENJOYED FREE EDUCATION, FREE LUNCHES, AND FREE MEDICAL CARE PAID FOR BY YOU! No ...

A cursory search revealed a number of hits attributing the same quote to King. A notable version was a tweet sent by Senator Bernie Sanders in August 2018: Another prominent iteration of the quote ...

In early June 2020, the following image circulated with the claim that either “Black Lives Matter” or “Antifa” had defaced the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial: At the top of the image was a ...

Summary of eRumor: 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 Edison could ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year ...

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 ...

In late January 2020, a meme about the popular phrase “eat the rich” began circulating on Imgur and Facebook in a long screenshot apparently taken from Tumblr: In the screenshot were two Tumblr posts, ...

In May 2019, the release of HBO’s show Chernobyl caused a spike of interest in all aspects of the nuclear disaster — including the revival of some long-forgotten rumors. A postscript relating to a ...

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 ...

This tells them you need help, but can’t speak They will dispatch police to you! Worth knowing! In the advice, scenarios in which a person dialing emergency services via 999 or 911 might be unable to ...