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 ...

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 ...

On May 23 2023, several social media posts popped up with the jarring claim that a majority of book removal or book ban requests in American schools were an effort by the same eleven individuals: ...

In January 2020, a Facebook photograph of a printed sign purportedly provided valuable advice to callers of 999, several countries’ version of the United States’ 911 — claiming that for “silent help,” ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

Across a deceptively tranquil lake scene, text read: This is Lake Superior. It has three quadrillion gallons of COLD water. Water that is so cold, a dead body will never float to the surface, because ...

A cursory search revealed that the quote was quite popular among political commentary memes, all widely shared and mostly attributed to Truman. In January 2018, a different arrangement of the same ...

On March 3 2019, Texas politician Sid Miller shared “An important reminder!”, a meme (archived here) purportedly providing the last line in a Statue of Liberty dedication speech from October 1886: ...

On February 14 2019, Vani Hari (popularly known as the “Food Babe” in the media) shared a graphic that compared the purported difference between Heinz Ketchup’s ingredient list in the United Kingdom ...

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 ...