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 ...

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 viral, ham-handed parable about "who shook the jar" of proverbial ants was attributed to David Attenborough.

A midwestern meme contains claims that Lake Superior, because of its size and frigid waters, "never gives up her dead." ...

A screenshot of a 1989 Associated Press article about a United Nations official's "global warming" prediction circulated among climate change deniers.

Content on social media tends to be of the "inspirational" variety, but sometimes that means popular stories are just half-baked, warmed-over urban legend.

A viral tweet claims that the Bible only began condemning homosexuality in 1983, and that it was due to a misinterpretation.

In October 2019, a post circulated showing a natural rock formation known as “Six Grandfathers” before it was carved into what most Americans now call “Mount Rushmore.” For anyone curious, here’s what ...

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 ...

Years-long social media discussions contrasting worker pay and the price of Big Macs in Denmark and the United States resurfaced in November 2021.

A self-professed “targeted individual” on Twitter apparently had his hackles raised by a group of German satiricists enough to try to use their work to gin up fears about “Antifa.” “Ever seen an ...

On August 22 2020, the Facebook page “She Is Fire” attributed the following poem — often titled “If I Have to Say It” — to artist Frida Kahlo: What became a text-only post read: Frida Kahlo to her ...