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 ...

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: ...

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

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 ...

Viral Facebook posts claim that British Heinz Ketchup boasts a markedly different ingredients list than its American counterpart.

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 he could reach his full ...

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 ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren didn't say, "If Women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank God for Planned Parenthood." ...

Ted Kennedy asked leaders of the Soviet Union to help the Democrats defeat President Reagan in the 1984 presidential election in a secret letter that he sent in 1983.

In July 2020, a short post of advice bullet points attributed to Bernice King (daughter of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) began circulating, reading as follows: Daughter of MLK ...

As outgoing United States President Donald Trump and his supporters were locked out of some digital platforms, social media users asked — sometimes derisively — if Trump would open an account on the ...

The social media platform did not create a "witch checker," and typing #HocusPocus will not produce a "green bar" if a user is a witch.