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Vintage magazine article depicts invention linking car brakes to a driver's eyebrows
The screenshot was authentic, and the rumor that Popular Mechanics magazine once featured an invention claiming to link a car ...
Rumors that Trump threatened Obama with Hatch Act originated as satire
Social media posts falsely claimed Trump "officially warned" Obama to "stay out of America's foreign affairs." ...
Hitler quote about removing judges credited to Trump was a prank. Here's the history of the passage
Users shared the quote in April 2025 following the FBI's arrests of a Milwaukee judge, as well as the arrests of an ex-New ...
Yes, Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein accuser, posted she was not suicidal in 2019
The family of Giuffre, who also accused Prince Andrew in a sex-trafficking scandal, announced that she died by suicide in ...
No evidence Stephen Curry's mother, Sonya, was 'humiliated' by Ferrari salespeople
NBA player Stephen Curry's mother, Sonya, was "humiliated" at a Ferrari dealership, prompting the basketball professional to ...
Don't fall for heartwarming — but fake — story about Pope Francis' dog not leaving his gravesite
Multiple AI-generated YouTube videos made up a tall tale to tug at the heartstrings in the wake of the pope's passing.
Family of woman photographed in 1944 allegedly writing thank-you note for Japanese soldier's skull speaks out
Snopes learned more information about the decades-old picture after contacting two children of Natalie Nickerson Paine, the ...
Photographers snapped Pope Francis riding subway — just not in 1998
The photograph in question is authentic but was shot in 2008, not 1998, by photographer Pablo Leguizamon for The Associated ...
Trump's blue funeral suit caused uproar. Here's what we know about whether it broke Vatican dress code
The U.S. president wore a blue suit, blue tie and American flag lapel pin to the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025.
CIA document doesn't prove aliens turned Soviet soldiers to stone — and it was never classified
In April 2025, rumors spread on social media about an allegedly declassified CIA document that proved a story about aliens ...
11 Canadian political claims we've broken down
Many claims spread online ahead of federal elections on April 28, 2025, including rumors about Canadian PM Mark Carney.
Pope Francis once said, 'I like to think of hell as being empty'?
Pope Francis once said in an interview: “I like to think of hell as empty. I hope it is.” Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21, 2025. Soon after the announcement of his ...