12/29 | Jimmy Carter, Longest-Living US president, Dead at 100 Carter celebrated his 100th birthday just months earlier. |
12/29 | Hourly Pay of McDonald's Workers in Denmark Really Is This Much Fast food wages in Denmark are set by collective bargaining between companies and ... |
12/28 | Grey Goose Says It Does Not Produce Costco's Kirkland Signature Vod... Both are rumored to share a well source in the Cognac region of France. |
12/28 | The Facts Behind Accusations That Lindt Chocolate Contains Dangerou... For years, rumors have circulated that some Lindt dark chocolate bars contain unsa... |
12/28 | New Swimming Lizard Was Not Discovered in Lake Superior. Here Where... A video showed a marine iguana endemic only to the Galápagos Islands. |
12/27 | Sleuthing Whether 'Beer Before Liquor Makes You Sicker' Ahem, inquiring minds want to know ... |
12/27 | Meme Incorrectly Claims Obamas Own Mega-Mansions, Jets, Helicopters... Social media posts harping on the former first couple's wealth greeted Michelle Ob... |
12/27 | Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Israeli Soldiers In Front Of Gaza Ruin... Is a photo that shows Israeli soldiers in front of ruins in Gaza forming a Hanukka... |
12/27 | No, Marjorie Taylor Greene Didn't Say Biden Scheduled Hanukkah on C... The post originated from the account of an X user whose bio mentions satire. |
12/27 | Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Turkish Commandos' Swearing To Hun... Does a video show "Turkish commandos" swearing to hunt down "USA/Israel's terroris... |
12/27 | Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Drone Crash In New York City On... Did a large drone crash in New York City on Christmas Eve 2024? No, that's not tru... |
12/27 | No, Lauren Boebert Didn't Say Egypt Owns Panama Canal. Here's Where... According to a false rumor, the Colorado Republican congresswoman made the stateme... |
12/27 | Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Air Strike On Houthi Positi... Does a video show Israeli air strikes targeting Houthi infrastructure in Yemen dur... |
12/27 | Elon Musk Urged People to Stop Donating to Wikipedia. Here's Why Calling the free online collaborative encyclopedia "Wokepedia," Musk said it shoul... |
12/27 | Monopoly Board Game's 'Anti-Capitalist' Origins The inventor of the board game that would become Monopoly, Elizabeth Magie, called... |
12/27 | Videos of McDonald's Workers 'Blessed' with $1,000 by 'Millionaire'... The claim stemmed from a video series produced by influencers "Chris and Jasmin." |
12/27 | Debunking the Claim Keanu Reeves Said 'Pain Changes Shape, But It N... The "John Wick" actor is widely considered one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. |
12/27 | Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Discuss 'Blue Roof Theory' Conspiracy... Did Elon Musk discuss communities "putting up blue tarps all over the roofs" in an... |
12/26 | No Proof Morgues Prefer Hiring Women Due to Acts of Necrophilia by Men Despite the prevalence of the claim, one user on social media said, "Don't worry i... |
12/26 | WWI Pigeon Braved Enemy Fire to Deliver Message — But Did It Help? The heroic winged member of the U.S. Army suffered critical injuries, but his lege... |
12/26 | Fact Check: Police Did NOT Discover Tunnels Under UnitedHealthcare ... Was a hidden tunnel with cryptic codes on its walls found in the basement of Unite... |
12/26 | Fact Check: 'No Incels' Poster In New York City Bus Shelter Was NOT... Was a "No Incels" poster that appeared at a bus shelter in New York City an offici... |
12/26 | Rumor Michelangelo Based Depiction of Jesus on Gay Lover Is Unfounded Some social media users have claimed that Michelangelo based his depictions of Jes... |
12/26 | Woman Allegedly Sued Parents for Giving Her 'Ugly Genes.' Here's th... The alleged woman is quoted in the claim as saying, "Both of my parents are so dam... |
12/25 | Photo Supposedly Showing Young JFK with Best Friend Is Miscaptioned Kennedy and Billings met at Choate Rosemary Hall prep school and were longtime fri... |
12/25 | Begonia 'Moonlight Butterfly' Flower Images Aren't What They Seem Social media users have posted numerous images of flowers in different colors, cla... |
12/25 | Vintage Razor Ad Included Apparent Double Entendre About 'Extra Hea... While some "vintage ads" circulating online these days days are fake, this one is ... |
12/25 | 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' Example of Mandela Effect? The Song Ha... Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire, Vanessa Williams and Johnny Mathis h... |
12/25 | The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Is Repurposed After the Holidays. He... Standing 70 to 100 feet, a different Norway spruce attracts crowds to Rockefeller ... |
12/25 | Digging Into Claims the CIA Invented the Term 'Conspiracy Theory' i... Social media posts have tied the term "conspiracy theory" to the late-1960s releas... |
12/24 | Period Cramps Just as Painful as Heart Attacks? Science Doesn't Say This longstanding claim about period pain seems to lack scientific evidence. |
12/24 | 'Santa Claus' Tomb Discovered in Turkey? We Don't Know — Yet The discovery was reportedly made at St. Nicholas Church in Demre, Turkey. |
12/24 | Unpacking Claim Barron Trump Gave up First-Class Seat for Veteran A highly viewed video received hundreds of comments praising the youngest son of D... |
12/24 | Fact Check: NYPD Has NOT Released ID Of Woman Set On Fire On Subway... Has the New York Police Department released the identity of a woman set on fire on... |
12/24 | Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Purchase Boeing As Of December 24, 2024 Did Elon Musk say that he bought Boeing? No, that's not true: Musk did not announc... |
12/24 | Fact Check: Toronto Menorah Did NOT Get Deliberately Knocked Down O... Did a menorah get deliberately knocked down on December 19, 2024, in Toronto, as a... |
12/24 | Snow Globes May Contain Antifreeze Ingredient, Ethylene Glycol, Dan... The ASPCA advised, "If a snow globe is broken, the sweet smell can attract a pet t... |
12/24 | ‘The Truth Matters’ During my time at FactCheck.org, I’ve saved more than a few handwritten notes from... |
12/24 | US Intelligence Agency Recommends Switching Multifactor Authenticat... Any kind of multifactor authentication is better than nothing, but one particular ... |
12/24 | Canadian Woman Was Detained for Not Taking Tuberculosis Medication ... A Manitoba woman who refused treatment was at the center of an online debate. |
12/24 | Jessica Claus? No One Quite Knows Mrs. Claus' First Name Some writers claimed Gertude was her original first name. However, they wrongly ba... |
12/23 | The Truth Behind Allegations Louis Vuitton Burns Unsold Merchandise Reports allege the company burns unsold items, including its handbags, to preserve... |
12/23 | Drake Bought Out Floor Seats at Kendrick Lamar's Toronto Shows? The... Lamar is playing two shows at Toronto's Rogers Centre in June 2025. |
12/23 | Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Elon Musk Promoting Barbara O'Neill Re... Does an authentic video show Elon Musk promoting a Barbara O'Neill remedy for erec... |
12/23 | Fact Check: Spain Did NOT Experience US-Style Shutdown For 10 Month... Was the 2016 months-long Spanish political crisis the same as a government shutdow... |
12/23 | Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Donald Trump Called Elon Musk A '... Did President-elect Donald Trump call Elon Musk a "two bit car salesman" in a post... |
12/23 | What We Know About Luigi Mangione's Alleged Female Fans In Court According to ABC News, about two dozen women waited in the cold for public seats t... |
12/23 | Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Post Shows Donald Trump Telling Elon ... Did President-elect Donald Trump tell Elon Musk to "stay in your lane" in a post s... |
12/23 | Death Penalty for Abortions Included in Proposed South Carolina Law... A South Carolina lawmaker has brought back an unpopular bill that would treat abor... |
12/23 | Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Decriminalize Child Pornography Possess... Did Germany decriminalize the possession of child pornography in 2024? No, that's ... |