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Were Hush Puppies Fried Cornmeal Thrown by Escaping Slaves at Dogs to Prevent Tracking?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Oct 14, 2023 This Southern side dish has many origin stories.

Do Photos and Video Confirm Israel Used White Phosphorus Munitions Over Gaza Seaport?

Written by:

Alex Kasprak

Oct 13, 2023 The use of white phosphorus, a component of smoke screens, is widely considered a war crime when ...

Were Israeli Babies Beheaded by Hamas Militants During Attack on Kfar Aza?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Oct 12, 2023 Here's what we know about the viral rumor spread by news media, the U.S president, and so on.

Does a New Study Show the Higher a Country's Vaccination Rate, the Higher Its Excess Death Rate?

Written by:

Aleksandra Wrona

Oct 3, 2023 "It's not a study. It's a cherry-picked deceptive graph by a random anti-vax twitter account," o ...

White House Emails Prove Biden 'Hid Deadly COVID Jab Risks from Public'?

Written by:

Alex Kasprak

Sep 28, 2023 "They said nothing about the clotting issue from what I recall," mused Naomi Wolf to Steve Bannon.

Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Sep 13, 2023 A sentence the Planned Parenthood founder once wrote has been widely misunderstood and misrepres ...

Are There No Mosquitoes in Iceland?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Nov 20, 2021 The island is one of the few places on earth free of the insect.

Pee-wee Herman Actor Paul Reubens Was Charged with Possession of Child Pornography?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Aug 3, 2023 The rumor circulated in the wake of Reubens death in July 2023.

Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Jul 28, 2023 The dubious anecdote has proliferated on the internet and in books for decades.

Was Land Used for Manhattan Project Previously Inhabited by Hispanos Who Were Forced Out?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Jul 25, 2023 Some homesteaders were not compensated for their loss as Oppenheimer and his team of scientists ...

No, the CDC Hasn't Endorsed the Use of Powerful Drugs by 'Men Who Want to Breastfeed'

Written by:

Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

Jul 20, 2023 Both cisgender and transgender women have used domperidone, a drug not approved in the U.S., to ...

Did the Inventor of the Lobotomy Receive a Nobel Prize for His Work?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Jul 20, 2023 Egas Moniz introduced prefrontal leukotomy in the mid-1930s, later known as lobotomy.

Are weather maps being used for climate change scare-mongering?

No, Weather Maps Aren't Scare-Mongering About Climate Change

Written by:

Dan Evon

Jul 29, 2022 A NOAA spokesperson told Snopes that the point isn't to trick anyone or make the weather seem sc ...

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Was the '73 Film 'Soylent Green' Depicting Food Made from Human Corpses Set in 2022?

Written by:

Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

Jun 27, 2023 The dystopian film has become a sci-fi cult classic.

Did Early 20th-Century Commercial Airplanes Use Wicker Chairs to Seat Passengers?

Written by:

Nur Ibrahim

Jun 16, 2023 Coach today had nothing on those flights.

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Were Hush Puppies Fried Cornmeal Thrown by Escaping Slaves at Dogs to Prevent Tracking?

Do Photos and Video Confirm Israel Used White Phosphorus Munitions Over Gaza Seaport?

Were Israeli Babies Beheaded by Hamas Militants During Attack on Kfar Aza?

Does a New Study Show the Higher a Country's Vaccination Rate, the Higher Its Excess Death Rate?

White House Emails Prove Biden 'Hid Deadly COVID Jab Risks from Public'?

Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'

Are There No Mosquitoes in Iceland?

Pee-wee Herman Actor Paul Reubens Was Charged with Possession of Child Pornography?

Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

Was Land Used for Manhattan Project Previously Inhabited by Hispanos Who Were Forced Out?

No, the CDC Hasn't Endorsed the Use of Powerful Drugs by 'Men Who Want to Breastfeed'

Did the Inventor of the Lobotomy Receive a Nobel Prize for His Work?

No, Weather Maps Aren't Scare-Mongering About Climate Change

Was the '73 Film 'Soylent Green' Depicting Food Made from Human Corpses Set in 2022?

Did Early 20th-Century Commercial Airplanes Use Wicker Chairs to Seat Passengers?