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Did Trump Once Say 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'?

Taija PerryCook

Oct. 25, 2024 A report making the claim in The Atlantic relied on the alleged testimony of two people who had ...

Harris Claims She Had a Job at McDonald's in the '80s. Here's What We Know

Taija PerryCook

Oct. 22, 2024 Former President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed — without evidence — that the vice president wa ...

1960s KGB Experiments Left Subjects 'Brainwashed' After 2 Months of 'Fear Messages'?

Oct. 19, 2024 Some social media users suggested the claim originated from Yuri Bezmenov, a Soviet defector.

Rumors Claim Harris Plagiarized MLK. Here's What We Know

Oct. 16, 2024 The claim centers on something Harris supposedly said as a toddler.

Musk Was Once an Undocumented Immigrant in US?

Oct. 13, 2024 With discussions resurfacing around Musk's immigration journey, Snopes reexamined claims regardi ...

No Evidence Harris Borrowed Saying, 'What Can Be, Unburdened by What Has Been,' from Marx

Oct. 8, 2024 Republicans have often accused the Democratic vice president of having “Marxist” ties.

Did Julia Roberts Say Women Aren't Rehab Centers for 'Badly Raised Men'?

Oct. 8, 2024 The quote first started popping up around 2018, with viral memes and posts attributing it to the ...

Tupac Once Said, 'Just Because You Lost Me as a Friend, Doesn't Mean You Gained Me as an Enemy'?

Oct. 7, 2024 "I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table," the rapper supposedly s ...

No Proof Trump Asked 'Is It Wrong To Be More Sexually Attracted to Your Own Daughter Than Your Wife'

Oct. 6, 2024 A BuzzFeed News story, citing one unnamed source, said an early draft of a 2016 interview with T ...

Male Kangaroos Purposely Flex Their Biceps to Impress Females?

Madison Dapcevich Nick Hardinges

Oct. 6, 2024 Videos of muscly marsupials flaunting their figures spurred some social media users to claim suc ...

Diddy Once Described Bill Gates as His Hero?

Sept. 26, 2024 The hip-hop producer is alleged to have made the comments in 2003, shortly before he teamed up w ...

Sophia Loren Once Said, 'Everything You See I Owe to Spaghetti'?

Sept. 20, 2024 LIFE magazine attributed the statement to the esteemed actress in 1961. In 2015, she denied ever ...

Food Expiration Dates Exist Thanks to Al Capone?

Madison Dapcevich

Sept. 8, 2024 Some social media users claimed the mobster lobbied for the cause after his niece became ill aft ...

A person with red hair wearing a black bow and cream top is photographed from the back.

Redheads Have a Higher Pain Tolerance?

Madison Dapcevich

Sept. 4, 2024 A mutation of the MC1R gene is responsible for red hair.

Harris Claims She Had a Job at McDonald's While at College. Here's What We Found

Taija PerryCook

Aug. 31, 2024 The vice president's claim that she once worked for the fast food giant resurfaced during the 20 ...

Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We Know

Taija PerryCook

Aug. 27, 2024 The presidential candidate has repeatedly claimed the alleged work experience in an attempt to c ...

No Proof Trump Supporters Carried Jars of Fake Vance Semen at Rallies

Aug. 22, 2024 The pictures did not appear to be altered, but their emergence had the hallmarks of a hoax.

Trump Denies Telling Netanyahu to Stop Gaza Ceasefire Deal As It Would Help Harris Campaign

Aug. 22, 2024 What we know about a purported conversation between the Israeli prime minister and Donald Trump.

Al Capone Is Reason We Have Food Expiration Dates?

Madison Dapcevich

Aug. 18, 2024 Some versions of the rumor claim his brother, Ralph, lobbied for the cause.

The Mamas & The Papas 'Rebelled' to Lip-Syncing on 'Ed Sullivan Show'?

July 22, 2024 During the televised performance of "California Dreamin'," singer Michelle Phillips held a peele ...

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