All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in Poland
A striking set of images purportedly shows intense illumination at cemeteries and loved ones’ graves on All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Days in Poland.
Did Ivanka Trump Quote Thomas Jefferson’s Denial of ‘Something He Did, in Fact, Do’?
In early November 2019, a tweet by Ivanka Trump quoting Thomas Jefferson in defense of her father, United States President Donald Trump alongside a response in screenshot form on Facebook: On October 31 2019, Ivanka Trump tweeted a partial quote: Trump added, referencing her father, that “some things never change.” In the response tweet by @zeddary, …
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Is Halloween 2020 a Saturday With a Full Moon and When the Clocks Go Back?
One year ahead of Halloween 2020, a social media post said that the next year would be lit, so to speak, for Halloween enthusiasts.
Does Adding Your Birth Year to Your Age Total The Year Number Once a Millennium?
A popular post claims that “all the people in the world are the same age this year,” but the math is not a puzzle to mathematicians and doesn’t even work for everyone.
Have Gender Reveal Parties Killed More People Than Anti-Fascists?
After deadly shrapnel killed a woman at a “gender reveal party,” a popular Facebook post claimed that such parties killed “more people than antifa.”
Seattle November 3 2019 False Flag Attack Rumor
Whispers and conspiracy theories about a possible “nuclear false flag attack” in Seattle on November 3 2019 spread on social media, but they sound awfully familiar.
Did a Forensic Pathologist Say That Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Looks More Like Homicide Than Suicide?
A multitude of stories asserting that a pathologist said Epstein’s death was more similar to a homicide than a suicide were — predictably — immediately viral.
‘Ears are Straight, Fawn is Great, Ears are Curled, Fawn is Alone in the World’ Wildlife Rescue Meme
Although it’s true that malnourished fawns can have “curled” ears, wildlife experts really, really, really want you to leave seemingly abandoned baby deer alone.
Trick-Or-Treating at an ‘Old Folks Home’ Facebook PSA
Sometimes things sound like a nice idea on social media, but are instead a possible logistical nightmare for support staff.
Does McKamey Manor Award $20,000 to Successful ‘Extreme Haunted/Horror House’ Attendees?
Numerous news organizations repeated unverified claims about a grand prize at a “haunted house” that its critics refer to as nothing more than a torture facility.