Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, and Barbara Walters Are the Same Age?
A cyclically-circulating claim holds Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barbara Walters would all be “the same age” if they were all still alive.
A cyclically-circulating claim holds Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barbara Walters would all be “the same age” if they were all still alive.
A frightening meme suggests that a 1958 incident enabled the loss of a four-megaton atomic bomb — artillery that may still be live.
The First Daughter tweeted a dubious historical quote, citing purported commentary from 1835 on impeachment.
No one is genuinely claiming that the climate activist is a time traveler from the past and future, here to save us from climate change.
A purported lament from a “principal’s publication” in 1815 addressed students’ over-reliance on paper and their inability to manage writing on slates without getting chalk dust everywhere.
A popular history post claims that Mary Maloney tailed the British statesman and prevented him from being heard in the early 1900s.
A viral Facebook post about the purported contributions of Dr. Martin Couney to early neonatology was virally popular.
Columbus Day often brings a re-litigation of what American schoolchildren are taught; one claim is that the Italian explorer was the first to prove that the Earth was round.
Sometimes historical facts in meme form are unreliable, but a story about the 26th United States president punching a cocky gunslinger comes from a fairly credible source.
In May 2019, the Facebook page “McGroarty for Freedom” shared the following meme containing a quote attributed to George Washington concerning the rights of citizens to bear arms: Across a black background, white text read: “When government takes away citizens’ right to bear arms it becomes citizens’ duty to take away government’s right to govern.” George Washington No …