Tekashi 69 ‘Snitched’ and Martha Stewart Didn’t?
Memes contrasted the hip-hop artist with the lifestyle maven.
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Did Elvis Presley Receive a Polio Vaccination on Live TV in 1956 and Raise Immunization Revels to 80 Percent?
A Reddit user deemed Presley a good “influencer” in a post that claims the singer’s televised 1956 polio vaccination helped boost the vaccine’s popularity.
‘Rep. Ilhan Omar Partied on 9/11 Anniversary’ Claim
Deleted tweets can make clarifying chain-based claims difficult — but the internet never forgets.
Is a Box of Ivanka Trump’s Footwear Marked ‘Tariff Exempt’?
A circulating image of a box of the Trump-branded footwear appeared to be stamped “tarriff [sic] exempt”… but it wasn’t.
Are ‘School Shooting Hoodies’ With Faux Bullet Holes Real?
Purported images from a streetwear brand’s spring 2020 fashion show spread on social media in September 2019.
Do These Photographs Accurately Contrast Birmingham in 1940 with Birmingham in 2017?
A photograph of “Englishmen ready to die… preventing a foreign invasion” was placed alongside an image of Europe’s largest Eid celebration in 2015 to attempt to push an anti-Islam narrative.
Did ‘Upper Case’ and ‘Lower Case’ Originally Refer to Where Printers Kept Their Letters?
Twitter commentary about technology across generations hinted at little-known etymological origins for the terms.
Is the United States the 118th Safest Country in the World — Down From 65th in 2018?
A viral tweet shared to Facebook claimed that the United States had plummeted dramatically on a list of the world’s safest countries, but it was wrong on more than one level.
Palindrome Week, September 2019
Popular Facebook posts and Twitter trends heralded “palindrome week.” What’s that?
‘This View of Hurricane Dorian Is Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Seen’
Is a viral image of a rainbow hurricane eye authentic and unaltered?