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Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons?
Businesses are not well served when their products are associated with illegal activities.
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✅ True.
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Was Trump Caught on Hot Mic Insulting His Supporters?
Hot mic videos are always popular, but not always accurate.
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❌ No, President Trump was not caught on a hot mic saying his supporters shoot "Mountain Dew in their veins."
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Who Are 'America's Frontline Doctors' and Dr. Stella Immanuel?
Thousands of readers inquired about people featured in a viral video pulled by social media companies for pushing COVID-19 misinformation in July 2020.
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When a group calling themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” gathered to laud unproven treatments for COVID-19 on July 27, our readers wanted to know: Who are they, exactly?
So we dug through the records and found out. A thread
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Immanuel also claimed to have successfully treated 350 patients for COVID-19, some of whom she said had underlying conditions such as diabetes.
We found no evidence for this claim, nor that her alleged treatments were successful.
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Did a Trump Campaign Ad Use a Photo from Ukraine of Protesters Hitting Police?
The United States is not the only country that has seen violent clashes between police and protesters.
Does This Photograph Show the Cooking Instructions on a Bacon Package?
The instructions on the back label of a bacon package advised consumers to "complain to elected officials" if they "don't know how to cook bacon."
Does Farting Negate the Use of Masks to Prevent COVID-19?
It's natural to pass gas, but please don't pass along this meme.
FACT CHECK: Were Real Skeletons Used in the Making of 'Poltergeist'?
The film's special effects makeup artist revealed one of the secrets behind one of the horror classic's sequences in a deposition.
Did Disney Fake Lemming Deaths for the Nature Documentary 'White Wilderness'?
Lemmings don't commit mass suicide, so filmmakers had to use various camera tricks to capture scenes of them supposedly plunging to their deaths.
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It's true: Filmmakers staged lemming death scenes for the Disney nature documentary "White Wilderness." bit.ly/2EJc5FD pic.twitter.com/6I3ZA0k3TL
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Do Police Kill More White People Than Black People?
More white people are killed in police shootings than black Americans, but overall white people are statistically less likely to be killed by police than black people.
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Overall, Black Americans are several times more likely to be killed in police shootings than white Americans are.
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Is This Obama, Fauci, and Gates at a Wuhan Lab in 2015?
What's a conspiracy theory without miscaptioned illustrations?
Is Wayfair Trafficking Children Via Overpriced Items?
The claim that Wayfair is trafficking children is based almost entirely on one person's confusion over an expensive cabinet.
Is Beyoncé an Italian Woman Named Ann Marie Lastrassi?
This conspiracy theory makes absolutely no sense.
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Did Trump Say Foreigners Attending College in the US 'Should Not Be Thrown Out'?
At some universities, international students account for a third of the undergraduate student body, and they represent the majority of students in many graduate programs.
Did Samuel Pepys Write 'The Taverns Are Full of Gadabouts' in 1665?
And what in the world is a gadabout?
Does This Photo Show the Difference a Mask Makes?
This visual aid did not involve a person with COVID-19.
Want to Stop Hate? Fund Facts, Not Facebook
We have a plan for what should come next.
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Thread: A note from Team Snopes.
#StartFundingFacts
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Does a Photograph Show a Species of Megabat?
The largest bats in the world have wingspans of more than 5 feet.
Does This Photo Show a Full Crowd at Trump's Tulsa Rally?
According to the Tulsa Fire Department, a little over 6,000 people showed up for Trump's recent rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
FACT CHECK: Were Gay Concentration Camp Prisoners 'Put Back in Prison' After World War II?
An online comedy series highlighted the fact that the end of the war did not mean the end of persecution for many gay German men.
Did NASCAR Say a Serpentine Belt, Not a Noose, Was Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage?
A social media post attempted to downplay and deflect from a genuine incident.