• Hoaxes & Rumors
    This isn’t a Photo of a Woman with 69 Children

    A photo circulating online allegedly depicts a woman from the 1700s with her 69 children. Is this real or fake?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Aborigines Classified as Animals Under Flora & Fauna Act?

    A claim circulating on social media states that Australian aborigines were once classified as animals under a Flora and Fauna Act. Is this true or not?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Long Running Amber Alert Hoax: License Plate 72B 381

    A heavily-shared image tells of an Amber Alert in which a 3-year old girl has been abducted by a man driving a Canadian car with the license plate 72B 381. Today we’ll look at this rumor.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Huge Skeleton Under Boat: Real or Fake?

    A graphic has circulated online for several years which shows a huge skeleton underwater as a boat floats over it. Is this picture real or fake? Today we’ll take a look.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Did Marilyn Monroe Wear a Size 16?

    Celebrities are often targets of gossip and rumors, and what may have been a slight exaggeration at first can become outrageously amplified or completely wrong over time. Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of multiple rumors since her screen reign of the 1950s, and some of these assertions are still debated today. One point of contention is...

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Viral Video: The Cat-Eyed Boy

    Today we look at the story of a boy who supposedly has cat-like eyes which allow him to see in the dark.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Debunked: Kennedy Assassination Photo

    A photo allegedly shows a closeup of Jackie Kennedy climbing on the back of the limousine with John F. Kennedy slumped in the seat behind her.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Urban Legend: The “Well to Hell”

    A graphic circulating on social media suggests that a “well to hell” has been found by geologists drilling in Siberia. Today we’ll examine this story.

  • History
    Apple Co-Founder Sold His 10% Stock in 1976 for $800, Worth $59 Billion Today.

    In 1976, Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his shares of the company – equaling 10% of Apple – for $800. Those shares today are worth about $59 billion.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Viral Video: Bicycle Teleportation Rescue

    A classic viral video allegedly shot from closed circuit camera shows a cyclist being saved from certain death by a supernatural being which teleports the person to safety at the last moment. Is it real or fake?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Did this Illuminati Card Game Predict 9/11?

    Did two cards from a 1995 card game accurately predict the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Urban Legend: Is the Elvis Dead Body Photo a Hoax?

    When the National Enquirer ran the infamous photo of Elvis Presley in his casket, conspiracy theorists immediately decried the photo as fake.