Fact Checks Archive

Does This Video Show Two Fluids Becoming ‘Unmixed’? The concept appears to defy nature.

True

What We Know About the Breast Cancer Vaccine Is prevention in our future?

True

Did PETA Ask MLB to Rename Bullpen ‘Arm Barn’? The animal rights organization claims that the word has “speciesist roots.”

Correct Attribution

Are These ‘Hallowieners’ a Genuine Product? Sorry to disappoint all of you black licorice-flavored hot dog fans.

False

Was This Victorian-Era Contraption Meant To Keep Vampires in Their Graves? In reality, these "mortsafes," as they were called, were designed to thwart grave robbers, not...

False

Did Trump Say Alec Baldwin Was ‘Going to Prison’ Over On-Set Shooting? In October 2021, social media users shared screenshots of a purported statement in which the...

Unproven

Did Failed Constitutional Amendments Include Ban on Divorce, ‘United States of the Earth’? Since 1789, there have been more than 11,000 proposals to change the U.S. Constitution. Some...

True

Did NYPD Arrest Former ‘Parks and Rec’ Actor Over George Floyd Statue Vandalism? Here's what we know so far about "Micah Beals" and "Micah Femia."

Research In Progress

Some Older Devices Will No Longer Support WhatsApp Users of the popular chat app will need to update their devices by Nov. 1,...

True

Are People Receiving Vaccines With More Ingredients Than FDA Approved? Allegedly, shots contained more than double the ingredients federal regulators OK'd.

False

Was an Elderly Nevada Couple Shot Dead by an Undocumented Immigrant? In October 2021, Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman pleaded guilty to shooting dead Gerald and Sharon David,...

True

Colorado Incident Prompts Reminder: Answer Phone if You Get Lost! A lost hiker ignored repeated calls from would-be rescuers because the number was unfamiliar.

True