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Snopes→ Yes, Portland Really Did Name a New Bridge After Ned Flanders
"The Simpsons" and Portland, Oregon, have a long-standing symbiotic relationship via creator Matt Groening, who grew up there.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Health Organization Did NOT Use Actors To Portray COVID-19 Patients In Video — They Are Real Patients
Did New South Wales Health, an Australian government health organization, use actors to portray COVID-19 patients in a public health video? No, that's not true: The people featured in the video are real COVID-19 patients. The shortened ne
Top Fact Checks→ The character of Shrek was based on a real person named Maurice Tillet.
Dreamworks studio, which produced the movie, has never confirmed that the character was based on Tillet. There is no evidence that the claim is true.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chinese Restaurant Sign Giving 95% Off Meal With Vaccine Card Is NOT Real
Did a Chinese restaurant advertise giving customers 95% off their lunch total if you show them a vaccination card? No, that's not true: The sign was made by a prank website where you can create your own Chinese restaurant sign. The story
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Giant U-Shaped Skyscraper Is Not Real — It’s Just A Proposed Design From 2017
Is there a giant U-shaped skyscraper in New York that is so big a plane can easily fly between its uprights? No, that's not true: This image of a large building in Manhattan is just an architectural design for a proposed building that had
Snopes→ ‘Real Housewives’ Star Gregg Leakes Dies of Cancer
Leakes was 66.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped
Did Kamala Harris once pose for red carpet photos with Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: On September 17, 2015, Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff were photographed together at a black-tie dinner for the opening of the Broad
Snopes→ No, That Picture of Kamala Harris with Jeffrey Epstein Is Not Real
The fake photo was shared widely online in August 2021, and was even posted by a Republican congressional candidate in Texas.
Snopes→ Is This a Real Article Claiming Frida Kahlo ‘Gleefully Dabbles in Art’?
A Detroit newspaper article, allegedly written in 1933, reviewed the iconic artist before she was famous.
Snopes→ What’s the Real Story Behind the ‘Dingo Ate My Baby’ Quote?
The famous line has a very tragic backstory.
Full Fact - All content→ Covid virus variants are real
A post on Facebook falsely claims that variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, and biological viruses as a whole, do not exist. Viruses exist The post seems to claim that viruses do not exist. This is wholly false. Viruses
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nashville’s Daily Press And Times Really DID Print These Female Statistics In 1869
Did Nashville's Daily Press and Times publish this accounting of the unmarried females in the Tennessee city on July 19, 1869? Yes it's true: This image of a newspaper clipping, from an unknown newspaper and date, cites the Daily Press an
Snopes→ Is This a Real Video Showing Taliban Occupying Afghanistan’s Parliament?
The Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, as foreign powers departed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A 1912 Newspaper Really DID Publish A Note On Effect Burning Coal Could Have On Earth’s Temperature
Did New Zealand's Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette publish a paragraph on "Coal Consumption Affecting Climate" in the Science Notes and News section of the paper back on August 14, 1912? It's TRUE! This paragraph p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Suggestive Silo And Bales Is NOT Real Iowa State Fair Logo
Did the Iowa State Fair accidentally or intentionally blunder with their logo design resulting in a distinctly recognizable silhouette? No, that's not true: This logo is a joke and not the real logo of the Iowa State Fair. The silo and ro
Snopes→ Joel Osteen’s Net Worth: Is It Really $40 to $60 Million?
The Houston pastor's wealth has been the subject of a lot of discussion over the years.
Snopes→ Yes, This ‘Smokenado’ Video Is Real
The video features a strange, funnel cloud-shaped column of smoke.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hong Kong Permanent Pet Identity Card Is NOT A Real ID
Does Hong Kong issue an official ID card for pets and also provide pets with health insurance and a budget for food? No, that's not true: Pictured is a novelty pet ID card modeled after the style of the real Hong Kong identity cards issue
Snopes→ Does All Saints Church in Hereford, England, Really Have This Crude Figure?
People in the 14th century could be just as immature as people today.
Snopes→ Yes, the Lovers & Friends Festival Is Real
But it's also sold out.
Snopes→ Does This Photo Show a ‘Real-Life’ Spongebob and Patrick?
The duo was reportedly photographed at a depth of over 6,000 feet.
Snopes→ Yes, the Kellogg’s Cereal Class Action Lawsuit is Real
Plaintiffs accused the company of deceptive marketing by describing their sugary cereals as "heart healthy" and "lightly-sweetened."
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ An Olympics hot mic video allegedly of an NBC producer isn’t real — it’s a joke
A spoof video shared on a comedian’s Twitter page has journeyed from joke to scandal as some people sharing and seeing it online appear to believe it’s authentic. It’s not. But here’s the premise: an NBC producer is caught on a hot mic saying:
Snopes→ Is This ‘Lego Gun’ Real?
A customized Glock19, dubbed the "Block19," was briefly available for purchase in the summer of 2021.
Snopes→ Is This Meandering Quote From Biden Real?
A quote starting "and the question is whether or not we should be in a position" went viral in July 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Unrelated Photos Do NOT Illustrate A True Story of Printed Pajamas Mistaken For Real Snakes
Did a woman's husband break her foot with a baseball bat when he saw what he thought was a snake come out from under the blanket? No, that's not true: These two photos are not related. The photo of a bandaged foot was published in a medic
Snopes→ Is the ‘Rules for Teachers – 1872’ List Real?
The 'Rules for Teachers - 1872' list prompts us to marvel at the grimness of a late nineteenth century American schoolteacher's lot.
Snopes→ Are Blue Java Bananas Real?
The fruit is said to taste like vanilla ice cream.
Snopes→ Is This Glass Octopus Real?
The deep-sea cephalopod is completely transparent except for is optic nerve eyeballs and digestive tract.
Snopes→ The ‘I Am Your Father’ 1980 Audience Reaction Video Is Fake, But We Found a Real One
The viral "Star Wars" video featured a fake cinema reaction to Darth Vader's infamous line from "The Empire Strikes Back." Here's how we know it's fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blue Java Bananas ARE Real — But They Do NOT Stay Blue Or Have Blue Flesh Like The Banana In This Photo
Do "Blue Java" bananas, a variety of bananas that have bluish peels, exist? Yes, that's true: the bananas' peels take on a bluish-green appearance when unripe and have a distinctive texture and flavor, often compared to ice cream. However
Snopes→ Yes, This Phallic Lamp is Real
"It is about love, light and life," says its creator. It is also priced at nearly $5,000.
Snopes→ Japan Girds for a Surreal Olympics, and Questions Are Plenty
All signs point to an utterly surreal and atomized Games, one that will divide Japan into two worlds during the month of Olympics and Paralympics competition.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Are state legislators really seeking power to overrule voters?
In a speech on voting rights in Philadelphia, President Joe Biden vowed that his administration would fight back against new voting restrictions pushed by allies of former President Donald Trump. State legislators are now engaged in a “broad as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image of Flooded BMW With "F*ck You Greta!" Sticker Is NOT Real
Is a photograph showing a BMW car half submerged in floodwaters with a "F*ck you Greta!" sticker prominetly showing on the rear window real? No, that's not true: someone photoshopped the sticker onto a real image of a car flooded by water
Snopes→ No, This Ironic Greta Thunberg Sticker on a Flooded Car Isn’t Real
The original photo appeared in news reports of disastrous flooding in Germany.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence That Edward Mordrake Was A Real Person
Was Edward Mordake a man born with a second face on the back of his head that could laugh, cry and whisper horrible things to him? No, that's not true: The legend of Edward Mordake, sometimes called Mordrake, appears to have begun as a wo
Snopes→ Yes, Someone Really Did Predict the Bucks-Suns 2021 NBA Finals in 2016
Wisconsin man Jarrett Plahmer amazed many basketball fans in July 2021, with an unlikely, five-year-old prediction.
Full Fact - All content→ This isn’t a real image of the Northern Lights from space
An image claiming to show the Northern Lights from space has been going viral on Facebook. The post says the image comes “courtesy of NASA” which is true. But the image is not a real photo from space but a computer generation. As Snop