The two-legged herbivore is named for the Inuit word for “cold bone.”
Snopes→ Is Arby’s Making a French Fry-Flavored Vodka?
A chef partnered with Arby's to create Bloody Mary recipes.
Health Feedback→ Claim that French study showed long COVID doesn’t exist misinterprets the study and fails to account for its limitations
REVIEW An article published on Substack in early November 2021, a platform that supports subscription newsletters, claimed that a French study[1] demonstrated that long COVID is “mostly a mental disease”. Long COVID is a condition in which COVID
Snopes→ Can Pronghorn Antelope See the Rings of Saturn?
The ungulates are said to have “bionic binocular vision.”
Snopes→ Can Pronghorn Antelope See the Rings of Saturn?
The ungulates are said to have “bionic binocular vision.”
Snopes→ Britney Freed: Judge Dissolves Spears’ Conservatorship
“As of today, the conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is hereby terminated,” Judge Brenda Penny said.
Snopes→ Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges for Defying 1/6 Subpoena
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children Are NOT 50 Times More Likely To Be Killed By COVID Vaccines Than By Virus Itself
Are children 50 times more likely to be killed by the COVID-19 vaccines than by the virus itself? No, that's not true: The person who made the claim offered no proof for the claimed numbers of deaths from the COVID vaccine. As of November
Snopes→ Bannon 1st Person Charged with Contempt of Congress Since 1983
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was indicted by a grand jury in November 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor Does NOT Show Marburg, Ebola In Vaccines To Induce AIDS
Does an 11-minute video featuring a Finnish naturopathic doctor talking about Johnson & Johnson vaccines show people are being intentionally infected with the Ebola and Marburg viruses to induce AIDS? No, that's not true: The video in
Snopes→ The ‘World’s Loneliest House’: Elliðaey’s Myths Debunked
Here are the facts and myths behind the viral photograph.
Snopes→ Man Who Went to Space with Shatner Dies in Plane Crash
A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Searches For How To Send A Resignation Email Rose 3,450% on Google in the Past 3 Months’
In a November 10 2021 tweet, data reporter Rani Molla claimed that Google searches for “how to send a resignation email” had spiked dramatically in the preceding 90 days: Searches for “how to send a resignation email” rose 3,450% on G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccinations Are NOT Mandatory For German Children Or Adults
Did the death of a German 12-year-old shortly after receiving a vaccine cause German officials to reconsider a policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for children? No, that's not true: COVID vaccinations are not mandatory in Germany fo
Snopes→ Homer Plessy, Key to ‘Separate but Equal,’ on Road to Pardon
A Louisiana board voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a “whites-only" railroad car led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws.
Snopes→ ‘Crocodile Tears’ Comes From Belief That Crocs Cry With Sadness When Killing Prey
An incorrect medieval belief inspired the modern-day phrase.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence toxic masks are being sent in the mail, but watch out for ‘brushing’ scam
Scam artists are using Amazon to send people face masks laced with “something toxic.”
PolitiFact→ Cindy Axne – Iowa is 45th for internet connectivity, Axne says
“Iowa ranks 45th in the U.S. for internet connectivity."
Snopes→ Moody Blues Drummer, Co-Founder Graeme Edge Dies at 80
The band’s frontman Justin Hayward confirmed Edge’s death on the group’s website.
Truth or Fiction?→ Betty White ‘Donald Trump’ Veterans Day Tweet
On November 11 2021, a screenshot of a tweet attributed to Betty White spread virally, in which she purportedly stated her opinions on former United States President Donald Trump and the late senator John McCain: Betty White's Veteran's Day p
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – CDC study on COVID-19 vaccination and spontaneous abortions did not contain major error
"Report finds increased risk of spontaneous abortion following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy” after correcting “major error” in CDC study.
AllSides→ Joe Biden ‘Got a Handle on COVID’
https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-covid-fact-check/ CLAIM: "Biden got a handle on COVID." — David
Snopes→ Julian Assange Given Permission to Marry Partner in Prison
Assange has been held in London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison since 2019 as he fights a U.S. attempt to extradite him on espionage charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The COVID-19 Pandemic Is NOT Over
Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? No, that's not true: The World Health Organization (WHO), which declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, said in late October 2021 that the global pandemic is still "far from finished." An opinion article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wife of Pfizer CEO Is NOT Dead
Did Myriam Bourla, the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, die November 10, 2021 after complications from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: She was photographed with her husband at an awards ceremony on November 11, 2021. Cons
PolitiFact→ In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige
In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to the late Black baseball player Satchel Paige
Full Fact→ No evidence Zoflora cleaner harms fertility
A Facebook post with over 5,000 shares claims: “Zoflora is one of the worst chemicals you can use to clean the home. Causes infertility in young boys & men.” However, there’s no evidence that Zoflora can affect fertility in humans
Snopes→ Man Earns Ph.D., Fulfills Dream of Being Physicist — at 89
Manfred Steiner recently defended his dissertation successfully at Brown University in Providence.
Health Feedback→ Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
REVIEW On 29 October 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11. This vaccine for children has a slightly different formulation from the one approve
PolitiFact→ Bryan Steil – Steil’s claim that Biden admin will pay out $450,000 to illegal immigrants is lacking information
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
Full Fact→ Facebook is not suddenly sharing private posts
Facebook users are sharing a false rumour that all posts and photos on the platform are about to be made public. The posts include a formal statement saying that the author does not authorise this. This is a version of common rumour that has spread onl
AllSides→ Electric Vehicle Tax Credits in Democratic Plan
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/electric-vehicle-tax-credits-in-democratic-plan/ The House’s curren
Full Fact→ No evidence GPS ‘smart dust’ is being implanted in humans
A picture shared on Facebook claims to show a tiny chip, invented by Hitachi which has GPS capabilities and can be absorbed through human skin after being sprayed onto people, ingested through food or drink, or injected. A Google reverse image se
PolitiFact→ Image mocks a Tesla recharging with a generator. Here’s what it doesn’t show.
An image pokes fun at a Tesla recharging with gasoline. There’s more to EVs than that.
Snopes→ Teddy Bear Lost in Glacier Park Returned to 6-Year-Old Girl
A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she'd had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year.
Snopes→ Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ Star Winter Dies at Florida Aquarium
A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies died at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No scientific basis for claims of ivermectin’s success in Uttar Pradesh, India
No new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to use of ivermectin
AllSides→ Can Colorado Hospitals Turn Away Unvaccinated Patients?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/can-colorado-hospitals-turn-away An article from Red Voice Media
Snopes→ Johnson & Johnson to Split into Two Companies
Johnson & Johnson is separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business.
Logically→ Pfizer added tromethamine to its COVID-19 vaccine for children to stabilize a heart attack.
Tromethamine is a stabilizing agent used to increase the storage time for pharmaceutical products, but not to stabilize a heart attack.