Laminin, an Important Protein that Looks Like a Cross-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor talks of a substance called “laminin” that is described as part of a family of proteins that “hold us ...

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On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: FDR and the Business Plot on r ...

On May 23 2023, several social media posts popped up with the jarring claim that a majority of book removal or book ban requests in American schools were an effort by the same eleven individuals: ...

Across a deceptively tranquil lake scene, text read: This is Lake Superior. It has three quadrillion gallons of COLD water. Water that is so cold, a dead body will never float to the surface, because ...

On November 30 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at preventing a railroad strike ahead of the holiday season — although the matter was not yet fully settled: The House on ...

On June 7 2023, amid right-wing book-banning attempts sweeping the United States, poet and author Amanda Gorman addressed the banning of her own book The Hill We Climb at a Florida elementary school.

A statement from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been recirculated online, to the point where it commands its own Facebook “ page,” but not without some disinformation concerning its true ...

On June 29 2022, Trendolizer listed a blog post from Heritage Action for America (“Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on Abortion”) as a virally popular link in circulation on ...

On June 16 2023, a Reddit user shared a post (“Comer admits nobody has heard from alleged Biden informant for three years”) to r/politics: It was shared at a time when several prominent subreddits ...

In July 10 2020, a Facebook post appeared about the #FreeBritney movement (evidently aimed at liberating Britney Spears), becoming hugely popular within just a few days: The Text of the Post The post ...

Fact Check Claim: President Ronald Reagan lowered the top income tax rate from 70% to 28%, then imposed the first ever income tax on social security benefits to make up for it. Description: A ...