September 11th, 2026 | No Comments »
In August and September 2026, a rumor circulated online that Keiko Mori, a 22-year-old teacher in Japan, defied orders to lead 30 students to their deaths with hand grenades rather than allow them to surrender to American forces during the Battle of Okinawa in June 1945. On Sept. 3 for example, a post on Facebook […]
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April 8th, 2025 | No Comments »
An image purporting to show the underwater infrastructure supporting the canal-carved city of Venice, Italy, circulated across social media platforms in March and early April 2025, including Threads, Instagram and Facebook. Claim: An image accurately depicts the underwater foundation of Venice, Italy One such post published on X on March 15 had received more than 1.2 […]
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March 10th, 2025 | No Comments »
A video shared to TikTok on Feb. 17, 2025, suggested spiders could be more sentient than previously thought. Claim: When spiders sense danger, they run toward people for protection. An on-screen text read, “Spiders run at you because they sense danger and think you’re there to protect them, but in our minds, we’re terrified and […]
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