Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, filed for the patent in 1966 and received approval three years later.

Social media users accused Gates of softening his long-standing commitment to mitigating the effects of climate change.

For years, a rumor has spread that former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, said, "If fascism comes to America, it'll come in the name of liberalism." For example, an I nstagram post shared ...

A social media page that frequently posts fabricated stories about alien life shared another outlandish tale about alien robot spiders in Antarctica.

The retailer's billboard went viral in 2013 and was quickly taken down, but not before the item sold out online.

The historical fact spread online in October 2025 as Republicans claimed Democrats shut down the government over health care ...

Following the incident, DHS head Kristi Noem denied a request from Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to pause ICE raids ...

Online users alleged people were trying to "replace" Vice President JD Vance's wife, second lady Usha Vance, with Turning ...

The claim originated with Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who repeatedly pinned blame for the shutdown on ...

Senators repeatedly failed to pass a continuing resolution that would fund federal agencies and services including SNAP, also ...

Throughout 2025, a meme about Republican U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson circulated online purporting that the ...

In October 2025, users shared a video that appeared to show thousands of bald eagles landing on gravestones in a veterans ...