Fact Checks Archive

Video Shows Starbucks Drone Delivery The video sparked widespread interest.

True

Did Olympic Swimmer Yusra Mardini Flee Syria by Swimming? "I hated the sea after that," Yusra Mardini said of the hazardous trip.

True

Red Traffic Light over Street Intersection

Did William Phelps Eno, the ‘Father of Traffic Safety,’ Never Learn to Drive? William Phelps Eno was the man who penned some of the first traffic laws.

True

Did ‘Mike the Headless Chicken’ Live for 18 Months After Losing His Head? Miracle Mike was, quite literally, running around like a chicken with its head cut off...

True

No, Democrats and Biden Do Not ‘Suck the Blood of Children’ Biden's references to a well known and widely reported far-right conspiracy theory were grossly misrepresented...

False

Did Biden Say ‘My Butt’s Been Wiped?’ The president appeared to be making a joke about how difficult it was to talk...

Unproven

Does Video Show Tom Brady Playing Catch with a Throwing Machine? Tom Brady is an accurate passer, but is he this accurate?

False

NYC Restaurant Sets World Record for Priciest Fries It's not the first record broken by Serendipity 3 with a menu item.

True

Does a NASA Photo Show ‘Blue Dunes’ on Mars? The picture was produced by Odyssey, the longest-serving space craft orbiting Mars.

Mixture

Did Richard Nixon Order Nuclear Strike On North Korea While Drunk? Even without Twitter, presidents can tangle foreign relations on a whim.

Does a Video Show a C-17 Globemaster Flying Between Buildings? A video of an 2018 aerial stunt went viral again in 2021.

True

Can Sheepshead Fish Bite People with Their ‘Human’ Teeth? The so-called "demon fish" have a mouthful of molars and two incisors.

True