National Hispanic Heritage Month began as National Hispanic Heritage Week. Its date was picked because of its historical significance in Central America and Mexico.
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A video of a newborn baby being pulled from rubble wasn’t taken in the aftermath of the Moroccan earthquake. It was actually taken in...
Contrary to a social media account’s claims, scientists say they can’t predict earthquakes now and some believe it may never be possible.
Disease X is a hypothetical disease that could emerge in the future. It isn’t a new pathogen that’s currently spreading throughout the world.
Claims that a global rule will limit clothing purchases or force people to wear a standardized uniform starting in 2030 are false.
Online posts claim more than 100 countries have banned cluster bombs. People are also wondering whether using them is a war crime. Here’s what...
Amid violent protests in France, a viral video claims to show a library in Marseille on fire. It’s actually a video showing a post...
More than 500 encounters between orcas and boats have been reported since 2020 around Europe's Iberian Peninsula.
A viral post falsely claims that the U.S. accidentally sent an extra $6 billion in aid to Ukraine. Here are the facts about the...
Letters from other alphabets, such as Cyrillic and Greek, can look nearly identical to letters in the English alphabet. Here’s what to know about...
Both natural and human-caused processes contribute to sinking land, which is happening not just in NYC but across the East Coast and in cities...
Biden did not form the Quad coalition, as he claimed at the G7 summit. But he did facilitate the group's first in-person leaders’ summit.
No, there is no set standard that will mark the end of the COVID-19 pandemic
With more people in the US getting vaccinated and restrictions being relaxed, some people have asked what it will take for the pandemic to...
Though some states are planning to start treating COVID-19 as endemic, the WHO and others say there isn’t a formal way to mark the...
May 4 is Star Wars Day, and one of the most iconic lines in the franchise’s history is often misquoted in pop culture references.
Here’s how we VERIFIED that the viral photo actually shows a different airplane that was deliberately sunk in Jordan’s Red Sea.
A traveler in a viral TikTok claimed she couldn’t go on her trip abroad because her passport would expire in five months.
A Saudi Arabian company is growing alfalfa on farms in the drought-prone southwestern United States and sending it overseas to feed cows.
The chemtrails conspiracy theory has been around since the 1990s, stemming from a United States Air Force war report on weather modification.
At least one country currently has a heightened travel advisory in place for the United States. Others have warned against U.S. travel in prior...