Latest False Fact-checks in Science Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on January 11, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space. Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone." Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room. Facebook posts stated on December 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.” Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.” Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer. Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie." Facebook posts stated on November 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music. Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television. TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 16, 2021 in a video on Facebook: Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.” Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a story: Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak. Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Laura Ingraham stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied." Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!” Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks." Viral image stated on May 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup." Viral image stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax. Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it." Jesse Kremer stated on May 11, 2017 in a legislative hearing: "The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact." Rush Limbaugh stated on May 31, 2016 in the Rush Limbaugh Show: The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution. Joe Biden stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican: "In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer." Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt stated on April 15, 2016 in in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt": "Dolphins are rapists. Look it up." Jeff Bridges stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video: "Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
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Viral image stated on January 11, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space. Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone." Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room. Facebook posts stated on December 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.” Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.” Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer. Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie." Facebook posts stated on November 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music. Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television. TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 16, 2021 in a video on Facebook: Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.” Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a story: Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak. Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Laura Ingraham stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied." Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!” Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks." Viral image stated on May 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup." Viral image stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax. Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it." Jesse Kremer stated on May 11, 2017 in a legislative hearing: "The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact." Rush Limbaugh stated on May 31, 2016 in the Rush Limbaugh Show: The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution. Joe Biden stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican: "In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer." Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt stated on April 15, 2016 in in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt": "Dolphins are rapists. Look it up." Jeff Bridges stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video: "Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
Viral image stated on January 11, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
Facebook posts stated on December 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”
Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
Facebook posts stated on November 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music.
Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding.
Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television.
TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”
Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 16, 2021 in a video on Facebook: Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.”
Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a story: Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.”
Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
Laura Ingraham stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks."
Viral image stated on May 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup."
Viral image stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax.
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."
Jesse Kremer stated on May 11, 2017 in a legislative hearing: "The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."
Rush Limbaugh stated on May 31, 2016 in the Rush Limbaugh Show: The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.
Joe Biden stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican: "In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt stated on April 15, 2016 in in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt": "Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."
Jeff Bridges stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video: "Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
