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Pic Shows Time Dave Matthews Band's Bus Dumped 800 Pounds of Poop on Tourist Boat?

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Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 8, 2024 Tourists were reportedly "doused with a brownish-yellow liquid."
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According to a TikTok video Facebook is a CIA program and Mark Zuckerberg is a secret agent.

Is Facebook a CIA Surveillance Program?

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Jordan Liles
May 2, 2022 According to Google Trends, after a video was posted to TikTok, some users were searching for an ...
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The Onion Has Been Banned on Twitter, Tweets The Onion

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Bethania Palma
April 21, 2022 Despite what The Onion stated on Twitter, the humor site hasn't been banned. But they're still a ...
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No, Amazon Didn't Fire Workers Who Didn't Clock Out After Getting Buried in Rubble

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Dec. 17, 2021 The claim originated on a website known for satirizing current events.
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Yahoo! News Republished a Satirical Article from The Onion

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Jan. 24, 2019 An unusual cross-posting briefly blended satire with actual news.
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Did a Judge Order That a White Woman Be Tried As an African-American?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug. 22, 2018 A years-old video created by the satirical Onion website was mistaken for genuine by some viewers.
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Did ICE Hurl a Pregnant Woman Over a Border Wall?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 26, 2018 In June 2018, a piece of satire from "The Onion" became more confusing to social media users.
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Is This Steve Bannon with a Bloody Lip?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2017 An image of Steve Bannon with a bloody lip was a creatively edited — but convincing — photograph ...
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Shelling From Royal Caribbean’s M.S. ‘Allure’ Sinks Carnival Cruise Vessel That Crossed Into Disputed Waters

Did Shelling from Royal Caribbean's M.S. 'Allure' Sink a Carnival Cruise Vessel?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
July 21, 2017 Satire about rivalry between Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise lines was mistaken for real new ...
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Did Barry Wilmore See a Fellow Astronaut Outside the Space Station?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 19, 2017 An experience almost as scary as being transformed into a potato.
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Were WWE Staff Forced to Shoot Aggressive Wrestler After Child Climbed Into Steel Cage?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 17, 2017 Satirical pieces live on, long after the target of their spoofing has faded from the public cons ...
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Did the Secret Service Add an 'Emotional Protection Division' for President Trump?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb. 9, 2017 An article reporting that the Secret Service has added a new unit to coddle the president's feel ...
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Did Vice President Mike Pence Lament That God Never Asked Him to Sacrifice His Children?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb. 7, 2017 A report that Vice President Mike Pence was disappointed God never asked him to sacrifice his ch ...
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Did Sean Spicer Retweet a Satirical Onion Video About Himself?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan. 30, 2017 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer retweeted The Onion's satirical video about him, leaving ...
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Was Mike Pence Disappointed in Men for Allowing the Women's March?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2017 A satirical article about Mike Pence's expressing his disappointment in husbands and fathers for ...
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Do 18 Inches of Bullet Casings Cover Chicago Streets?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Dec. 12, 2016 A satirical article reporting that the city of Chicago was working around the clock to clean up ...
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Clinton Staffers Ready Electromagnetic Pulses to Disable Nation's Devices

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov. 8, 2016 Reports that Hillary Clinton's staff is preparing to disable all the nation's electronic devices ...
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Will Pokémon in Pokémon GO Scream if Within a Mile of a Sex Offender?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 3, 2016 A claim that the augmented reality game's "Pokémon" character will scream when within a mile of ...
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Mike Pence

Did Trump Tweet About 'Boring Mike Pence'?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
July 21, 2016 Amidst Republican Convention chatter on social media, an item from 'The Onion' claiming Donald T ...
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College Star Heroically Overcomes Rape He Committed?

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
June 7, 2016 A satire piece from The Onion was confused on social media with a very similar news story five y ...
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