Curiosities

<!--qv q:id=a2 q:key=vcaa:Treat. Walk. Play. According to viral videos on TikTok and Instagram, pet dogs (and one sassy pig named Merlin) are expressing their demands by pressing button boards—a floor-based array of buttons labeled with dog-appropriate words—instead of barking...

Claim: A video shared to TikTok on Nov. 9, 2024, genuinely showed a “giant sea white octopus caught by fishermen.” Rating: A video shared to TikTok on Nov. 9, 2024, claimed to show a "giant sea white octopus caught by fishermen"...

<!--qv q:id=a2 q:key=vcaa:Bobby Russell doesn’t remember every single thing he grabbed during his manic dash through a KB Toys in San Jose, California, back in 1992, but he remembers the receipt. “{It was} 10 or 20 feet long,” he...

Claim: Two authentic photographs from 1999 show Sean “Diddy” Combs holding a small white pill in his hand while his arm was around Kate Moss. Rating: ContextWhile the two photographs are real, we could not confirm that it was indeed a pill...

unbfacts:Eagles can spot something the size of a rabbit from more than three miles away. They see more colors than humans, and can also see in the UV range of light (allowing them to see the urine trail of...

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Claim: When asked about lowering grocery prices in December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said: “It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.“ Rating: ContextWhen a TIME Magazine interviewer asked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump whether he...

<!--qv q:id=a2 q:key=vcaa:Of the many Egyptian deities, Bastet—the goddess of cats and daughter of the sun god Re—is one of the most recognizable. Her existence proves that felines were revered in Ancient Egypt. Thousands of years later, cats in...

Claim: A photo shared online in December 2024 authentically shows an official mug shot of Luigi Mangione, the suspected shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Rating: In December 2024, a photo rapidly spread online allegedly showing an official mug shot of Luigi...

<!--qv q:id=a2 q:key=vcaa:In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is and who performed it? Here’s a hint: You might...