Curiosities

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Throughout the 1980s and '90s, workplace shootings carried out by post office workers across the United States led to the creation of the term "going postal."Oklahoma Highway Patrol CollectionFourteen employees of the post office in Edmond, Oklahoma, were killed...

Claim: A Mississippi bill would pay "bounty hunters" $1,000 for each instance in which they help successfully deport immigrants in the country illegally. Rating: What's True Mississippi's House Bill 1484 proposes the creation of a hotline where people can report immigrants in the...

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Claim: An authentic photograph shows the body of a massive octopus washed up on the coast of Indonesia. Rating: ContextThe image was generated by artificial intelligence. In January 2025, an image allegedly showing a giant octopus washed up on an Indonesian beach was shared...

<!--qv q:id=a2 q:key=vcaa:Nowadays, if there’s a Disney movie you’d like to watch, all you have to do is fire up the Disney+ streaming app, scroll through the service’s nearly endless titles and menus, and pick the movie you’d like...

Claim: Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice.” Rating: For years, internet users have shared a quote about an ideal type of leader, attributing the words to Martin Luther King...