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National

What we can VERIFY about ‘Drano bombs’

Memes

What we can VERIFY about a photo that goes viral after nearly every mass shooting in America

The ‘Sam Hyde shooter meme’ has been shared online after mass shootings for years. We VERIFY where it came from and why it spread after tragedies.
Pop Culture

Perfect Rotten Tomatoes score for ‘Barbie’ movie is fake

A Twitter post claimed the “Barbie” movie debuted with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score — but reviews for the film have not been posted to the website yet.
Crime

Viral photo claiming to show George Santos’ mugshot is fake

George Santos (R-N.Y.) was arrested on May 10, but his mugshot wasn’t publicly released. An image claiming to be his mugshot was made using a photo taken in January.
Pop Culture

Met Gala 2023: Viral photo of Selena Gomez is fake; Jason Derulo didn’t fall down the stairs

The annual Met Gala was held in New York City on May 1. The VERIFY team fact-checked two viral images claiming to be from one of fashion’s biggest nights.
Memes

Image of Pope Francis in a white puffer coat was created with AI

An image of Pope Francis walking down the street wearing a white puffer coat is the latest image created with AI platform Midjourney to go viral.
Memes

A black man did not invent Vicks Vaporub like a viral meme claims

Lunsford Lane, the Black man pictured in the meme, didn’t invent Vicks, but he was a successful businessman, author and abolitionist who purchased his own freedom.
Memes

This Black inventor didn’t create Vicks VapoRub like viral meme claims, but he was a successful businessman who purchased his own freedom

Lunsford Lane, the Black man pictured in the meme, didn’t invent Vicks, but he was a successful businessman, author and abolitionist who purchased his own freedom.
Pop Culture

No, a photo of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wearing anti-Trump shirt isn’t real

A viral image appearing to show Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wearing an anti-Trump shirt is a doctored image taken from the film “San Andreas.”
Memes

No, you can’t send Christmas cards to ‘recovering American soldiers,’ as meme claims

You can’t mail a Christmas card to an unnamed “recovering American soldier” this holiday season, as a meme claims, because the postal service won’t deliver it.
Technology

Video of Elon Musk saying Twitter employees got clips of Trump saying ‘you’re fired’ is fake

The video is a deepfake, or an edited video that’s made to look real. It was created using a clip of an interview Musk did in April.
Electric Vehicles

Fact-checking images claiming to show abandoned electric vehicles in France

Memes about electric car graveyards in France have been circulating for years. The most recent example is actually from China.