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Fact check: No, coronavirus is not a Latin word for 'heart attack virus'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe claim: Coronavirus is a Latin word for 'heart attack virus' A Jan. 6 Facebook video (direct...
Fact Check: Armchair Linguists Claim 'Nickelodeon' Means 'I Don't Care About God.' Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoTikTok user @AnimeBibleVerse, X user @AnimeBibleVerse, Google Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia...
Erm, Google, that's not how you write Arabic
TechCrunch· 2 years agoSwiss German (usually written as "Schweizerdeutsch") is written in what seems to be a local accent trying to mimic an accent (not unlike if you write...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNone of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. CLAIM: The IRS would...
Human skull found in a historic Macon cemetery. Could it be from an ancient ritual?
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt takes a lot to disturb a man who checks on dead bodies for a living. The life of a coroner is one...
Fact Check: The Story Behind Viral Video Showing What Looks Like 2 Haitian Corpses Roasting Over...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month ago@Racismo Contra Europeus/X Claim: In March 2024, viral videos authentically showed the corpses of...
An ancient language with nearly a million undeciphered texts just got a translator that does the job...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoDead languages are famously hard to decipher. It took 23 years to crack the Egyptian hieroglyphics...
Fact Check: Actual Putin Quote Displayed on Electronic Billboard in Moscow: 'Russia's Borders Do Not...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoX user @BBCSteveR Claim: A photograph shared in January 2024 showed an actual electronic billboard...
What you need to know for your first time in Japan
USA TODAY via AOL· 5 months agoJapan is a bucket list destination for many tourists. Although there is a common notion that it is an expensive destination, there are many ways to save...
Columbus housing authority faces allegations of language-based discrimination
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating allegations that the Columbus...