Don't sleep on this story about English town canceling fireworks show to let walrus rest
Shouts of "goo goo g'joob" would likely have been just as unwelcome to the walrus as the pops and booms of fireworks.
Looking back on 2025: Rumors that took us down research rabbit holes
Snopes works hard to get to the bottom of every claim it investigates. These rumors took more time than most in 2025.
Was Christmas song with lyric 'Santa came down my chimney' once banned for being too risqué?
The provocative song comes from Sus Records, a YouTube channel known for using AI to make musical "parodies."
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The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks
The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.www.nature.com
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Shaking up rumor that first snow globe was invented by accident
The story points to Austrian mechanic Erwin Perzy in 1900, but records show snow globes existed by at least 1878.
Merry Holidays, Happy Christmas, and pour one out for 'ol Saint Nick who threw hands with an Arianism heretic.
Wishing you all a great Christmas my fellow internet strangers.
Trump took Epstein's jet 'many more times than previously reported,' according to assistant US attorney
A 2020 email from a federal prosecutor, released by the Department of Justice, said Trump flew on the sex offender's jet "at least" eight times.
A brief history of the Christmas tree
Three different theories trace the Christmas tree back to the 1400s or 1500s. Two others go even further back.
Snopes' Christmas playlist: Holiday song rumors we've fact-checked
From "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to "Jingle Bells," this playlist has it all.
Coca-Cola didn't invent modern image of Santa Claus. Here's how centuries of Christmas tradition shaped it
Coca-Cola may have helped popularize Santa's look, but his modern image was already taking shape long before the soft drink company's ads.
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