​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 30 December 2020 FYI: We're publishing the Debunker daily again! If you'd like more or fewer Debunkers in your inbox, please scroll down to "Manage Your Subscription" at the bottom of this email and click through to select which days you'd like to get our top fact-checks and headlines of the day!  Viral Post ‘How To Fight Covid at Home’ Provides Problematic Advice ​ With the rise of online communication, chain emails and messages have become a common source of misinformation about a variety of topics. A recent piece of copypasta has been garnering attention by claiming to offer insight from a nurse on fighting the virus at home, but don't be so quick to trust its advice. Snopes' Alex Kasprak breaks down why this particular anonymous internet claim should not be taken as factual, efficacious, or even safe. Read More Fact Checks Did Scientists Find Evidence to Explain the Bermuda Triangle? The region is a notorious part of the world where scores of ships and planes have supposedly vanished without a trace in mysterious circumstances. 🕓   Outdated Do These 1920s News Clippings Resemble 2020 Talk? Twitter users enjoyed what appeared to be amusing parallels between the end of 2020 and life a century earlier. ✅   True Did Pennsylvania Record 205,000 More Votes Than Voters? Pennsylvania officials warned of "the dangers of uninformed, lay analysis combined with a basic lack of election administration knowledge." ❌​   False New Insurance Policy for Cars Driven Less Than 50 Miles a Day? We took a closer look at online advertisements claiming states launched new insurance guidelines for vehicles driven less than 50 miles per day. ❌​   False Were Ashes of ‘Star Trek’ Star Smuggled onto Space Station? The man who played Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on the hit sci-fi series may have made it to space after all. ​❔    Unproven View Latest Fact Checks Misinformation Doesn't Take a Holiday We're fighting for facts all year round. If Snopes has helped you or your loved ones stay informed, consider making a contribution this holiday season to help us continue fighting for you. $5 $20 $50 $100 $200 $250 View more options News Bill Legalizing Abortion Passed in Pope’s Native Argentina Argentina’s Senate passed the law after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women’s movement. Read More After a Year Like This, Expect a Strange New Year’s Eve Annual celebrations will be different this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. Read More Nashville Bomber’s Girlfriend Warned He Was Building Bombs The call came more than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day 2020. Read More UK Approves Use of 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine with Easier Storage “The rollout will start on Jan. 4 and will really accelerate into the first few weeks of next year,” British Health Secretary Matt Hancock told told Sky News. Read More Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead from COVID-19 Luke Letlow, Louisiana's incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, has died from complications related to COVID-19. Read More

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