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TrueKenneth Petty, the husband of rapper Nicki Minaj, is a registered sex offender.SnopesDec 26, 2025TrueA town in England canceled a New Year's Eve fireworks show so a walrus could sleep.SnopesDec 25, 2025Can’t tellIn the mid-20th century, a Christmas song with the lyric "Santa came down my chimney" was banned for being too risqué.SnopesDec 25, 2025MixedThe first snow globe was created by accident while someone was trying to build a brighter light.SnopesDec 25, 2025TrueAn email from an assistant U.S. attorney in New York said President Donald Trump had flown on the jet that belonged to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "many more times than previously reported" and "on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996."SnopesDec 25, 2025FalseCoca-Cola invented the modern-day version of Santa Claus.SnopesDec 24, 2025FalseIn December 2025, the musician John Legend announced he was pulling his music off of Amazon because of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' ties with U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesDec 24, 2025Can’t tellIn December 2025, CBS Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a story about abuses at CECOT, a prison in El Salvador, because the report was a "blatant hoax."SnopesDec 24, 2025TrueThe U.S. Department of Justice released a letter purportedly from Jeffrey Epstein to fellow sex offender and former U.S. gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar that said, in part, "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls."SnopesDec 24, 2025FalseSödertälje, a city in Sweden, trained wild crows to pick up cigarette butts.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalsePoinsettia plants are poisonous to cats and dogs.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseA video authentically shows Judge Frank Caprio explaining how he found Barron Trump, son of first lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump, guilty of assault in a bar.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseImages authentically show three stars of the 1990 holiday classic film "Home Alone" — Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern — sitting together for coffee and dessert.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseInvestigators announced they had discovered secret rooms and tunnels underneath Rob Reiner's house following his death in December 2025.SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseCher responded to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with a retort after she allegedly called the singer "irrelevant" and "outdated."SnopesDec 23, 2025FalseAs of December 2025, Venezuela has illegally stolen U.S. oil.SnopesDec 23, 2025TrueIn December 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released a document related to the case of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that alleged President Donald Trump said a young female had "pert nipples."SnopesDec 23, 2025TrueSweden imports trash from other countries because it does not have enough to fuel its waste-to-energy plants that produce electricity and heating.SnopesDec 22, 2025FalseIn September 2025, pop star Taylor Swift and her fiance, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, announced their pregnancy.SnopesDec 22, 2025MixedThe bones of St. Nicholas, the inspiration behind Santa Claus, have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.SnopesDec 22, 2025MixedIn fall 2025, New York City's then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said his proposed city-run grocery stores would not sell alcohol, cigarettes or lottery tickets.SnopesDec 22, 2025FalseThe Lego Group added barium sulfate to Lego bricks so they would show up on X-rays if swallowed.SnopesDec 22, 2025TrueThe popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song.SnopesDec 22, 2025TrueThe lyrics of the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” once said “four colly birds” rather than “four calling birds.”SnopesDec 21, 2025