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On this day in conspiracies
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- 2026Iran war fake footageHoaxes & Pop Culture
The 2015 Tianjin explosion clip resurfaces on Instagram, this time captioned as an Iranian strike on Tel Aviv. Fact-checkers note the same footage had already been misused during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war.
- 2026Jim Carrey clone theoryHoaxes & Pop Culture
As the theory goes full-blown, outlets including Forbes and CNN write it up as a baseless viral conspiracy. Carrey's publicist, Marleah Leslie, issues a short, direct statement: 'Jim Carrey attended the Cesar Awards, where he accepted his Honorary Cesar Award.' A source says Carrey finds the whole thing more sad than funny.
- 2026Iran carrier-strike videosGovernment & Intelligence
PolitiFact rates as false the claim that videos show a missile strike on the USS Abraham Lincoln, noting the footage is recycled and unrelated and that no strike on the carrier occurred.
Drawn from 1,967 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.