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Elon Musk Urged People to Stop Donating to Wikipedia. Here's Why

Dozens of people on the internet recently claimed that tech billionaire Elon Musk, who owns X, had urged people to stop donating to Wikipedia, the free online collaborative encyclopedia.

In his post, Musk shared a post by the far-right X account Libs of TikTok, which claimed that the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that operates Wikipedia, had spent more than $50 million of its $177 million budget in 2023-24 on "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" — a concept organizations use to recognize the value of people from different backgrounds and create fair practices. Was this claim accurate? Anna Rascouët-Paz reports.

No, Marjorie Taylor Greene Didn't Say Biden Scheduled Hanukkah on Christmas

The post originated from the account of an X user whose bio mentions satire.

Digging Into Claims the CIA Invented the Term 'Conspiracy Theory' in the 1960s

Social media posts have tied the term "conspiracy theory" to the late-1960s release of a CIA memo related to John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Period Cramps Just as Painful as Heart Attacks? Science Doesn't Say

This longstanding claim about period pain seems to lack scientific evidence.

WWI Pigeon Braved Enemy Fire to Deliver Message — But Did It Help?

The heroic winged member of the U.S. Army suffered critical injuries, but his legend has grown a tad beyond the facts.

Staff Pick

Monopoly Board Game's 'Anti-Capitalist' Origins

The inventor of the board game that would become Monopoly, Elizabeth Magie, called her creation "The Landlord’s Game."