Another suggestion is to always check sources and verify ANY fact you see. (I increased the timeout on the site recently because I often spend more than an hour verifying before I post something)
No site is perfect. Snopes.com which is considered to be the best site for debunking Urban legends, but they purposely have put at least 8 false stories on their site (one of which tricked me for years). The reason they did this is that they ALWAYS want a person to check multiple sources before they consider something to be fact.
Numbers presented should also not be trusted at first glance. If I put my mind to it I could probably list over 100 gross manipulations of numbers that I have found over the last 30 years (and have probably been exposed to hundreds more). Check sources, check methodology, check sample size, check biases, check modeling rules. This can be hard but if a subject is worth your attention, it is worth having as many of the the facts as possible.
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