Are ‘Cow Fart Bags’ Being Used to Fight Climate Change? On May 14 2019, a Facebook user shared the following post (archived here), purporting to show “cow fart bags” advocated as a climate change solution by “fringe leftists”: https://www.facebook.com/PatriotRichardGarcia/photos/a.2276600219021148/2675915742422925/?type=3&theater It was almost as if a post lamenting that “you can’t make this stuff up” was a clue that the poster had indeed made that stuff […]
Guy the Beagle Rode in Queen Elizabeth's Car for the Royal Wedding- Guy the beagle rode in a car with Queen Elizabeth the day before the Royal Wedding after being rescued from a shelter by Meghan Markle in 2015.
Essential Oils Are Harmful to Cats and Small Animals -Truth! Essential oils can be harmful to cats — but most cases of toxicity involve oils being applied directly to cats' fur, and not defused through the air.
Photo Shows Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Posing With Dead Elephant-Fiction! A photo caption incorrectly identifies Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke posing beside a trophy elephant that was killed in Africa.
Save the Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus From Extinction-Fiction! There's no such thing as the Pacific Northwest tree octopus, but it has become a helpful tool to gauge students' internet literacy over the years.
Giant Florida Cane Spider Attacks House in Photo-Fiction! A doctored photo of a wolf spider has been misidentified as a Florida cane spider, a Hawaiian cane spider in 2015, and as a Angolan witch spider in 2013.
Canada Legalizes Sex With Animals, Most Beastiality is Legal-Truth! & Misleading! The Supreme Court of Canada overturned an animal sex conviction because a poorly-written law; claims the country legalized animal sex are misleading.
Charles Manson Granted Parole, Will Be Released from Prison-Fiction! An old false report about Charles Manson's parole resurfaced in 2017, but the convicted murderer isn't due for another parole hearing until 2027.
Warnings About Tick-Transmitted Powassan Virus-Truth! Warnings About Tick-Transmitted Powassan Virus-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Warnings about Powassan Virus, a virus transmitted by ticks that can be deadly or cause permanent neurological symptoms, circulated as summer of 2017 began. The Truth: Powassan Virus is a real and potentially deadly transmitted virus that has affected about 75 people in the Northeast and Great Lakes region […]
Man Catches 13 Pound Bullfrog in Texas-Truth! & Misleading! Photos of a monster frog that supposedly weighed 13 pounds are real — but the frog's official weight is unconfirmed.
