Navajo Nation Sends PPE to India?
A tweet about the Navajo Nation sending personal protective gear to India was popular across platforms.
Viral Content
‘Japanese Police Shoot Paintballs at Fleeing Vehicles’ Meme
A popular meme claimed that police in Japan shoot paintballs at fleeing vehicles, an apparently simple solution to avoiding high-speed chases.
Michael Collins: ‘If You Had Any Balls …’
” … you’d say ‘oh my God what is that thing?’ then scream and cut your mic.”
What is an ‘Apology Dinner’?
Two back-to-back posts on the same subreddit about an apology dinner led to widespread confusion over whether such a custom existed.
Apollo 11 Customs Form
After the April 2021 death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, a customs declaration from the 1969 space flight circulated on social media.
Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole Jumped Into the Thames to Rescue a London Bridge Jumper
A viral Facebook post described the heroic actions of a man who died rescuing a woman in London.
Academy Awards ‘Savage’ Response to Trump’s Oscars Statement
A statement attributed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in response to Donald Trump is circulating on social media.
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Animatronics at Disneyland Tokyo
A popular post to Reddit’s r/gifs purportedly showed impressive animatronics being developed for the theme park.
‘Pockets in Dresses Were Phased Out So Women Could Prove They Were Not Witches’
A deleted tweet about why women’s dresses purportedly lack pockets lived on in screenshots.
Scannable QR Code in the Sky in Shanghai
A giant, luminescent code was purportedly seen over Shanghai in April 2021.