‘PSA, If You’re Ever Lost While Hiking … Change Your Voicemail’ Dueling viral posts debated the best way to make use of a waning battery and low signal for people lost in the wilderness.
Banana Peel Water for Plants A viral Facebook post advised the use of "banana peel water" or "banana peel tea" to grow impressively robust plants.
‘Fabuloso in Toilet Tank’ TikTok Hack The prospect of Fabuloso scenting your toilet tank is alluring, but a viral CleanTok hack has been the subject of debate over whether it's septic safe or bad for seals and gaskets.
@KaitMarieox ‘Might Just Start Wearing A Mask Again … Wouldn’t Want To Give Off The Impression That I’m A Vaccinated Democrat’ Tweet Screenshots of a tweet attributed to Kaitlin Bennett about wearing a mask circulated in screenshots, and suggested the line between satire and reality is increasingly thin.
‘Please DO NOT Offer Yarn, String or Human Hair for Birds to Build Nests!’ A popular Facebook post discouraged users from providing scraps of yarn, string, and dryer lint to birds for their nests, citing risks to their safety.
‘Mayonnaise Takes Crayon Off Walls’ Cleaning Hack Here's why you probably shouldn't use condiments to take marks off walls -- at least, not without doing some research first.
Clay Pot Candle Heaters: Do They Really Work? As Texas struggled with atypical winter weather, videos instructing people how to construct a terracotta space heater assembled with candles went viral.
‘Give Your Pumpkins a Bleach Bath’ A viral Facebook post advised users to give pumpkins a "bleach bath," providing a dangerously high bleach concentration and posing a risk to pets and wildlife.
Facebook Fact-Checking Platform Dangerously Labels Mask Meme ‘False,’ Discourages Use of Masks Against Expert Guidelines Thanks to Facebook's mishandling of its fact-checking initiative, disinformation about COVID-19 and masks is being amplified and recommendations to wear masks are being suppressed.
Is There ‘No Scientific Proof’ That Social Distancing Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus? A University of Southern California professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics claimed that social distancing is ineffective.
