Was This Illusion ‘Created by a Japanese Neurologist’ to Identify Stress Levels? Don't worry if this photograph looks like it's moving "like a carousel" -- there are much more accurate ways to figure out whether you are stressed.
Did the NYC Department of Health Issue ‘COVID-19 Sex’ Guidelines? And did they say that you are your own safest sex partner?
Does Coronavirus Put Dogs at Risk Because Hand Sanitizer Has the Same Ingredients as Antifreeze? Pet warnings are always popular, and COVID-19's link to hand sanitizer made sure that a claim that it was fatal to animals spread far and wide..
Do People Ingest Five Grams of Plastic Per Week? Ocean plastic memes are everywhere; one claims that we are all eating the equivalent of a credit card a week.
‘When We See Cancer in Pork, We Just Cut It Out And Still Sell It To Customers’ Claim A rasher of viral articles claiming that butchers just cut out cancer in pork and sell anyway it is little but Grade A nonsense.
Spooky Season, Activated Charcoal in Food, and Medication A viral social media post warns users not to fall for a "spooky season" trend, claiming that activated charcoal in foods can decrease the efficacy of certain medications and contraceptives.
Jim Carrey Depression Meme: ‘I Believe Depression is Legitimate. But…’ A viral quote about depression attributed to the actor in a quote meme likely put words in the actor's mouth to get more shares.
Are Eradicated Diseases Making a Comeback Because of Immigrants and Refugees? In April 2019, the Facebook page “Donald Plants” shared the following meme (archived here), which claimed that six “eradicated diseases” are in the process of “making a comeback” thanks to the presence of refugees and undocumented immigrants in the United States. In the meme, six “eradicated diseases” were named: tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, mumps, scarlet fever, […]
Tandem Nursing Milk Differences A March 24 2019 post on the Facebook page “Breast is Best without Fear” (archived here) featured a purported image of different milks expressed by the “same mama,” thanks to nursing children of different ages and with separate needs: In its center was a photograph of two bottles of breastmilk — one thin and dark yellow […]
