In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, an extremely viral tweet claimed the monarch’s “two severely disabled first cousins” were falsely “pronounced dead” before and during her reign.
Video of “an octopus walking on the beach” once again demonstrates how convincing digital art has become.
A long-circulating map chart purportedly depicting average jeans wash color preferences by state resurfaced in June 2021.
A long-circulating image of unusual stairs went viral when paired with a backstory about “witches stairs.”
In March 2021, wide-ranging rumors circulated about a Nostradamus prediction and how it supposedly related to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s zombie apocalypse guidelines.
A “fun fact” about Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book Library circulated on social media.
A viral Facebook post advised users to — if only for a moment — ponder why chainsaws were actually created.
A Reddit user shared a business card found that they apparently found under floorboards for a gigolo named “Percy Long Prong.”
A months-old tweet about a months-old controversy over Merriam-Webster adding “irregardless” to the dictionary was reported by Upworthy as new in October 2020.
Memes attributed quotes to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), such as the “only reason Trump is keeping his campaign promises is to influence the outcome of the next election.”
