‘Average Jeans Colors Per State’ Map
A long-circulating map chart purportedly depicting average jeans wash color preferences by state resurfaced in June 2021.
A long-circulating map chart purportedly depicting average jeans wash color preferences by state resurfaced in June 2021.
Several identical articles attributed various conclusions to a study conducted by startup company Blendoor concerning Black Lives Matter statements and workplace diversity.
A viral Facebook post claims that the popular condiment and cooking aid reduces nicotine cravings.
Ocean plastic memes are everywhere; one claims that we are all eating the equivalent of a credit card a week.
A popular Reddit r/wholesomememes post claimed that smiling babies “look away” because their fledgling emotions are too much for them to handle.
Here’s how the rumor about hundreds of millions of pieces of “crackers” becoming ocean plastic got started.
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.
On February 2019, television personality John Stossel released a video to Facebook watch, entitled “Media Hype Questionable Gun Control Study/MASS SHOOTER MEDIA MYTH.” That video was first shared to YouTube on December 18 2018. The clip was just under five-and-a-half minutes, and in it, Stossel introduces a segment challenging a purported “media myth” involving mass …
On May 3 2019, @CNYcentral shared the following tweet featuring a photograph of a shoe with a claim that the colors in which it appeared to render revealed whether a reader is either “left-brained” or “right-brained”: In the tweet @CNYcentral claimed that if “the right-half of your brain is dominant, you will see a combination …
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On April 6 2019, a screenshots (archived here) of a Twitter thread originally published by @AwesomeBioTA one day prior went viral on social media: In the original thread, the poster (@AwesomeBioTA) recounted the purported results of her class’s attempt to sequence samples of seafood gathered at places like supermarkets and sushi restaurants: In at least one …