Study Fails to Find Any Tuna DNA Inside Subway Tuna Sandwich A popular tweet claiming a "new study" failed to identify tuna in a Subway tuna sandwich omitted some details -- and there was no "new study."
Blendoor ‘Black Lives Matter’ Study Several identical articles attributed various conclusions to a study conducted by startup company Blendoor concerning Black Lives Matter statements and workplace diversity.
Are Private Prisons Suing States for Millions of Contract Quotas? A hyper-viral Facebook post purportedly shows a newspaper article about private prisons suing states for millions of dollars if "lockup quotas" are not met.
Cream of Tartar and Orange Juice to Quit Smoking? A viral Facebook post claims that the popular condiment and cooking aid reduces nicotine cravings.
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.
Do Smiling Babies Have to Look Away from People Because They’re ‘Overwhelmed with Joy’? A popular Reddit r/wholesomememes post claimed that smiling babies "look away" because their fledgling emotions are too much for them to handle.
Did a Swedish Scientist Propose Cannibalism to Fight Climate Change? Cannibalism can't "combat" climate change, so why are so many outlets suggesting otherwise?
Do Two-Thirds of Millennials Not Know What Auschwitz Is? In late December 2018, the Facebook page for Yahoo! Now shared a link to an article with a comment that two-thirds of millennials “don’t know what Auschwitz was”: https://www.facebook.com/YahooNow/posts/316780628957084?__tn__=H-R The post linked to an article aggregated to Yahoo! from Newsweek on April 12 2018, “One-Third of Americans Don’t Believe 6 Million Jews Were Murdered […]
Does the Government Pay People $3,000 a Week to Smoke Marijuana? Reports suggest that the government pays people who participate in a clinical study $3,000 per week to smoke marijuana.
