Bicycles and Women’s Liberation A popular post to Reddit's r/todayilearned claimed that bicycles played an important role in women's liberation and influenced fashion conventions.
Do Elevator ‘Close Door’ Buttons Work? A popular February 2023 post to Reddit's r/todayilearned asserted 80 percent of elevator "close door" buttons are not functional.
Was Tulsa the ‘First American City Attacked from the Air’ in 1921? In February 2023, a 2013 post about the 1921 Tulsa race riots circulated on Facebook.
Greece, Turkey, and ‘Earthquake Diplomacy’ After a devastating earthquake in early February 2023, a post about "earthquake diplomacy" in Turkey and Greece was popular across platforms.
‘TIL That the Civil Rights Act Was Not the First One in the U.S., But Rather the Second One….’ A Reddit post claimed that the Civil Rights Act was preceded by an effort quashed by the Supreme Court decades before.
‘If You See Me, Cry’: Hunger Stones in Some Czech And German Rivers The emergence of "hunger stones" heralding agricultural doom wasn't new in 2022, but neither was it a fabrication.
‘Minnesota Keeps the Original Confederate Flag’ and Refuses to Return It? A viral screenshot (or set) purportedly describes Minnesota's ongoing possession of an original Confederate flag.
Bass Pro Shops, 7th Largest Pyramid in the World? A popular meme claimed that the seventh (or tenth) largest pyramid in the world was a Bass Pro Shops location.
‘Physical Books Continue to Massively Outsell E-Books Every Year’ A viral screenshot showed an @UberFacts tweet claiming that physical books outsell their downloadable counterparts every year.
‘Stop What You’re Doing and Google Why Chainsaws Were Invented’ A viral Facebook post advised users to -- if only for a moment -- ponder why chainsaws were actually created.
