Did Amish People Protest the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis?
“Amish” trended on Twitter alongside a purported photograph of Amish people protesting the death of George Floyd and police brutality in Minneapolis.
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Conservative Versus Liberal, ‘Taken at a California Public High School This Year’ Meme
A meme purporting to show California curriculae that compared and contrasted political views continued spreading on social media long after its already flimsy context fell away.
Storm Cloud in Benevento
An Instagram photograph of a purported electrical storm in Benevento, Italy went viral on other platforms.
Five Iron Workers Atop a Tower ‘Selfie’
A photograph of death-defying construction workers circulated on social media as the “mother of all selfies.”
Is This a World War II Photograph of Unwanted Babies for Sale in France?
On March 14 2019, the Facebook page “Pictures in History” shared an image (archived here) with the following status update: Unwanted babies for sale in France during World War II, 1940 This wasn’t this particular group’s first such outlandish claim. In late February 2019, the page shared a widely-reposted image purportedly showing wives engaged in a “Christmas tradition” of …
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Christmas Tradition of Women Begging Their Husbands for Forgiveness?
On February 24 2019, the Facebook page “Pictures in History” shared the following caption with the photograph seen above: A long forgotten Christmas tradition, women once used to beg their husbands for forgiveness from all of their wrongdoings and mistakes that they made throughout the year. Why did this tradition disappear?!? The post proved immediately popular, …
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