Fresh Snow Absorbs Sound
A meme claims “fresh snow absorbs sound,” which is true — with some minor caveats.
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‘Medicare for All? How Are We Gonna Pay for That? With THIS Money’ Post
Costs for “Medicare for All” vary, but almost all estimates were lower than 2018 spending for health care in the United States at $3.6 trillion.
‘Velocity of Money’ Tumblr Post
A popular screenshot shared to Facebook by “The Other 98%” purportedly explained a concept known as the “velocity of money.”
President Donald Trump’s 32 Percent Approval Rating per CBS Poll vs. ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ at 33 Percent per Rotten Tomatoes?
A protest sign claimed that the President of the United States had an approval rating one point lower than a decade-old film that was panned by critics.
Did Uber Receive 235 Reports of Rape and 5,981 Reports of Sexual Abuse?
A screenshot of a tweet on Facebook claims that Uber has received a large number of sexual abuse reports.
Do You Need to Remove Barcodes from Donated Toys Because People Exchange Them for Cigarettes and Beer?
A yearly social media moral panic involves the purported return of toys donated to needy children so their parents can buy beer and cigarettes — based on stories that have already been debunked by retailers.
‘Butt Plug’ Christmas Tree in Paris
A new annual Christmas tradition involves sharing a purported modern art installation in Paris that resembles a… well, you tell us.
‘Jeff Bezos Didn’t Donate $100M LOL, He Took $100M of Amazon Stock and ‘Donated’ it to His Own Charity’ Meme
The Amazon chief executive officer’s $98.5 million “gift” to homelessness charities was called out for being a purported conditional and misrepresented sum.
‘I Don’t Think People Fully Understand How Much 1 Billion Is’ Tweet
Among popular tweets debating whether billionaires ought to exist was another example of how vastly different a billion was from a million.
A Fun Series of Events in Finland
A post detailing a “fun series of events in Finland” describing the power of worker solidarity was shared to Twitter, then screenshots took off on other platforms.