Did a Man Decide to Use Drawings of ‘Cat Heads’ as His Official Signature?
If you’ve ever closed on a house, you already know what a hassle drawing cat heads on documents might be.
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Cornel Nistorescu 9/11 ‘Ode to America’ Editorial
A long-circulating September 11, 2001-related chain email turned viral Facebook post is purportedly an excerpt from a Romanian newspaper written by Cornel Nistorescu.
Did North Carolina’s GOP Trick Democrats into Attending a 9/11 Memorial, Then Pass an Unpopular Healthcare Bill?
A reasonably accurate — if opinionated — story about a state vote controversy went viral in screenshot form.
Starbucks 20-Ounce Venti vs. 12-Ounce Grande Video Experiment
A Facebook video of purported similarities in volume between a Starbucks Venti and Starbucks Grande cup has gone viral, leading some readers to believe the sizes are a scam.
Last Sunset 9/10/2001 Photograph
Among 9/11 tributes on social media, a picture artistically captioned “Last sunset 9/10/2001” spread widely on Reddit and Facebook.
Is This the Only Existing Footage Of the First Plane Hitting the World Trade Center?
On the anniversary of September 11th 2001, the purported only existing footage of the first plane hitting New York City circulated on social media.
Is the United States the 118th Safest Country in the World — Down From 65th in 2018?
A viral tweet shared to Facebook claimed that the United States had plummeted dramatically on a list of the world’s safest countries, but it was wrong on more than one level.
Palindrome Week, September 2019
Popular Facebook posts and Twitter trends heralded “palindrome week.” What’s that?
911 Dispatcher Donna Reneau/Debra Stevens Drowning Incident
On September 1 2019, the following meme appeared in the Facebook group “LIVE PD FANS NO BOUNDARIES” (archived here), purportedly detailing an exchange between the woman shown in the photograph (911 dispatcher Donna Reneau) and a victim of flash flooding (Debra Stevens): The text over her head in the photo read: HELLO, I’M DONNA RENEAU, …
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Are School Bus Stops Now More Dangerous Because of an All-Time High in Human Trafficking?
If anything is at an all-time high, it is baseless panic about school kidnappings and bus stops.