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Musk Said SpaceX Working on Controlling Weather to Compete with NASA?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Oct. 11, 2024 "Can he counteract what they are doing now?" one commenter asked.
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Humans Cannot Fully Sink in Quicksand?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 8, 2024 Natural quicksand is a mixture of fine sand, microscopic clay particles, and water.
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Pic Shows Basketball Covered in 'World's Blackest Substance'?

Written by:
Joey Esposito
Oct. 7, 2024 A photo of a man holding a sphere that looked like a black hole has circulated online since at l ...
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Male Kangaroos Purposely Flex Their Biceps to Impress Females?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich Nick Hardinges
Oct. 6, 2024 Videos of muscly marsupials flaunting their figures spurred some social media users to claim suc ...
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Real Photo of a Fluorescent Marsupial?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 4, 2024 The creature is an eastern quoll, an Australian marsupial that is about the size of a domestic cat.
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Photo Shows Circular 'Experimental Forestry' Project in Japan?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 4, 2024 The circular forest was allegedly planted to "measure the effect of tree density on growth."
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Video Genuinely Shows White 'Baby Peacock'?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 4, 2024 Baby peacocks are actually known as "peachicks."
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A clear mask is over what appears to be a person that is wearing a black hoodie.

Real Mask Designed To Block AI Facial Recognition 'from All Angles'?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 1, 2024 It joins a growing number of design concepts meant to distort human faces to advanced programming.
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James Webb Space Telescope Spotted 'Non-Natural' Object Moving Towards Earth?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Oct. 1, 2024 The rumor claimed that JWST observed the object changing its trajectory, implying it was some so ...
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'Goodbye Meta AI' Message Won't Stop Company from Scraping Your Data

Written by:
Joey Esposito
Sept. 27, 2024 The viral message claims to protect Instagram and Facebook users against Meta using their inform ...
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Real Photo of Purple Apples from Saskatchewan?

Written by:
Caroline Wazer
Sept. 18, 2024 A Facebook post claimed the purple apples embodied the "rich tapestry of Saskatchewan's cultural ...
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Lemons Are 'Manmade' Hybrid Fruits That 'Don't Occur Naturally'?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 23, 2024 "Life never gave us lemons, we created them ourselves," numerous social media users claimed.
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Photo Shows True Size of Bear's Paw Compared to Human?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 16, 2024 The striking image had been circulating online for years but resurfaced on social media in mid-2024.
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Goats Have Rectangular Pupils?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 15, 2024 This unique feature allegedly enhances a goat's ability to detect approaching danger from its pe ...
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Body Armor Company Demonstrated Its 'Stab Protection' Vest on Its CEO?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 15, 2024 "He was really going at it like he didn't like the CEO and was hoping it would fail," one X user ...
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Baby Born in 2017 from Embryo Originally Frozen in 1992?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 8, 2024 Emma Gibson was frozen as an embryo in 1992 – her non-biological mother was born in 1991.
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Pic Genuinely Shows Bagworm Moth Caterpillar and Its 'Little Log Cabin'?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 8, 2024 Experts said the insects were poorly understood in the scientific community.
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Medical Images Show Man with 90% of His Brain 'Missing'?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 5, 2024 The 44-year-old Frenchman was said to have “normal social functioning.'
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A person with red hair wearing a black bow and cream top is photographed from the back.

Redheads Have a Higher Pain Tolerance?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 4, 2024 A mutation of the MC1R gene is responsible for red hair.
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Why Do You Have To Put Your Phone on Airplane Mode When Flying?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 4, 2024 Some have suggested the rule is antiquated given modern technological advances.
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