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7 Viral Photos of Marilyn Monroe That Are Totally Fake (NSFW)

Marilyn Monroe died more than 50 years ago, but Americans are still as obsessed with her as ever. And it’s Monroe’s birthday today, so there’s a good chance you’ll see even more photos of her on Facebook and Pinterest than usual. But be careful, because many of them are completely fake. Below we have just…

Tech News Matt Novak

Mushroom Cloud in Iconic Photo of Hiroshima Is Not Actually a Mushroom Cloud

Nuclear experts say this famous photo of an apparent mushroom cloud rising above the city of Hiroshima is not what it appears to be. The towering plume is actually billowing smoke rising up from the raging firestorms that followed the explosion. This photo has been misidentified as a mushroom cloud for decades. The Pulitzer Prize…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Is This a Time Traveler at a Mike Tyson Fight in 1995?

Does this 1995 video of a Mike Tyson fight show a time traveler with a cameraphone? The simple answer is no. And the complex answer is also no. But it’s a perfect example of how the past can play tricks on us. With the benefit of hindsight we can get to truths that were harder…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Harriet Tubman Quote That’s Going Viral Is Totally Fake

Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill—which is awesome. So naturally, people on social media are celebrating with a famous Harriet Tubman quote: “I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” The only problem? Tubman never said that. W.…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Photo of Earth From the Hubble Telescope is Totally Fake

Have you seen this photo of Earth from the perspective of the Hubble telescope? Well, it’s 100 percent fake. It’s a stunning image, but it’s actually computer generated. And there’s still some confusion over who first created it. Snopes figures it’s from 2013 and done by an artist named Mike Kiev. But I suspect it’s…

Tech News Matt Novak

22 April Fools’ Day Products That Are Totally Fake But Should Be Real

Scientifically speaking, April Fools’ Day is the worst day of the year. And as consumers we have only two options to survive the horror that is brands flogging the dead horse known as April Fools’ Day. The first is to humor them by politely chuckling at their whipping of the stallion’s corpse. The second is…

Tech News Matt Novak

How the Rubik’s Cube Juggler Tricked the Internet

Last week the internet watched in amazement as Leo Weston solved three Rubik’s cubes while juggling them. Now he’s back to show us how he faked the entire thing, and its just as impressive. The footage was captured by juggling solved cubes and then digitally removing them—so that element at least wasn’t faked. Leo and…

Sploid Avery Ellis

That Photo of Obama Pointing at a Naked Portrait of Trump is Totally Fake (NSFW)

There’s a photo currently swirling around the great big toilet bowl of social media that supposedly shows President Obama in Cuba. He’s pointing and smiling at an illustration of a naked Donald Trump. An illustration of Donald Trump sporting a micropenis, no less. But it’s completely fake. To make things even weirder, it’s a photoshop…

Tech News Matt Novak

No, The Uber Driver Accused of Murder Spree Isn’t Suing Uber For $10 Million

The internet went into a tizzy this week when headlines proclaimed that the Uber driver in Kalamazoo, Michigan who’s accused of murdering six people was suing Uber for $10 million. But the lawsuit is a hoax. As MLive first reported, a handwritten lawsuit was indeed filed on Tuesday. But the killer, 45-year-old Jason Brian Dalton,…

Tech News Matt Novak

Trump Used a Fake Gandhi Quote on Instagram to Make America Great Again [Update: Bernie Used It Too]

Have you ever heard the phrase, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”? It’s often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, but he actually never said that. Someone should tell Donald Trump. On Monday, Donald Trump sent out a tweet and an Instagram photo with himself on stage…

Tech News Matt Novak

That Loose Zebra In New York Is Fake Because Everything On The Internet Is Fake

There’s a zebra on the loose in New York! Or at least that’s what Twitter wants you to believe. The image went viral after Buzzfeed retweeted it. But it’s a fake. Mens Journal writer Shawn McCreesh has since admitted that it was just a joke. And actress Mary Lynn Rajskub made the same joke with…

Tech News Matt Novak

That Knife-Wielding Crab Video Is A Hoax

Did you see that video of a knife-wielding crab that went viral recently? Sadly, it’s a hoax. The Washington Post spoke with an expert, and the whole thing was definitely staged. The crab didn’t pick up the knife itself. In reality, the blade was almost certainly jammed into the crab’s claw, and the crab can’t…

Tech News Matt Novak

Amazing Footage of a Sniper Killing ISIS Fighters Turns Out to Be a Video Game

Iranian state TV recently aired some amazing video of a sniper killing six ISIS fighters in under two minutes. He’s an impressive marksman. It’s just too bad that the video is fake. This “Hezbollah sniper” is actually just playing the video game Medal of Honor. According to the French news outlet France 24 the footage…

Tech News Matt Novak

9 More Viral Photos That Are Completely Fake

The truth is out there. And by “out there” I mean anywhere but the internet. We see hundreds of images flash in front of our eyes every month. But these are the ones you might have seen recently that deserve a second look. Because they’re all fake. 1) Is this a real Yeti? Last week…

Tech News Matt Novak

That Angry Trump Twitter Account is Fake. No, the Other Angry Trump Twitter Account.

Before you retweet some hilariously indignant missive from Donald Trump, we suggest you look a bit closer. Granted, Trump is known for saying outlandish things on Twitter. But there are so many fake Trump Twitter accounts, you might be retweeting a “parody” account. For instance, here’s a tweet that’s doing the rounds, in which “Trump”…

Tech News Matt Novak

9 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake

Last year we debunked dozens of fake photos on the internet. So you might be wondering how 2016 might stack up in terms of volume. Well, it’s only January and this enormous fake-photo Xerox machine we like to call “the internet” shows no signs of depleting its pixelated toner anytime soon. Here are nine images…

Tech News Matt Novak

Powerball Math: $1.3 Billion Divided By 300 Million Is Actually $4.33

There’s a lottery meme on Facebook claiming that if we just divided the current Powerball jackpot evenly, every American would get $4.3 million. But that’s not right at all. Why? Simple math: When we take $1.3 billion and divide by 300 million we get $4.33. As in, four dollars and 33 cents. Not $4.33 million.…

Tech News Matt Novak

Most of Those Viral Clinton-Blair Conversations Are Fake

The Clinton Presidential Library recently released transcripts between President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair dating back from the 1990s. The real conversations are candid and illuminating. But many transcripts that are being passed around on social media are fake. As the New York Times explains about the real transcripts: With bracing bluntness…

Tech News Matt Novak

No, Ammon Bundy Didn’t Compare His Militia to Rosa Parks (He’s Not on Twitter)

A lot of news outlets are enraged about tweets by Ammon Bundy, the leader of a group that’s currently “occupying” a bird sanctuary building in Oregon. The only problem? Bundy doesn’t have a Twitter account. Last night an account called @Ammon_Bundy compared the Bundy militia’s campaign to Rosa Parks. Yes, it would be a shocking…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Viral List About 1915 Is Full of Lies

A list of fun facts about the year 1915 has gone viral. But many items on the list are false or misleading. As we’ve seen time and again, never trust the internet for your fun facts. It’s all lies. The list has been passed around for years, getting updated with little more than the year…

Tech News Matt Novak

7 Viral Photos of Marilyn Monroe That Are Totally Fake (NSFW)

Mushroom Cloud in Iconic Photo of Hiroshima Is Not Actually a Mushroom Cloud

Is This a Time Traveler at a Mike Tyson Fight in 1995?

This Harriet Tubman Quote That’s Going Viral Is Totally Fake

This Photo of Earth From the Hubble Telescope is Totally Fake

22 April Fools’ Day Products That Are Totally Fake But Should Be Real

How the Rubik’s Cube Juggler Tricked the Internet

That Photo of Obama Pointing at a Naked Portrait of Trump is Totally Fake (NSFW)

No, The Uber Driver Accused of Murder Spree Isn’t Suing Uber For $10 Million

Trump Used a Fake Gandhi Quote on Instagram to Make America Great Again [Update: Bernie Used It Too]

That Loose Zebra In New York Is Fake Because Everything On The Internet Is Fake

That Knife-Wielding Crab Video Is A Hoax

Amazing Footage of a Sniper Killing ISIS Fighters Turns Out to Be a Video Game

9 More Viral Photos That Are Completely Fake

That Angry Trump Twitter Account is Fake. No, the Other Angry Trump Twitter Account.

9 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake

Powerball Math: $1.3 Billion Divided By 300 Million Is Actually $4.33

Most of Those Viral Clinton-Blair Conversations Are Fake

No, Ammon Bundy Didn’t Compare His Militia to Rosa Parks (He’s Not on Twitter)

This Viral List About 1915 Is Full of Lies

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