Housewife Spends Over a Decade Making Up Fake Russian History on Wikipedia
A Chinese woman reportedly spent the last decade of her life writing hundreds of bogus Wikipedia entries on Russian history and contributing to hundreds of others. Wikipedia is nothing less of an online treasure! Whether you’re looking up general information out of pure curiosity, or you’re writing an important paper, Wikipedia almost always delivers the […]
How an Internet Meme Ruined a Photo Model’s Career and Private Life
A Taiwanese female model spent years battling online harassment after an innocent photo she shot for a photo agency was used for a completely unrelated news report and later turned into a meme. In 2012, international media (OC included) featured the story of a Chinese businessman who had allegedly sued his wife for misleading him […]
Viral News About Russian Man Who Survived in Bear’s Den for a Month Is Actually Fake
If you’ve visited a news site over the last couple of days, you’ve probably read this incredible story of a Russian “mummified” man who was found more dead than alive after being attacked by a brown bear and somehow survived for a month. Well, it case you haven’t already guessed, it’s fake. The story of […]
Viral Photos of “Young Boy” Marrying Adult Woman Are Not What They Seem
Last weekend, a series of photos that seemed to show a very young boy getting married to an adult woman went viral on Mexican social media. There was speculation of arranged marriage and child trafficking, but the true story turned out to be more tragic, and at the same time heartwarming, than everyone thought. Mexican […]
Man Allegedly Starts Barking After Being Bit by Rabid Dog
A viral video of a South-African man barking like a dog after allegedly being bit by a canine infected with rabies has sparked a heated debate on African social media. The video went viral after being shared by Instagram influencer and entertainer Tunde Ednut. In it, a young man wearing an oxygen mask and lying […]
Man Suffers Heart Attack After Following Viral Online “Health Tip”
There’s an abundance of health tips going around on social media these days, but as this story shows, some of them can actually have fatal consequences. Zhou Xin, a 58-year-old man from Harbin China, recently became the victim of online fake news shared on the internet. The viral news snippet claimed that his home city […]