Viral Phenomena Archives

Did Canada Ban ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Chants? Conservative Trump supporters aren't cheering on random Brandons.

False

Does Tennessee Find Kevin James Sexy? What is it about maps that makes them seem so credible to the internet?

False

Does Video Show an 800-Foot Underwater Atomic Blast in 1958? As of this writing, the video had been viewed more than 11 million times across...

True

Is Buzz Aldrin’s Mother’s Maiden Name ‘Moon’? Aldrin's 1969 trip to the Moon was, in some respects, a family visit.

True

Is ‘National Daughters Day’ Just a Sinister Plot To Extract Private Data? The social media trend has emerged in recent years, centered around the final days of...

False

Did FedEx Fire a Driver Who Refused To Deliver to Pro-Biden Homes? Vincent Paterno bragged online about refusing to deliver packages to left-leaning customers. Online reports say...

Unproven

Yes, This Is an Artist’s Recreation of the Ancient Greek City of Ephesus The pictured street was a major thoroughfare and remains a modern tourist attraction.

True

Yes, a Texas Dad Stripped Down to His Swimsuit To Make Point About Mask Safety The incident went viral.

True

Do Falls from Milk Crates Have Their Own ICD-10 Code? The code "Id10T" was taken.

False

No, 229 Christian Missionaries Were Not Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan In the midst of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, a bogus, 12-year-old...

False

Is This a Real Video Showing Taliban Occupying Afghanistan’s Parliament? The Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, as foreign powers departed.

Unproven

A bear purportedly captured on a TikTok video inside Walmart was actually inside a Ralphs supermarket.

‘Bear in Walmart’ TikTok Video Was Not Recorded in Walmart A TikTok comedian appeared to confuse a number of commenters after making a humorous video.

Mixture