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A photograph supposedly showing a control room at an abandoned military base is frequently miscaptioned as something more sinister.

'Survey-scale inaccuracy or positioning errors can lead to costly construction mistakes such as bridge misalignment.'

An image shows how eight famous landmarks could all comfortably fit inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Several landmarks went purple after Prince died, but not all of the images circulating are authentic.

"It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115-ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water."

Rumor: Images show a Solar Tower to be built in Rio de Janeiro in conjunction with the 2016 Olympics.

Rumor: Photograph shows a circular bridge.

Fauxtography: Photograph purportedly shows the roller coaster-like Eshima Ohashi Bridge in Japan.

Photograph purportedly shows an abandoned house in England sitting atop a very skinny rock formation.

Photographs show a collection of houses located in unusual places.

Fauxtography: Photographs show an area in Japan rebuilt a year after the 2011 earthquake/tsunami.

Rumor: Photographs show a new prison facility in Chicago, Illinois.

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