Daily Archives: September 9, 2021

HGV securing point rules aren’t changing

A post on Facebook shared over 1,000 times shows two pictures of securing points for HGVs, claiming that they will be “illegal” by September due to a “new VOSA rule”. VOSA refers to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, which was replaced by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in 2014. The DVSA told… Read More »

9/11 video doesn’t prove plane didn’t hit South Tower

This fact check includes links to pictures and video footage some people may find disturbing.  A post on Facebook wrongly claims that video footage of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City shows that no planes were involved. The video has been viewed more than 20,000 times. It shows… Read More »

WD-40 did not say it “makes screwing a pleasure”

We’re sorry to spoil the fun, but an old WD-40 ad full of innuendo appears to be a fake. The ad, which has been shared more than 1,500 times on Facebook, says that the well known brand of lubricant “makes screwing a pleasure” and “gives better penetration”, among other things. While this may be correct… Read More »

What we know about the Taliban and Covid-19

A post on Facebook claims that the Taliban survived the pandemic with “no vaccines, social distancing, PCR testing, masks” and were still able “to then recapture an entire country with no mass deaths amongst their population during a global pandemic”. It’s true that the Taliban did regain control of Afghanistan during the pandemic, but there’s… Read More »