Daily Archives: February 11, 2022
Offer of Santorini holiday ‘reward’ returns to Facebook
A post offering a free holiday to Santorini in Greece is being widely shared on Facebook, but appears unlikely to be genuine. The post from an account called Santorini Travel says: “We’re going to celebrate our grand opening by doing something special for you. We will be rewarding someone who has shared then commented by… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Double the luck in Vegas
Picture of tractors in the Netherlands has nothing to do with Canada ‘freedom convoy’
A number of posts on Facebook shared earlier this month falsely claim to show a major road in the Netherlands clogged with tractors “yesterday”. Some of the pictures include references to the current road blockades caused by “freedom convoy” protesters in Canada, who are taking action against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and other Covid-related policies. One… Read More »
Germ theory is not ‘a lie’
Text in an image being shared on Instagram claims that “germ theory is a scientifically proven lie”. It also states that “all illness is formed internally” and “experiments have proven that humans cannot pass disease from one to another”. None of this is true. What is ‘germ theory’? The fact that many human diseases are… Read More »
Why Us Navy Manages Its Own Oak…
WTF Fun Fact – Zoo serenades monkeys
25 Interesting Shower Thoughts – Part 293
25 Kickass Random Facts List #711
What’s a random fact you think is worth sharing?
We asked our regular contributors through e-mail What’s a random fact you think is worth sharing? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way. 1. The patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire. – pososod951 2.…… Read More »