Yearly Archives: 2022
Rags to Riches- The Jr High Dropout Who Created a Tasty, Tasty Billion Dollar Empire
In 1847 at the tender age of 16, seaman Hanson Gregory looked at some frying dough and said, “Everything is better with holes”… except his ship hull probably… and created the staple of breakfasts the diabetes lovin’ world over- the doughnut! Or so the story goes anyway. In truth, Captain Gregory’s account of how and… Read More »
Life Pro Tips of the Week – Part 303
Here are this week’s Life Pro Tips. 1. In college it is much better to be friends with the people who have the party house than it is to live at the party house. 2. It takes 5 minutes a day and at almost no cost to maintain dental hygiene. It takes a lifetime and…… Read More »
25 Uplifting Headlines of the Week – Part 273
Modified chimpanzee virus in AstraZeneca vaccine isn’t linked to monkeypox
A Facebook post falsely suggests that there is a link between the recent rise in monkeypox cases and a key component of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The post features a screenshot from a real government information page listing the ingredients contained within the AstraZeneca vaccine. These include “recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact 12695 – Male Mice Are Scared Of Bananas
Saudi Arabia has not announced plans for an ‘International Straight Pride Month’
An Instagram post which has received thousands of likes shows a fake tweet from BBC World News from 20 May, claiming that Saudi Arabia is set to hold “International Straight Pride Month” in June 2022. The supposed BBC tweet reads: “Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to hold “International Straight Pride Month” during June of… Read More »
Pfizer CEO did not say he wanted to decrease population by 50%
A post on Facebook falsely claims that the CEO of Pfizer has said “by 2023 we will reduce the world population by 50%”. This is accompanied by a link to a website with the headline: “Pfizer CEO: ‘by 2023 we will reduce the world population by 50%’”. He actually said that by 2023 they would… Read More »
Monkeypox isn’t shingles in disguise
A post on Instagram shows a screenshot of a tweet that says: “13,783 cases of Shingles (one of the adverse effects of C19 jab) are reported on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Seems like Shingles is being termed as monkey pox [sic].” Similar posts on Facebook make the same claims but without the screenshot.… Read More »
Australian grandmother did not shoot two rapists
A Facebook post claiming an Australian grandmother shot off the testicles of two men who had raped her granddaughter is false. The post relates the tale of 81-year-old Ava Estelle, a former librarian, who, after two men raped her 18-year-old granddaughter, tracked them down to a hotel room and shot each of them in the… Read More »
Why Am I Tired All the Time? (A Guide For Women’s Fatigue)
Have you ever experienced those days when you just can’t keep your eyes open? Whether you are chasing a two-year-old with a basket of laundry on your hip or trying to keep your eyes open in a never-ending staff meeting, there is no denying that there are many factors as to why many women feel… Read More »