Author Archives: WeRaven

BBC says story Clive Myrie racially attacked in Ukraine ‘completely false’

A false claim is spreading on social media that the veteran BBC journalist was the victim of a racially motivated assault while reporting in the country.Source

Video claiming to be from this week’s earthquake in Turkey actually from 2020

A video spreading on social media claiming to be from the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria is actually from three years ago.Source

Vaccine did not cause young woman to lose both her legs

Claire Bridges’ legs were amputated as a result of complications from a Covid-19 infection and her heart condition. Being vaccinated had nothing to do with it.Source

Footage claiming to show recent earthquake in Turkey actually shows 2015 earthquake in Nepal

The clip, which has been viewed more than 77,000 times on Facebook, appears to have been filmed during a major earthquake in Nepal almost eight years ago.Source

Tsunami video was filmed in 2018 in Indonesia, not Turkey

A video which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media shows a Tsunami hitting an island in Indonesia in 2018, not Turkey, as claimed by some.Source

WTF Fun Fact 13233 – History of the State of the Union Address

The State of the Union address wasn’t always a speech. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13233 – History of the State of the Union Address appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

No evidence that Just Stop Oil ‘bankrolls’ the Labour Party

Although a key benefactor of Just Stop Oil has also donated to Labour, this does not mean the campaign group is giving money to the party itself.Source

Viral video does not show tsunami in Turkey following 2023 earthquake

The footage is from Durban, South Africa, in 2017.Source

Not true that 85% of over-65s play video games every week

The survey only polled those who were already playing games or interested in doing so.Source

Nellie Bly’s Journey

Nellie Bly, a female reporter, successfully recreated Jules Verne’s famous novel “Around The World In 80 Days.” In 1888, she proposed to her editor at the New York World to undertake a journey around the world, making Verne’s fictional story a reality. On November 14, 1889, with two days’ notice, Bly boarded the Augusta Victoria… Read More »

The Great Depression in 1931 and Cameroon

During the Great Depression in 1931, reports of American citizens suffering from starvation were so widespread that colonial-era Cameroon in West Africa collected funds to aid them. The amount raised was $3.77, equivalent to approximately $70 in today’s currency. Source