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The Fruit Machine: Canada’s Controversial Attempt to Identify Homosexuals in the Public Service during the 50s and 60s

During the 1950s and 1960s, the Canadian government, military, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police utilized a technology known as “the fruit machine“. This machine was employed as a tool in their efforts to identify homosexual men in the public service. Individuals were required to watch adult content as the machine tracked changes in pupil… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 13394 – The First Ever YouTube Video

YouTube had to debunk a myth about their very first video. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13394 – The First Ever YouTube Video appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Sun corrects net migration graph which didn’t reflect the latest data

A graph published on the newspaper’s website suggested a steeper recent rise in net migration than that shown by Office for National Statistics figures.Source

The Covid-19 vaccines saved many lives

A widespread meme on social media is clearly wrong when it suggests there is no evidence that the Covid vaccines saved any lives at all.Source

5G is not triggering nanotechnology in the Covid vaccines

A video showing people collapsing claims to show deaths due to 5G activating ingredients injected into them.Source

Hoax post about injured dog uses picture taken in Australia

A picture of a dog reported found in a County Durham Facebook group was actually taken in Australia in 2019.Source

Fake birth parents appeal on Facebook uses US photographer’s picture

The image used in two posts was taken from a Seattle photographer’s website, despite the claim that the person searching was born in both Plymouth and Bristol.Source

Not all fish in the Channel belong to the EU

A post on Facebook also makes a misleading claim about small boat crossings to the UK.Source

WTF Fun Fact 13393 – The First Social Media Platform

The first social media platform came out in 1997. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13393 – The First Social Media Platform appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

NHS Covid tracing app did not cost £37bn

Multiple Facebook posts have claimed that £37 billion was spent on the NHS Test and Trace app when it actually cost about £35 million in 2020/21.Source

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 369

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 368, click here. 1. Metallica, 1985. 2. Edmund Hillary took this photograph of Tenzing Norgay as they set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, 29 May 1953. 3. The University of Pennsylvania dental students observing surgery in the Oral Surgery Clinic at the former Philadelphia…… Read More »