The internet got played. A massive hoax spread like wildfire across the web this week, reportedly claiming that superstar pastor Joel Osteen had lost his faith and was going to reject Christianity. The story claimed that Osteen was going to start his own religion. “I believe that the Bible is a fallible, flawed, highly inconsistent [...]
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The mystery has been solved. The young man who emerged from the woods in Berlin almost one year ago claiming he had been living in a the forest with his father for five years has now been identified. Police in Germany say his story was a hoax. The young man has been identified as 20-year-old [...]
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Well, it happens to the best of us sometimes. New outlets run with a story that sounds outrageous, but is just plausible enough to be true. In this case, the story of a vengeful dentist in Poland who pulled out all of her ex’s teeth while he was sedated is FALSE. The report that Polish [...]
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Remember that cool woolly mammoth video that was making the rounds last week? Well, as suspected, the video was a hoax. The video became an instant hit on the web, with many Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster buffs hoping the footage was authentic. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. Ludovic Petho is the man who filmed the video…although, [...]
What in the world is up with Beyonce‘s baby bump? Over the weekend, Beyonce made an appearance on Australia’s Sunday Night HD. As she sat down for her interview, her baby bump seemed to deflate and fold over. The internet is now abuzz with rumors the Beyonce’s pregnancy, which she revealed at this year‘s MTV [...]
An online hoax that falsely accuses McDonald’s of discriminating against African-Americans has turned into a PR disaster for the company. Over the weekend, the photograph to the right (click to enlarge) spread like wildfire around the internet. The picture seems to show an official-looking McDonald’s sign saying that the popular fast food chain will now [...]
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Well, that was quick. Shortly after the news of a new FBI memo confirming aliens at Roswell hit the news wires, it was swiftly debunked. The infamous “Hottel memo” was posted on several news websites around the interwebs recently, including the FBI’s “Vault” and even here at Blippitt. The memo allegedly confirms that a UFO [...]
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Holy crap. Here’s the most interesting thing you’ll probably see this week. A while back, the FBI launched “The Vault“, an online archive of thousands of declassified UFO documents. UPDATE: It was fun while it lasted, but this has been confirmed a hoax One set of documents that was just released now has the world [...]
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