Top 15 Web Hoaxes of All Time. Sometimes it's hard to tell what to believe when you read it on the web.
The recent "Unknown Lifeform" in North Carolina? Turns out, not a hoax, but also not a monster. But all those rumors about Jeff Goldblum falling to his death in New Zealand? Well, those were a hoax, and a rather tasteless one at that. For hundreds of years, humans have been playing elaborate tricks on each other, but the advent of social tools — from Usenet and email right on up to YouTube and Twitter — means that hoaxes are much more easily spread, and it can be difficult to separate the misinformation from the truth. 1. Actually, the hoax status of this one still seems somewhat up-in-the-air.
Even today, no one really seems to know what it is. 2. The mostly-joke how-to site Household Hacker hit the big time with their viral video that purportedly demonstrated how to charge an iPod using nothing but an onion and a glass of Gatorade. Related: How To Make Moutain Dew Glow 3. 4. 5. 6. Image via: Freaking News 7. 8. 9. Sokoblovsky Farms - Russia's Finest Purveyors of Miniature Lap Giraffes. Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. Help Save The ENDANGERED From EXTINCTION!
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight.
Map of estimated tree octopus maximum range, including spawning waters Tree octopuses have eyesight comparable to humans. The reproductive cycle of the tree octopus is still linked to its roots in the waters of the Puget Sound from where it is thought to have originated. Why It's Endangered Tree Octopus hat from 1923(Click to enlarge.) The possibility of Pacific Northwest tree octopus extinction is not an unwarranted fear.
How You Can Help More Tree Octopus Information. Capitol Briefing - Kennedy, Byrd the Latest Victims of Wikipedia Errors. Walk on water (Liquid Mountaineering) Liquid Mountaineering Fake - Walking On Water Hoax - Video. “Liquid Mountaineering” is a new term created by some European pranksters to describe a new technique they’ve pioneered for walking on water.
Actually, they appear to be running on water, and they have the viral video to prove it. The well produced and vaguely believable YouTube clip that has since been revealed to be a “viral ad” for Hi-Tec, but that didn’t stop the news team at WUSA in Washington D.C., from reporting it to be true. Sadly, the goofy and fun news clips that close each local news casts may be an endangered species. Or at least, they can no longer be taken at face value. First, take a look at how this was reported: <div>Please enable Javascript to watch. Turns out that the clip was actually a perfect example of “advertainment” – the faux-documentary style video funded by corporate ad dollars in hopes that some dupe would think its real. Writing for Social Times, Megan O’Neill reveals that the video (which you can watch in its entirety below) is actually an advertisement: