35 Viral News Stories From 2014 That Were Actually Totally Untrue

Posted by Clark Smith on Thursday, March 26, 2015 | 0 Comment

1. A woman did not have plastic surgery to give herself three breasts. 


A woman did not have plastic surgery to give herself three breasts.

2. You cannot charge your iPhone 6 by putting it in the microwave because that will actually destroy your iPhone and your microwave.




3. A Syrian boy did not risk his life to save a girl from a hail of gunfire.



4. Pumpkin spice-flavoured condoms were not a thing.
Pumpkin spice-flavoured condoms were not a thing.

5. Steven Spielberg did not actually kill a dinosaur.

Steven Spielberg did not actually kill a dinosaur.

6. That “Drunk Girl in Public” video was a hoax.



7. Emma Watson’s nude photos were never going to leak online.


Emma Watson's nude photos were never going to leak online.


That time a teenager working in Target became a huge meme was not a marketing stunt; the claim that it was a marketing stunt was, in fact, a marketing stunt.


A young dog attack victim probably wasn't asked to leave a KFC because of the scars on her face.


Nobody was giving away $10,000,000 for retweets.


There wasn't a UFO over Portsmouth, England.





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14. This wasn’t the most adorable mugshot ever.


           This wasn't the most adorable mugshot ever.

This is not a true fact about the casting of the Harry Potter films.


France did not ban working after 6pm.

There was not a deadly great white shark heading straight for the UK.



The UK was also not threatened by a ghost ship infested with cannibal rats.

19. Doritos could not give you Ebola.


                        Doritos could not give you Ebola.

20. Red-headed people did not face extinction.


Red-headed people did not face extinction.


21. A computer did not pass the Turing test.


A computer did not pass the Turing test.



This was not former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's toilet.



This was not a picture taken from a plane flying over a rainbow.



 

 

25. A Chick-Fil-A manager did not ban the word “bae”.

A Chick-Fil-A manager did not ban the word "bae".


26. Jose Canseco’s finger did not fall off.


Jose Canseco's finger did not fall off.


27. The Turin shroud was not created by a radioactive earthquake.


The Turin shroud was not created by a radioactive earthquake.



Banksy was not arrested and that is not his face.


29. The NRA did not take out an ad on Grindr.


The NRA did not take out an ad on Grindr.


30. #EndFathersDay: not a feminist hashtag.


#EndFathersDay: not a feminist hashtag.

31. Malia Obama: not pregnant.


Malia Obama: not pregnant.


32. The Big Mac: not being discontinued.


The Big Mac: not being discontinued.


33. Macaulay Culkin: not dead.


Macaulay Culkin: not dead.

34. Wayne Knight: also not dead.


Wayne Knight: also not dead.

35. And nobody actually said “fuck her right in the pussy” on live TV, because it was a hoax, except then people started saying it anyway, so now it is real again.

And nobody actually said “fuck her right in the pussy” on live TV, because it was a hoax, except then people started saying it anyway, so now it is real again.

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