Most Popular Urban Legends of 2015

Facebook Privacy Notice
1) FALSE: Posting a legal notice on your Facebook wall will protect your copyright and privacy rights.

Mark Zuckerberg Giveaway Hoax
2) FALSE: Mark Zuckerberg is giving away $4.5 million to Facebook users who share a "thank you" message.

Full of Bull
3) FALSE: Red Bull and other brands of energy drink contain bull semen.

Dead Ringer Singer
4) FALSE: The body of a homeless man found in San Diego was identified as that of Elvis Presley.

Donald Trump "Dumbest" Quote
5) FALSE: Donald Trump said Republicans were "dumbest group of voters" in a 1998 People interview.

Facebook Charges
6) FALSE: Facebook will soon start charging users a monthly fee for using their social network.

Charity Check
7) MIXTURE: A comparison of the salaries of top executives of several large charitable organizations.

Tainted Blood Oranges
8) FALSE: Libyan oranges have been injected with HIV-positive blood and pose a danger of infection.

Papal Declaration
9) FALSE: Pope Francis said belief in God is not necessary to be a good person.

15 Days of Darkness
10) FALSE: NASA confirmed the world will experience 15 straight days of darkness.

Pretty good stuff. If some of these aren't true - well they should be.

1 posted on 12/30/2015 2:00:43 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

To: Responsibility2nd

TRUE: by any and every possible measure, obozo is the worst POTUS in he history of the USA, making carter and grant shine like new pennies by comparison.

2 posted on 12/30/2015 2:05:08 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)

To: Responsibility2nd

Some of them sound pretty far fetched. Some of them seem “fake but accurate”, as Dan Rather might say.

3 posted on 12/30/2015 2:10:27 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)

To: Responsibility2nd

While I have no quibble with this list, Snopes is hardly authoritative.

It's a couple of leftist retirees and a kitchen table.

4 posted on 12/30/2015 2:11:32 PM PST by Company Man ("You know, I am a little bad. I eat children." -- Snorklewacker the anxiety clost monster)

9) FALSE: Pope Francis said belief in God is not necessary to be a good person.

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I don’t know why that’s false when he did say that atheists can go to Heaven.

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5 posted on 12/30/2015 2:12:34 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)

To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t agree with #10. We have had almost 8 years of ‘darkness’.

6 posted on 12/30/2015 2:36:18 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)

To: Responsibility2nd

False: Jade Helm. Tinfoil hats yo!

7 posted on 12/30/2015 2:49:30 PM PST by frankenMonkey

Agree with you there. Beyond me why anyone wastes any time on that site. Try truthorfiction.com. I believes it is still operated by Rich Bueller but I may be wrong.

8 posted on 12/30/2015 2:51:46 PM PST by Fungi

To: Responsibility2nd

9 posted on 12/30/2015 3:05:53 PM PST by spintreebob

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