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— a learning package developed by and ’s — intended to teach 11–18-year-olds about , unexpectedly produced a viral fandom around its antagonist, , turning a cautionary character into an internet icon ...
The claim that “ the government showed was found appearing days ago on ” cannot be confirmed from the available reporting: none of the provided articles document the government displaying a photograph...
Dark-web forums remain active hubs for both privacy-focused discussion and large-scale criminal activity; sources list recurring names such as Dread, XSS, BreachForums (and successor communities like ...
Allegations that Donald Trump performed oral sex on Bill Clinton circulated widely in November 2025 after an email from Jeffrey Epstein’s circle referencing “photos of Trump blowing Bubba” went viral;...
The preponderance of independent reporting describes Glycopezil as a classic online supplement scam: fabricated reviews and endorsements, bait‑and‑switch long‑form ads, aggressive social ads, and repo...
The available reporting shows no credible evidence that NASA announced or supports any planned “gravity blackout” in 2026; the viral “Project Anchor” story claiming Earth will lose gravity for seven s...
The adrenochrome panic traces from mid-20th century scientific speculation into fictional depictions (notably Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing) and was resurrected and transformed into a blood‑h...
researchers pointed repeatedly to a small subset of — notably messages that mention “pizza,” references to food items (cheese, walnut sauce), social invitations, and a handful that mention children or...
The single most-cited email that ignited the frenzy was a mundane note about a forgotten handkerchief described as having “a map that seems pizza-related,” which investigators on forums read as a code...
Pizzagate is a widely debunked conspiracy theory from 2016 that falsely alleged a Washington, D.C. pizzeria — Comet Ping Pong — was the hub of a Democratic Party–run child sex-trafficking and pornogra...
Pizzagate began in late 2016 after hackers released John Podesta’s emails and online users on anonymous forums and Reddit misinterpreted mentions of food as coded language; a Reddit “evidence” documen...
A viral October 2025 clip showed Hasan Piker’s dog Kaya yelp while Piker appeared to reach off-camera, prompting widespread accusations that he used a shock collar; Piker has repeatedly denied that he...
The “N‑word pass” is a widespread cultural joke and meme that claims a Black person can grant a non‑Black person permission to say the N‑word; it appears in internet culture, school incidents, opinion...
sprang from the of hacked campaign emails in 2016, when internet investigators claimed benign phrases and social posts in those emails were “coded” references to child sex trafficking centered on pizz...
Public attacks calling a “fraud” come from a mix of critique about how he presents his academic credentials and lifestyle, social-media pile-ons and conspiracy-minded pieces; the sourced record suppli...
50501 is a decentralized, progressive protest movement that mobilized mass demonstrations across all 50 U.S. states beginning in early 2025, born online as a rapid-response network against policies of...
On balance, the body of reporting and scholarship assembled here supports the conclusion that Reddit is overall left-leaning — particularly in its largest political communities and “top posts” — but t...
The "Incredible Gassy" meme began as a commissioned parody character — a fart-focused pastiche of Mr. Incredible created by artist Bobo Comics around 2021 — and evolved into a broader internet fixture...
Social-media threads and some news outlets report a viral claim that Ghislaine Maxwell owned a horse named “Bubba,” a theory that emerged after an email from Mark Epstein mentioned “Bubba” in a lewd c...
The adrenochrome story names a real chemical — an oxidation product of adrenaline — but contemporary reporting and scientific summaries show the lurid claims about elites harvesting children and drink...