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Despite what you may have heard the top leadership of the U.S. Marine Corps have not warned their troops against participating in the so-called "Tide Pod Challenge". There is also no truth to the news that several marines ("less than 100" according to the story) ended up in hospital as a result of being poisoned when they ate Tide Pods…

Reports that the U.S. Army created a new type of "holistic medic" a.k.a. "Complementary Medicine Specialist (69W)" are not true. The U.S. military will continue to provide evidence-based medical treatments to its members on and off the battlefield and will not engage in any kinds of alternative medicine practices. So where did the rumor come from? The story (archived here)…

Satirical website ClickHole had a major viral hit going with an article titled "PR Nightmare: Make-A-Wish Accidentally Sent A Costumed Hero Named Terminally Ill Spider-Man To A Healthy Kid's House And Asked The Child To Comfort Him In His Final Hours". It opened: Yeesh, the Make-A-Wish Foundation is not looking too good right now. The nonprofit organization usually does an…

An old article from The Onion started trending earlier today titled: "NASA Announces Plans To Launch Chimpanzee Into Sun" which claimed NASA was going to launch a chimpanzee into the sun to study how it would react to so much intense heat. The article opened: WASHINGTON--In what is being called a crucial step forward in solar exploration, NASA officials announced…