Misleading

Circulating message claims that consumers can identify what country a product was manufactured in by analyzing the first 3 digits of the product’s barcode.

Circulating message claims that consumers can tell the chemical makeup of tube contents just by checking the colour of a small square at the bottom of the packaging. A newer variant focuses on toothpaste tubes.

This enduring and entertaining tale supposedly outlines the origins of California’s prestigious Stanford University. However, while core elements in the tale are more or less factual, as a whole it strays a long way from the truth.

This beautiful, albeit clearly photoshopped, image circulates via social media websites, blogs, and online forums. It is usually touted as an example of “beautiful nature”, “our wonderful world” or similar.

Circulating message questions the mystery of a modern astronaut figure carved onto the wall of a centuries old cathedral in Salamanca, Spain.

Circulating message claims that an attached picture shows a monkey saving a small puppy from a factory explosion in China.

Description accompanying a series of photographs of a spectacular ice formation claims that the images show a giant wave that froze instantly as the wave broke.

Widely circulated message recommends covering burns with plain flour as a first aid treatment and claims that the ‘miraculous’ remedy will stop the burn from blistering.

Message claims that an indoor plant that is commonly kept in homes and offices is so poisonous that it can kill a child in less than a minute and an adult in 15 minutes

According to a post currently going viral on Facebook, you should not follow a link that allows you to see what you would look like as the opposite sex or see what you look like as a bald person.