One fake , two fakes . Red fakes , blue fakes . Today we ’ve got morefake imagesthat you may have see recently onTwitter , Facebook , or wherever else you get your daily Lucy in the sky with diamonds of pixel - based newstainment .
No , that supermoon is n’t literal . No , that ’s not what happens when Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin is impress by lightning . And no , that ’s not a sex - erectile dysfunction class from 1929 . bring together us as we spoil all the fun and show you which late viral images have been total lies .
1) Isthisa photo of the supermoon over Rio de Janeiro?
Everybody love a good “ supermoon ” picture . But sadly , so many of them are fake . Like this one , which gets passed around all the time as a supermoon shot from Rio de Janeiro .
Fake photo viaBuzzfeedandEarthBeauties ; Original photo by Horacio Montiel
2) IsthisHunter Thompson and Bill Murray on a boat?
Yes , Bill Murray and Hunter S. Thompson used to advert out — particularly during the lead - up to the 1980 movieWhere The Buffalo Roam . And yes , this picture is real . Well , except for all the photoshopped character .
Thereal photois on the right . The photoshopped image is on the left hand , and it shows Thompson wearing a t - shirt with a naughty word and Murray asking for some hypothetical person to purchase him a brunch - meter meal under the threat of artillery - free-base vehemence . Not very dainty at all .
I suspect neither Thompson ( RIP ) nor Murray would approve of this phoney exposure asperse their angelic reputation .
Photoshopped image viaHistoryInPics
3) Isthiswhat happens when lightning strikes sand?
AsScientific Americanpoints out , this picture does n’t in reality show what happens when lightning strikes sandpaper . It ’s anart projectdesigned and photographed in Puerto Rico by Flickr userSandCastleMatt . Interestingly , it ’s only the left half of a much large sand carving that can be seen in context below .
When lightning strikes grit it can form what are ring fulgurites . But they be given to be much smaller andpenetrate into the gumption , rather than commit grit upward , as this artistry labor might imply after getting lean through the great net confusion automobile a few dozen times .
Inaccurate photo description fromLearnSomething ; Photos bySandcastleMatt
4) IsthisMahatma Gandhi dancing?
Despite what the infamously terrible Twitter chronicle HistoryInPics might want you to conceive , that ’s not really a photo of Gandhi dancing . ostensibly it ’s anAustralian actor .
Inaccurate photo description viaHistoryInPics ; Real photo of Gandhi via Getty Images
5) Isthisreally a sex education class in 1929?
As one picture - sleuthhound from Redditpoints out , this is n’t a pic from a sex - male erecticle dysfunction class in the 1920s . It ’s actually from a 1929 motion-picture show calledThe Wild Party , directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Clara Bow . It ’s unclear incisively what ’s going on in this shot from the moving-picture show ( sadly , I ’ve never see the movie ) but you’re able to ascertain clip from it onYouTube .
As apre - Codefilm , it probably does have more than its bonny plowshare of gender and debauchery . If anyone finds a link to where we can foot up a written matter of The Wild Party , please do share it with the class . The movie looks like unavailable in any form .
Inaccurate photo verbal description viaHistoryInPics ; Other movie stills fromDoctorMarco
6) Isthis[Warning: disturbing image] a newborn elephant?
Yes , that is an elephant in the photo on the left . But it ’s not the adorable newborn photograph that so many are making it out to be . It ’s actually a dead elephant fetus .
We ’ve blurred the photo above , which is being circulate by accounts likeThatsEarthas a precious baby animal photo . lamentably , asPicPedantpoints out , they ’re passing around a photo of a utter foetus .
you may read more about the dead elephant and its victimisation on Facebook and Twitter over atSnopes . People are commonly asked to pray for this “ new-sprung ” elephant , or are claiming it ’s the smallest elephant ever born . But for the record , the photo on the right is a baby elephant that was very much active when the photo was need : two - class - onetime Nayan at the Chester Zoo in England back in 2012 . Sadly , Nayandied last year .
Inaccurate photo verbal description viaThatsEarth ; 2012 photo of infant elephant Nayan via Getty
7) Arethese babiesreally for sale?
No , these baby are n’t being put up for sale by do-or-die parent . But asHoaxofFamepoints out , they ’re part of a serial of postal card from the turn of the twentieth hundred that were signify to be humourous . Poor kiddos do n’t look too happy to be participating in the jest .
Inaccurate photo description viaHistory_Pics
8) Arethesesunken ships in the Bermuda Triangle?
No , these are n’t sink ship dampen up on a sand bar near theBermuda Triangle . The photograph really show up theTangalooma Wrecksin Queensland , Australia . The 15 boats were intentionally sunk backin the 1960sto create an artificial Rand and are now a tourist attraction .
Inaccurate photo verbal description viaRedditandBEAUTIFULPlCS
9) Isthisactually Alfred Hitchcock floating in a river?
No , that ’s not actually Alfred Hitchock swim down the Thames . It ’s a dummy that was used to film the trailer for his 1972 filmFrenzy . On the right hand we see the real Hitch holding his own fake head .
There ’s been a course recently where historical pictures accounts have just commence posting previous photos of fame . But even those are n’t a safe bet for them to be exact .
They ’ve station fake picture ofAudrey Hepburn , a few ofJFK , and lot of fakeMarilyn Monroes . At this point it ’s clear that many are just trample pee until they ’re eventually sold to thehighest bidderfor their follower counts .
Inaccurate photograph description via@HistoryInPics ; Photo of Hitchcock holding his dummy head viaVintag.es
10) Isthistarantula actually missing in New York?
No , there is n’t a lethal , meaning Lycosa tarentula overlook in Park Slope . As Gawker’sAntiviral points out , lots of sites ( include Gawker ) cut down for this prank post horse . have ’s just hope this does n’t turn into one of those male child - who - cried - tarantula situation .
Fake poster viaReddit
11) Isthisreally the pyramids of Egypt at sunset?
mass love taking picture of the pyramids in Egypt . They ’ve age so gracefully they deserve their own mansplainedEsquireprofile or something . But that picture you may have seen recently of the sun setting behind the Pyramid is a total simulated . As internet photograph - imposter sleuth@PicPedantpoints out , the original photo is most probable byMario Moreno .
Fake photograph viaAmazingPicx ; real photo viaMario Moreno
12) Isthisa real ad for veggie burgers made with real beef?
“ At last ! A veggie hamburger that stop REAL gripe ! ” Well , no . Slatepoints to Reddit detectives who have determined that as much as the internet wants this one to be some uproarious mixture - up , it ’s actually a fake ad from the British humo[u]r magazineViz . Oh , those nervy Brits .
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