From pigs on trial to hairless faces, discover what went viral in the Middle Ages. Source: https://www.livescience.com/12-bizarre-medieval-trends.html
Tag: Viral
Chinese ‘river monster’ is not what it seems
Video footage of a large snake-like creature swimming in the Yangtze River recently went viral on social media. Reportedly filmed near the Three Gorge… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330423/chinese-river-monster-is-not-what-it-seems…
Authorities Consider Taking Legal Action Against Facebook Over Storm Area 51 Event
Local authorities in Rachel, Nevada — the location of a planned Aliengate festival that evolved out of a viral Facebook event — are considering taking legal action to cover $250,000 the county plans to spend to prepare for the potential onslaught of visitors. Gizmodo reports: Matty Roberts created the “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” Facebook event on…
UFOs Are Real — and You Were Never Supposed to See Them, Military Official Says
Remember those viral UFO videos you saw last year? The government would like you to forget them, please. Source: https://www.livescience.com/navy-ufo-videos-authentic-classified.html
Smoking ‘boy’ turns out to be 36 years old
A video clip of a man smoking at a stadium in Turkey went viral after he was mistaken for a young child. The fresh-faced individual was caught on came… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330389/smoking-boy-turns-out-to-be-36-years-old…
Wild mountain gorillas enjoy playing in water just like we do
Captive mountain gorillas love playing in water, as a 2017 viral video demonstrated, and it turns out their wild counterparts also enjoy a good splash Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215619-wild-mountain-gorillas-enjoy-playing-in-water-just-like-we-do/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Chinese Deepfake App Zao Sparks Privacy Row After Going Viral
A Chinese app that lets users convincingly swap their faces with film or TV characters has rapidly become one of the country’s most downloaded apps, triggering a privacy row. From a report: Released on Friday, the Zao app went viral as Chinese users seized on the chance to see themselves act out scenes from well-known movies using deepfake technology, which has…
Man’s insane five-inch thumb goes viral
Jacob Pina stunned Internet users when he revealed that his abnormally large thumb is twice the normal length. The 20-year-old college student, who ha… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330138/mans-insane-five-inch-thumb-goes-viral…
Monkey uses rock to smash enclosure glass
Footage showing a monkey using a sharpened rock to break the glass at a zoo in China has recently gone viral. The incident, which occurred at Zhengzho… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330008/monkey-uses-rock-to-smash-enclosure-glass…
YouTube’s Algorithms Blamed For Brazil’s Dangerous Conspiracy Video-Sharing on WhatsApp
Sunday the New York Times reported that YouTube “radicalized” Brazil — by “systematically” diverting users to conspiracy videos. Yet conventional wisdom in Brazil still puts the blame on WhatsApp, the Times reported in a follow-up story on Thursday shared by Slashdot reader AmiMoJo. “Everything began to click into place when we met Luciana Brito, a soft-spoken clinical psychologist who works with…