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How we know Earth is round, not flat: a review of claims and misconceptions about Earth’s shape
Claim:
Observations show that the Earth is flat.
Reviews of content from
TikTok
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that John D. Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing” or had practitioners arrested and jailed
Claim:
Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing modalities” to profit from petroleum-based medicine, had natural medicine practitioners arrested and jailed
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-05-09 -
IncorrectPopulation aging, not margarine or a low-cholesterol diet, is behind the rise in Alzheimer’s
Claim:
75% of the brain is myelin, which is 100% cholesterol; “Alzheimer’s never existed until 1979”; in the 1970s, animal fats in margarine were replaced with low-cholesterol vegetable oils
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-04 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that lemon balm is a cure for bird flu, contrary to claim by Bryan Ardis
Claim:
“It’s already been proven that lemon balm [...] neutralizes and destroys all avian flu”, including H5N1
Source: The Dr Ardis Show, Facebook, TikTok, Bryan Ardis, 2024-11-03 -
InaccurateMislabeled and manipulated videos of natural disasters go viral amidst recent hurricane activity
Claim:
Recent footage is real and shows accurately-labeled natural disasters, such as tornadoes and storms that occurred from Hurricane Milton.
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-11 -
InaccurateStrange bumps in the sky are natural cloud features, not the results of weather manipulation
Claim:
These clouds [mammatus and asperitas] are not normal; they are proof that they are messing with the weather.
Source: TikTok, Social media users, 2024-09-20 -
InaccurateEdible food coating Apeel doesn’t contain toxic ingredients; its ingredients are recognized as safe for use in foods
Claim:
Apeel contains harmful ingredients
Source: One America News Network, TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, Alison Steinberg, 2024-06-26 -
IncorrectUnprotected sun overexposure, not sunscreen or sunglasses, causes sunburn and skin cancer
Claim:
“sunscreen and then skin cancer, it's a direct correlation”; wearing sunglasses increases the risk of sunburn; sunscreen reduces vitamin D production
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-07-11 -
UnsupportedNo, a study didn’t establish that tampons are toxic and cause health problems, contrary to social media posts
Claim:
Toxic metals in tampons are causing reproductive health problems like endometriosis and infertility
Source: TikTok, Threads, Social media users, 2024-07-10 -
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