You should not be surprised to hear that Netizens in droves turned out to step into Wednesday’s Great Wikipedia Blackout void—and churned out masses of fake facts on Twitter.
Some of my favorites:
“Ferrets are a legume.”
“Pluto is no longer a planet due to copyright claims from the Disney Corporation.”
The exceedingly hopeful and time-bending “Arsenal has won the Champions League 8 times in the last 6 years.”
“The Keystone XL Pipeline is the 2nd-largest size for this project. The others were Keystone S. M, L and XXL.”
“Time travel was invented next Thursday.”
“PIPA is SOPA’s prettier younger sister and gets all the attention on her big day.”
“In 1983 Sweden changed the colours of their flag to blue and yellow after the phenomenal success of the IKEA brand.”
This one is just plain wrong, though: “Lego is a Dutch word meaning ‘lost in a vacuum cleaner’” It’s actually a Danish word meaning “lost in a vacuum cleaner”. Or else “lost in your dog’s digestive tract.” Maybe both.
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