A telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored, with or without accompanying sound.
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Was National Geographic just filming a snake attack a child and not helping?
The picture has become somewhat of a meme (NSFW)
Was the boy really being attacked by a snake while the cameramen just taped? Or is this photoshopped or just an act?
Picture reads,
The "That's Not My Fucking Job" award goes to
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Is "the funniest interview you will ever see" genuine?
There's a funny (or not funny, some might find this offensive) video on You Tube called "the funniest interview you will ever see". It shows a Dutch talk show host having a fit of uncontrollable laughter while interviewing victims of medical errors,…
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Is the Ralph Williams angry car salesman clip real?
Someone sent me this video of a car salesman supposedly working for Ralph Williams, a dealership owner in the Bay Shore area. There are lots of references online to this video. See the google results for a search on "ralph williams bay shore" for…
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Did two billion people watch the wedding of Catherine Middleton and Prince William?
The Sunday Times just now tweeted:
Kate astonished everyone in royal circles with how she handled their wedding in April 2011, watched by an estimated global audience of two billion.
New York Times back then
Viewing estimates for the ceremony, at…
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Did Rossiya 24 show an advertisement for Russian women to marry Chinese men?
A clip floating on various subreddits purports to show that:
Russian State TV now shows advertising for Russian Women to marry Chinese Men. Promising them a better life...
The clip seems to show a dating or marriage-arrangement app with…
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Is this metric system video, apparently taken from Fox news, a deep fake?
This video apparently shows Fox News saying the metric system is bad and giving arguments on why the current US customary system is better.
I do not come from the USA and have never watched Fox News, but I've often heard that they are capable of…
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Was there ever a cable channel called The Puppy Channel which broadcast for three years?
Ages ago, I heard about something called "The Puppy Channel" - a channel in the United States that broadcast nothing but puppies.
On Reddit's TIL (Today I Learned), there's a Reddit post, with over 3000 upvotes, saying
TIL there was a cable network…
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Did Tomoaki Hamatsu live entirely on contest winnings?
Tomoaki Hamatsu is a Japanese comedian known for trying to live for over a year on mail-in contest winnings on the show
Susunu! Denpa Shonen.
Wikipedia says that he set a world record for living on contest winnings:
After spending 335 days to…
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Did the CNN live election analysis show a porn site logo during broadcast?
The following tweet has been making the rounds, purportedly showing the Pornhub Incognito logo appearing during a live CNN broadcast about the US election, and the news anchor appearing to react to…
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Did Bear Grylls see Rob Hall's body on Everest?
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Bear Grylls said:
I was on Everest a couple of years after Rob died up there. I actually saw Rob up there, when we climbed it, pretty well perfectly preserved.
Is Rob Hall's body still on Everest and did Bear…
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Is everything staged on Discovery channel?
Sometime ago a question featured on travel.se about Mythbusters' duct tape island. The footage of the island came from a database and when the guys were running on a so called "deserted island" they were actually meters away from a resort in Hawaii.…
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Can a body be dissolved by a few liters or gallons of Hydrofluoric acid?
In the "Cat's in the Bag..." episode of Season 1 of "Breaking Bad," characters are shown with 4 gallon-jugs of Hydrofluoric Acid that they use to dissolve 2 adult corpses. Chemistry is a major plot device in the show and it seems like they go to…
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Did John Safran get a fatwa placed on Australian television host Rove McManus?
John Michael Safran... is an Australian radio personality, satirist, documentary maker and author, known for combining humour with religious, political and ethnic issues... Safran is known for his television stunts, which include placing a fatwa…
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Can Chris Jones cause positive hallucinations and put people to sleep through the power of hypnosis?
Chris Jones styles himself as a comedy hypnotist. In this video on his official website, he puts a man to sleep within seconds by waving the person's finger in front of his face.
Recently, this official video claims to show Howie Mandel being…
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Were G.I. Joe action figure ads not allowed during the telecast of the series?
I have heard that during the telecast of the G.I. Joe TV series, advertisements pertaining to the G.I. Joe action figures were disallowed because it was assumed that viewers were too stupid to differentiate between the series and the figures.
Is…
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