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On 12 March 2017, the Twitter account @memeprovider recirculated an old rumor holding that the FitnessGram Pacer Test (a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues) had been banned from schools because it was deemed too cruel for children: The graphic included in the tweet was taken from a February 2016 article published by the web site Neomongolia News Network: There was no truth to either the tweet or the earlier article it echoed. Although the Neomongolia News Network web site does not carry a readily available disclaimer labeling its content as fiction, the article was clearly written in jest. The story takes place in a fictional location (Neomongolia) and references a non-existent president (President Chinkus) and an imaginary currency (250,000 Neomongolian dollars). A brief perusal of some of the web site's other headlines (Bernie Sanders Returns to Assisted Living Facility, Cruz, Bush Share Room in Psychiatric Hospital, and Chinese Smog Crisis Solved After Vape Shop Raids) reveals that this web site is clearly an entertainment outlet and not a news source. The FitnessGram Pacer (Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run) Test is a real cardio activity developed in 1982. A common copypasta explains the rules of the exercise: This test became a bit of a meme in 2016 as Vine users took audio from a recording of the exercise and placed into various videos: https://vine.co/v/ipl65jpUhle/embed/simple Although the FitnessGram Pacer Test may still strike fear into people of a certain age, this test was not banned from schools for being overly cruel to children.
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