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  • 2018-03-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Was a Scuba Diver Hospitalized After Getting His Penis Stuck in a Giant Clam? (en)
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  • In March 2018, well-known satire site WorldNewsDailyReport.com published a fake news article about a scuba diver who suffered a severe allergic reaction after he got his penis stuck inside of a giant clam: World News Daily Report is a satire web site that has a long history of publishing misinformation. The site, which appears to have a slight fixation on bestiality as evidenced by their previously published stories about humans sexually assaulting octopuses, alligators, orangutans, and gorillas, carries a disclaimer in the footer stating: In addition to the source of this story, one could also determine that this article is a piece of fake news by examining the three included photographs: The first image comes from a 2012 video featuring doctor and Hawaii state senator Josh Green (not Dr. Andrew Smith as claimed by World News Daily Report) and the middle image shows an unrelated photograph of a giant clam taken by underwater photographer and Red Bubble user Spring. Interestingly, the final image does deal with a man who was hospitalized after a curious interaction with an animal. According to ABC News, it shows an 18-year-old man from Florida who was hospitalized after he tried to kiss a cottonmouth snake: Sometimes the truth is as strange as fiction, but at least no penises were involved in the real case. (en)
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