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  • 2016-10-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Jason Pierre-Paul Blows Off Other Hand After His Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Explodes (en)
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  • On 13 October 2016, the Daily Snark web site published an article reporting that New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul had lost a hand when his Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cell phone exploded: The above-quoted story reached a much wider audience when it was featured by Facebook in the social media network's Trending stories section: Although Samsung has experienced much-publicized issues with their Galaxy Note 7 cell phones exploding or catching fire, and Pierre-Paul did lose his right index finger to a fireworks accident in 2015, this story about the NFL player's losing a hand to a malfunctioning cell phone is false. Its source, the Daily Snark, is an entertainment web site that publishes fictional and satirical articles: The photograph that accompanied the Daily Snark article is also fake. The original image showed Pierre-Paul after he had his right index finger amputated due to the July 2015 fireworks accident, but the Daily Snark altered the photograph to make it seem as if he had injured both his hands: (en)
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