Sites that should make you go Hmmm

 

Would you accept research that quote the following sites?

• Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus  
• Pets or Food 
• Welcome to the Republic of Mollosia 
• Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division 
• Buy Dehydrated Water   
• Genochoice
• The Uncyclopedia
• Ova Prima Foundation 
• Save the Guinea Worm Population
• Moonbeam Enterprises
• Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
• Zapato Productions 
• Free Online Pregnancy Test 
• Funky Shoes
• Dog Island 
• YouTube announces that it’s shutting down 
• Big Foot is spotted in Banff

 

Some tips

• Literacy Essay I Read It on the Internet:  Teaching About Web Literacy
• Comparing and Evaluating Web Information Sources
• Critical Literacy and the Internet 

 

Some Help

• Snopes Urban Legends

 

Screwing the Apple Community (Added August 15, 2012)

• Los Angeles Times Story - Swedish firm's Apple hoax shows gullibility of online readers 
• Day4 - How we screwed (almost) the whole Apple community 
• Original Reddit Post - A friend took a photo a while ago at that fruit company, they are obviously even creating their own screws 

 

News Sources

•  Are you smarter than a Toronto Star journalist?: Public Editor

 

Links verified:   Last checked March 29, 2018