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Take This Quiz To Find Out How Easily You Fall For Internet BS

Welcome to 2018, everything is still bad.

By Jane Lytvynenko

Picture of Jane Lytvynenko Jane Lytvynenko BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on January 5, 2018, at 5:22 p.m. ET

  1. This image of a woman waving a white headscarf is from the mass anti-government protests in Iran.

    White Wednesdays
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's fake!

    This photo was used by several websites and Twitter personalities, but it was shot before the protests and is part of a separate movement.

  2. This is a video of the recent anti-government protests in Iran.

    Twitter: @Ranj__Talabany
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's fake!

    As news of the Iran protests broke, many accounts began spreading old videos from other protests and other countries, Snopes reports.

  3. Below is an excerpt from the explosive book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.

    Twitter: @pixelatedboat
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's fake!

    This started out as a parody of the upcoming book, but some people took it seriously.

  4. Employees at an Alabama Walmart operated a meth lab in the store.

    Screenshot
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's fake!

    This story has circulated on unreliable websites for months, but it's not true. A spokesperson for Walmart told PolitiFact they are unaware of any meth labs being discovered in Alabama stores.

  5. It was so cold in Florida this week that iguanas were freezing and falling out of trees.

    Twitter: @FranklyFlorida
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's real!

    Usually the iguanas aren't dead, just frozen, so you can bring them back to life by moving them into the sun.

  6. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are no longer available starting Jan. 1, 2018.

    Screenshot
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's fake!

    This is a case of an old hoax becoming new again. Originally this fake news item went viral in September 2017, but PolitiFact reports it was repurposed for 2018.

  7. Chocolate is on track to go extinct in the next 40 years.

    Getty Images
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    It's fake!

    Clickbait headlines have been misleading about scientific reports on the subject, Snopes reports, so you don't have to hoard any chocolate.

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