Over 1.1 million people follow the twitter account @GoogleFacts, a fun account that spouts off random bits of information. According to their bio:
“You can learn a lot of things everyday. When you doubt our facts, just Google it.”
So you can imagine my surprise when a friend pointed out this little factoid:
Sharks are immune to cancer.
— Google Facts (@GoogleFacts) October 22, 2013
If you follow this blog at all, you know that this particularly pernicious “fact” is one of my biggest pet peeves. Why, you ask? Because it’s really not true. Completely, totally, 100%, proven-beyond-a-doubt false. And whoever decided to post this completely untrue statement just misinformed more than A MILLION people. Just look at how many favorites and retweets it got!
Perhaps even more importantly, if you simply take their own advice…
Come on, Google Facts! You can do better than this.
