Mountain Dew Doritos
Real!
Avocado on a stick
Fake!
Purple Carrots: A British supermarket announced it would soon be selling purple carrots to appeal to picky children..
Fact. In 2002, Sainsbury began marketing purple carrots. But carrots have actually come in purple varieties for thousands of years.
Fried Chicken Candy (it tastes like chicken!)
Real!
Micro Mac
Fake! McDonalds said, “It packs all of the flavor of the iconic Big Mac at 1/48 of the size for when you’re only a tiny bit hungry”
A man dressed as a tree decided to stand in the middle of a busy street in the US as an act of performance art. Local police responded to the scene and asked the man to leave, but he was eventually arrested.
Fact. CNN reported the man was arrested with a misdemeanor charge.
Watermelon Oreos
Real!
Whistling Carrots: Tired of overcooking the carrots? Now there’s a solution. British scientists announced the development of a genetically modified “whistling carrot.” Air holes inside the carrot cause it to whistle when properly cooked.
Foolery! It was advertised by Tesco, a British supermarket chain, in a half-page advertisement in The Sun in 2002.
Karate Experts Collect Bus Fares: In 1993, faced with a growing number of unruly passengers, one town in Ukraine adopted a unique solution: Karate-trained fare collectors.
Fact. This strategy was implemented in 1993 by a city in western Ukraine, following a number of attacks on bus inspectors.
Single Fries
Fake!
Super onion bagel
Fake!
Heinz "Mayoreo" — a mix of mayonnaise and Oreo cookies
Fake!
Skittles Milkshake
Yes, it's real. There are also other flavors like Mars, Twix, and Snickers.
Carrots Reclassified as a Fruit: In 1979, officials in the European Union confirmed what many have long suspected: that carrots are not, in fact, a vegetable but are actually a fruit.
Fact. Bureaucrats in the European Union did classify carrots as a fruit in a 1979 directive.
100% edible pizza box by Domino's Pizza
Fake!
Heinz Easy Squirt: Funky Purple Ketchup
Yes, it's real. This was a real product from 2000 to 2006!
A British newspaper highlighted a new invention: the Poweriser. Essentially, it is a pair of springy stilts that strap on to your calves and allow you to leap forward 5 metres.
Fact. The article appeared in The Independent in 2006. You can now purchase a Poweriser for yourself, new from around $200 to $400.
Roasted Corn Kit-Kat
Real!
The Spaghetti Harvest: In 1957, a British news show announced that, thanks to a very mild winter and the elimination of the spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bountiful spaghetti crop season.
Foolery! In 1957, the respected BBC television program ran this famous hoax.
Chocolate Whopper
Fake!
Chicken Manure-Powered Electrical Plant: The Mitsubishi Bank contacted venture capitalists about an exciting new investment opportunity: Fibropower, a 14-megawatt-generating plant fueled entirely by chicken poop.
Fact. In 1991, Mitsubishi Bank in London sought investors to back a 22-million-pound loan to fund Fibropower.
Sparkling Milk
Fake!
Chip Ahoy. Only one perfect chocolate chip per cookie.
Fake!
Vodka Bars: A Russian beverage company announced a new product designed to appeal more specifically to Russian tastes: chewy vodka bars. The vodka bars will be available in lemon, coconut, and salted cucumber flavors.
Foolery!
A Whopper of a Whopper: Burger King published a full-page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a “Left-Handed Whopper” specially designed for the 32 million lefthanded Americans.
Foolery! This joke was perpetrated in 1998 by Jim Watkins, senior vice president for marketing at Burger King.
Crustless Bread: For those who just can’t stand the taste of crust and are too lazy to cut it off, Sara Lee introduced the ultimate convenience: crustless bread. Available in stores everywhere!
Fact. This actually was a new product by Sara Lee in 2002.
Whopper Toothpaste
Fake!
In Ireland, a cat made it into the local newspapers when she decided the best place to give birth to her four baby kittens would be in a nearby bird’s nest.
Fact. The cat and her kittens were found curled up in the nest by the owner of a local pet supply store.
Clear Ketchup
No, it's fake! The viral fake ketchup bottle is actually just hair gel in a bottle.
A man bought two puppies from someone who claimed they were good watchdogs. Upon seeing a wildlife exhibition two years later, the man discovered that his dogs were really endangered black bears.
Fact. The bears were taken to live safely in a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center after the man contacted the authorities.
Water-flavoured Poptarts
Fake!
Flamin Hot Cheetos Lip Balm
Yes, it's real. It comes in original Cheetos Puffs flavor as well!
Prehistoric Penguin Murals: In 1991, prehistoric murals were discovered on the walls of an underwater cave in eastern France. The murals revealed that penguins and man once lived side by side in that region.
Fact. The penguin murals were found in 1991 by deep-sea divers exploring a cave 7.5 miles southeast of Marseilles.
Is this corn real?
Yes, it's real. It's called Glass Gem Corn!
Black and Pink Buns
Real by KFC in China!
The Pepsi-Cola company sponsored teenagers to tattoo themselves with its logo. In return, the teenagers received a 10 percent lifetime discount on the company’s products. Teenagers were said to have enthusiastically responded.
Foolery! This hoax report was made by “All Things Considered” on National Public Radio in 1994.
Cheese Topping Donut and Black Cheese Topping Donut
Real. Sold at Dunkin’ Donuts in Indonesia!
Seaweed Pringles
Real!
Fast food lobster burger
Real from Wendy's in Japan!