• Over 1 million people have shared a hoax on Facebook claiming everyone will be rendered weightless for a brief moment on 4 January 2015.
• The story states the phenomenon results from a once-in-a-lifetime planetary alignment where Pluto will pass directly behind Jupiter which in turn will counteract the Earth’s gravity.
• The story was originally published by The Daily Buzz Live, with accompanying tweets from ‘NASA’.
• The Daily Buzz Live is known for publishing true stories, along with fake ones.
• Sorry friends, no floating for us just yet. Other cool stuff is still on the cards though (e.g the previously reported Gecko Gloves – check this out here )

Read more

http://mic.com/articles/107258/your-facebook-feed-is-lying-we-re-not-going-to-become-weightless-on-january-4th

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-this-hoax-about-space-fooled-over-one-million-facebook-users-2014-12

http://www.macroinsider.com/technology/you39re-not-going-to-become-weightless-on-january-4th-h12749.html

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