Explaining famous hoax photos from around the internet...

Hoax: "A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned."

Truth: The bike was donated to a man named Don Puz after a house fire. Because Puz actually hated the bike, he left it in the forest of Washington State’s Vashon Island in 1954.

Hoax: "In 1809, a woman named Jane Todd Crawford rode 60 miles on horseback to see a doctor to remove a 7.5 lb tumor through a 9" incision in 25 minutes. 25 days after the surgery, she rode back home, and lived for 33 years."

Truth: The story is actually 100% true, but the problem about the photo is the date, photography didn’t exist in 1809, and the plaque marking her grave disagrees, said she died in 1842.

Hoax: "Children playing on computers during the massive flood in the Philippines, 2012."

Truth: Simple photoshop, look at the reflections, they don't add up perfectly...

Hoax: "Ancient alien/astronaut carved into the masonry in the New Cathedral in Salamanca."

Truth: The statue was actually carved in the cathedral, but was actually made in 1992 after the building was undergoing restoration, which included depictions of modern-day society.

Hoax: "Photograph, taken in 1925 of a girl visiting the grave of her twin sister who died in a house fire the year before."

Truth: This image, along with many others, is a picture used in the book series "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" to help tell the story, usually edited to help the effect.

Hoax: "Sharks swimming in local areas during Hurricane Matthew."

Truth: Hoaxes like these go around the internet almost every time a major weather disaster happens, the images are simply just photos of sharks in the ocean edited in with Hurricane Matthew photos.

Hoax: "If a thief forces you to take money from an ATM, punch your PIN in reverse. If your PIN is 1234, you punch 4321. The moment you punch in the reverse, the money will come out but will be stuck in the machine and the machine will immediately alert the police without the thief’s knowledge."

Truth: The Federal Trade Commission analyzed the potential of a panic code, and concluded that it wouldn’t work. Also, the image is simply just a random montage of a guy being robbed at an ATM.

Hoax: "Bullfighter Álvaro Múnera faced with the bull he was supposed to kill, But stopping during the middle of the fight due to epiphany that bullfighting was wrong."

Truth: The photo is not Múnera, it's of another bullfighter named Francisco Javier Sánchez Vara. Vara is actually placing himself in a position in front of the bull to show that he isn't afraid of him.

Hoax: "Ian McKellen wearing a shirt that says "I'm Gandalf and Magneto. GET OVER IT."

Truth: The "I'm Gandalf and Magneto" part actually said "Some People are Gay."

Hoax: "Spiritualist Colin Evens levitating during a séance, 1938."

Truth: various magicians have pointed out that Evan's blurred feet in the photographs are proof that he simply jumped high into the air.

Hoax: "A sign posted on the door of a shop in Houston's Harwin Central Mall says the store will be closed on September 11 to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Ali, purportedly a 9/11 terrorist."

Truth: "Imam Ali" is actually referring to a sacred Muslim figure that died in 661 AD, and has almost no connection to September 11th.

Hoax: "Fully-grown men from Giza forced to marry young girls under the age of 10."

Truth: A popular tradition in Gaza is to have other family members dress up as brides and grooms, the only people in the photo that were captured was the little girls and the grooms.