Occasionally, against all odds, you'll see an interesting or even enjoyable picture on the Internet. But is it worth sharing, or just another Photoshop job that belongs in the digital trash heap? Check in here and find out if that viral photo deserves an enthusiastic "forward" or a pitiless "delete."

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As improbable as it seems, this photo of a dyed chow dog passed off as a panda by a sketchy circus is real—or at least as a real as any bootleg panda can be.

According to Italy's State Forestry Corps, the ersatz ursid is one of two puppies they seized earlier this month after learning they "were made up and dressed as pandas and exhibited to the public, especially children, to take pictures for a fee."

However, another photo circulating with the story, seen below, is unconnected to the incident, coming from a May article about Chinese pet shop owner Hsin Ch'en who claims "I perfected the [panda dye-job] technique here and now it is spreading across the country."

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As either the text's off-center alignment or the veiled racism in the accompanying message might have tipped you off, this picture is a dumb fake, designed to make bigots who know how to spell "breathe" feel smart.

Below is the original image, taken during the same widely photographed warm-up session that saw LeBron James sporting an "I Can't Breathe" Eric Garner protest shirt. Those worn by the Brooklyn Nets were printed by activist group Justice League NYC and delivered to the players through Jay-Z.

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As reported by the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Mall of America warned around 1,500 police brutality protestors on Saturday that their demonstration was "a clear violation of Mall of America policy" via dystopian jumbotron, threatening them with arrest.

"We are extremely disappointed that organizers of Black Lives Matter protest chose to ignore our stated policy and repeated reminders that political protests and demonstrations are not allowed on Mall of America property," mall officials said in a statement.

About 25 protestors were eventually jailed for "various offenses."

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How many people would believe that McDonald's is voluntarily phasing out its signature sandwich? Judging by Facebook shares, at least, the answer is "around 130,000."

The fast food chain's social media accounts spent much of this week dispelling the Big Mac cancelation hoax, started last Friday with a faked tweet from DailyBuzzLive, which openly admits "some stories on this website are fictitious."

Encouragingly, however, the article was less than a third as popular as the site's last dumb story, which claimed that earthlings would soon experience five minutes of "partial weightlessness" due to planetary alignment.

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Minor mischaracterizations accompanied this photo of a Chinese factory worker when it went viral this week, but the picture itself is real, showing the inside of a manufacturing plant in Yiwu, China.

Together, the 600 or so factories of Yiwu's "Christmas Village" reportedly produce 60 percent of the world's Christmas decorations.

As other photos show, this particular business makes foam ornaments—not Santa hats as was widely claimed.

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