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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Neatly illustrating the madness that was Beanie-mania in a single image, this photo blew up on Reddit Thursday after appearing in a piece on the phenomenon by Slate writer Mark Joseph Stern. But while the photo might seem almost too perfect, it's completely real.

When Frances and Harold Mountain of Las Vegas divorced in 1999, their agreement stated they would divide their Beanie Baby collection "estimated to be worth between $2,500 and $5,000." Unfortunately, the Mountains were unable to do so on their own. From the L.A. Times:

After Harold Mountain filed a motion to get his share of the toys, the judge said he had had enough.

"So I told them to bring the Beanie Babies in, spread them out on the floor, and I'll have them pick one each until they're all gone."

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After lying dormant for months, this long-debunked image reared its twee head again on Thursday when the internet seemingly rediscovered this viral Facebook post from last year.

As Snopes, @PicPedant and every other world-weary skeptic has pointed out, there's no such thing as an "Alaskan tree frog," this picture instead showing a frost-covered garden ornament.

In reality, some frogs do possess a degree of freezing tolerance, including the wood frog, which is native to Alaska and can reportedly survive up to 65% of its total body water solidifying. It looks like this:

Images via Twitter/Brian Gratwicke


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Unsurprisingly, this random Africa photo turned into a right-wing meme does not show "Nigerian women who fought off Boko Haram," as has widely been claimed, but a Malian pro-government militia in 2012.

After seeing the picture on the pro-gun Facebook page "Hypocrisy and Stupidity of Gun Control Advocates," the AFP foundation's Africa Check site sourced the photo to a 2012 Times of London article titled "Women are bent on revenge against Tuareg rebels in Mali."

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Weird stuff found in packaged food is a recurring theme among liars both on- and offline, but this gnarly little Brundlefly is absolutely real.

Found by Zoe Butler of Arnold, England in a can of Princes tuna, the 28-year-old mother of two recounted her discovery to the Nottingham Post:

"I opened the top of the lid and saw a purply thing, a gut sack or intestine – then I turned it round and pushed it with a fork and saw it looking back at me.

"It's got like a spiny tail along the bottom – it's quite grim.

"I dropped the fork, jumped back, screamed a bit and shouted for my nan to come and have a look."

Eventually, Princes launched an investigation into the yucky little peeper and concluded he was a post-larval crab.

"We appreciate that the appearance of the crab will have been unpleasant," said a spokesperson for the company, "however please be assured that it represented no food safety risk."

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After the Facebook page of Jordan's Royal Hashemite Court released a photo of King Abdullah II in flight gear this week, various Arab-language news outlets began reporting that the king himself would be leading airstrikes against ISIS.

But on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Jordanian government categorically denied the rumors, calling the claim "baseless."

According to BuzzFeed, the photo appears to have come from an event last year when the king (a former member of the Royal Jordanian Air Force) flew sick children around in a helicopter:

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