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Questions tagged [video]

Use this tag for questions regarding whether a video is authentic or genuine.

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Is this video of a man skipping beams high in the air authentic?

The following video purports to show a man performing a stunt leaping from beam to beam: https://twitter.com/AKBrews/status/1733162018864267634?s=20 Many people in the comments are questioning its authenticity or denying it outright. Is this a real…
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Did Lars Andersen perform the stunts in "A new level of archery"?

So lately i've discovered a Video which went incredibly viral (20 mil views in a week). It's an amateurish filmed video called "A new level of archery" about the Danish archer Lars Andersen. Now I have to admit that the stunts look impressive and…
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Is this guitar player capable of playing as fast as depicted?

This video purportedly shows a guitar player, Vahid Iran Shahi, playing the Flight of the Bumblebee at 350 bpm. As an experienced guitar player, it seems humanly impossible to me to play this fast: In the background, there's a second hand implying…
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Did a volcano in Tonga explode again on 17 September 2022?

This widely watched video claims it did, but I can't find any news.
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Did Kobe Bryant jump over a car?

There is a YouTube video that went viral about a sports star, Kobe Bryant, jumping over an Aston Martin. I'm really skeptical that his management would let him attempt that, but is there any evidence about whether the video is authentic?
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Is the series of YouTube videos "Cutting Peoples Earphones, Then Giving Them Airpods" fake?

The video "Cutting Peoples Earphones, Then Giving Them Airpods" has attained over 53 million views at the time of writing (2022-10-03) making this a highly popular video on YouTube. Despite the popularity I wasn't able to find any specific evidence…
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Is this video of someone dodging cars authentic?

I came across the below gif thanks to the security.stackexchange.com chat and while this looks more realistic than most "man dodges cars" viral videos, I'm still skeptical. Here is the accompanying YouTube video I found, and the car horns sounded…
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Is this video of a man pouring boiling water on himself real?

He calls it the "Boiling Water Challenge". Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-E6F1g3NE If it is real, what condition is this man in now? I would guess that he'd be lucky to be alive.
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Were the responses in the "Can you name a country" video staged?

I recently watched a video from Jimmy Kimmel where he would send his team on the street asking people if they could name / place a single country on a map. Obviously it didn't go well. Is there any evidence that the responses in the segment are…
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Is the hand in this video of feeding hummingbirds an actual human hand?

I came across a video titled Hummingbirds drink from red Solo cup in hand, which has over one hundred thousand views, and presumably has been viewed in places other than YouTube. The hummingbirds look very small compared to the "hand" in the video.…
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Strange sounds from sky.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3084260/What-strange-sound-sky-Noise-heard-globe-nearly-DECADE-explanation.html https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4JHAu5qDSgU What is it? The Internet is full of stories with them being alien…
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Does this viral video show a man's head explode while inflating a dinghy?

An old viral video (apparently from 2001) shows a man inflating a dinghy by mouth, when a child jumps on, increasing the pressure and causing the man's head to explode in a puff of smoke. It has been widely seen, including at 9gag and YouTube. The…
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Did a talent show judge a girl based on her belief in God?

A video on Facebook went viral called "Talent show Judges ask 16-year-old girl if she believes in God" that has subtitles claiming that a whole judge panel evaluated a girl based on her belief in God: At the end of the video, they gave her a "No"…
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