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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A 20-year-old Swedish man revealed he was behind a prank turning a Facebook group devoted to heart research into a group denouncing women's right to vote.
The founder, whose name was not revealed, told Swedish news agency TT he created the group, which originally promised to donate 42 cents to heart research for every member that joined, to teach people a lesson about being skeptical.
The group shocked its 80,000 members when it abruptly changed its stated purpose to revoking the right to vote from women and listed arguments against women's suffrage.
"The point was to be provocative. We want to show that people shouldn't always be so trusting of the things they join. We did it in a rather provocative way," the founder said.
"There's also humor in it. I wanted people to realize they shouldn't believe everything they read, and they should check how truthful something is before signing up or joining a group," he said.
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Jesse Farrelly, the 20-year-old son of filmmaker Bobby Farrelly, has died in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a long battle with drug addiction, his family said.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a stern warning last week against the international community, which imposed sanctions last month targeting the regime's vital oil exports and central bank.
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OTTAWA, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
A village in Canada with a population of 34 is disputing its disappearance as reported in Statistics Canada's census figures released this week.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the construction of two new nuclear reactors, the first to be built in the United States since 1978.
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