PolitiFact - Smithsonian didn’t admit to destroying giant human skeletons

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A story about the Smithsonian destroying thousands of giant human skeletons seems fantastical because it is. It originated on a satire site.

suggests the keepers of these skeletal artifacts have confessed to destroying others.

"Smithsonian admits to destruction of thousands of giant human skeletons in early 1900s," read what looks like a screenshot of a news headline."A US Supreme Court ruling has forced the Smithsonian Institution to release classified papers dating from the early 1900s that proves the organization was involved in a major historical cover-up."

The post sharing this screenshot was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our

 

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