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For weeks, people have been debating one thing and one thing only: Is this a picture of Tom Hanks or Bill Murray?

With the picture’s subject’s rounded nose and toothless mouth, it can be hard to tell the difference between them. But Tom Hanks appeared on The Graham Norton Show to put the debate to rest.

After showing off the difference between the sides of his own face, Hanks, along with Gemma Arterton and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, recreates the picture of Bill Murray screaming with baby. It’s really something.

Also in this interview, Tom Hanks dusts off his Forrest Gump performance, and this baby still runs.

Just a quick update on all those Facebook check-ins in North Dakota yesterday. As it turns out, the Morton County Sherrif's Department says that it is not looking at check-ins to verify protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline. 

The Morton County Sheriff's Department took to Facebook and said: 

via @MortonCountySD

Yesterday, thousands of Facebook users "checked in" at Standing Rock Indian reservation in Cannon Ball, ND in hopes of confusing police and showing support for the activists.

Despite the validity of the original post, The LA Times says, "Some Native American activists still welcomed the check-ins as another form of showing support for the months-long protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, proposed to run past tribal land on its route between North Dakota and Illinois."

In a super-touching image, a British Mom posted a back-to-school picture of her daughter Emily after losing her to childhood cancer in a super-effective effort to raise awareness of the disease.





She is encouraging everyone on Facebook to "Go Gold for Cancer Awareness" on your profile pic, like this:




Get all the links to show your support on Facebook and Twitter, and to learn more about the "Go Gold Project" here.

Arainia Brown and her boyfriend Rolman Sparkman just wanted to get take-out from the delicious breakfast (and sometimes other meals) food chains I-HOP. They ended up coming away with a tasty dinner and an offensive receipt. The server apparently typed in "BLACK PPL" to describe them and both Brown and Sparkman feel like he could have used a better term to identify the patrons. Rather than cause a stir and bring up the issue to a manager, Brown posted the receipt online which caused it to go viral. The couple have even done an interview explaining why they felt so upset:



Responses on the internet have ranged from calling their outrage justified to ridiculous. The general consensus is that it was rude at best. I-HOP has apologized and according to the video, so has the server. 

Paige Yore got the attention of the internet with a viral video post about her customer service experience at Walmart. The uplifting story included hugs, a screaming customer, a mother's suicide and a reminder to help those in need. Now it turns out that it was all fake.
Today we have Walmart to thank for bringing us all down from the faith in humanity high. After several inquiries about the poor cashier from the community the Pueblo, CO Walmart where this story allegedly took place decided to investigate.

What they found was a pretty boring day. The closest thing to an altercation seemed to be a customer who had an issue with a language barrier which was quickly and politely resolved.

The good news? That cashier's mom is okay everybody!

A case of bullying at a Texas high school looks like it is going to have a happy ending.

High school freshman Hannah Combs had super glue poured onto her hair and scalp last month during class by another student. She said the glue immediately started burning her, and chunks of hair started falling out.

She received first degree chemical burns from the assault.

But what really upset the family, and started a social media frenzy, was that the boy who did this only received three days of in-school suspension.

So Hannah's parents started a Facebook group called Justice For Hannah that has grown to over 25,000 members.

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Messages of hope have come pouring in as Hannah's parents continue to advocate for harsher punishment against the bully. They told KCEN hat they want the boy to move schools.

Meanwhile, Hannah has a rad new undercut and a positive outlook on her future.

"I'm old enough to help people that are being bullied and even help the bully themselves become better people," she wrote on Facebook. "Did you know that half of the time the bully doesn't even know he/she is bullying anyone? But we can fix that, I know we can."

If you haven't heard about it yet, a video of a violent attack commited by Sharkeisha Tyeshia Thompson spread throughout the web like wildfire. Head over to Know Your Meme to learn all the current details of the brutal assault!

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