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Perseid Meteor Shower Falls Victim To Fake News. Sad!

It seems nothing is safe from fake news this year, not even the annual astronomical event. This year's Perseid show will be at its peak Saturday night into Sunday.

When it comes to astronomical events, this year's annual Perseid meteor shower is in serious danger of being, shall we say, eclipsed.

But that hasn't kept it from becoming yet another casualty of fake news. Fueled by false Internet memes and sites such as (headlines include "Quantum Consciousness: The

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