From wailing mermaids to vaccinated zombies: Fake news that tickled your fancy in 2021

As 2021 churned out fake news and fictional stories on social media, fact-checkers fought back to take them down. Let's look at the bestselling trickery of the last year.  

Woke, sharp and alert on the eve of 2022? Well, think again; look behind the landmines of misinformation that you tip-toed over in the year gone by.

It's quite likely that in 2021, you too might have tripped over a fake, at least once, even if inadvertently.