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“Google's stock price dropped significantly in August 2026.”
Google parent Alphabet’s two share classes fell about 5% to 6% from July 31 to August 31, 2026, supporting the description of an August drop. A roughly 4% one-day fall on August 5 reinforces that characterization. However, “significantly” is subjective, and widely reported figures of about 15% or nearly $700 billion describe a longer decline from May, not August alone.
“The Earth will experience a loss of gravity for seven seconds during the solar eclipse in August 2026.”
This claim is false. NASA has explicitly stated that a solar eclipse has "no unusual impact on Earth's gravity" and that Earth cannot "lose gravity" without losing mass. The claim originated from a viral social media conspiracy post. While eclipses produce tiny, ordinary tidal variations in local gravity (on the order of 0.0000178%), this is not a "loss of gravity" — and certainly not a seven-second global shutdown. No credible scientific evidence supports this claim.