Yeah, they tend to exaggerate. They also "summarize" incredibly inaccurately sometimes. And often out of date.

But hey, at least they're trying to get people excited for science. Exaggerations are needed to keep funding going so we can make big advancements!

Mine is stranger hand too

lol i just googled "Japnenese girls, octopus"

They say that a lot, they just never do it.

What if this hoax isn't created to make the world a better blace, but to have a decent reason to introduce "ecotaxes".

Because taxes are evil.

Taxes are a tool used by the state to redistribute wealth and income.
With a half-decent government that money is used to lower the gap between the rich and the poor.

People have already been able to see mars thousands of years ago.
They thought it was just a star.

Movie is Feast
Scene: http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=71452