STOP!! Before you forward that post, check the sites below to verify that it is not a hoax.
Snopes – http://www.snopes.com/
A website covering urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of unknown or questionable origin. It is a well-known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture. Snopes.com was created by Barbara and David Mikkelson, a California couple who met in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup. The site is organized by topic and includes a message board where stories and pictures of questionable veracity may be posted.
Hoax-Slayer – http://hoax-slayer.com/
Truth Or Fiction – https://www.truthorfiction.com/
That’s Fake – http://www.thatsfake.com/
That’s Nonsense – http://www.thatsnonsense.com/
Both ThatsNonsense.com and ThatsFake.com were created by Craig Charles Haley, and are based near Bath in the UK. The aim of ThatsFake.com is to help you, the reader, determine between what is real and what is not when it comes to the news you read on the Internet. There has been a surge recently of fake news designed to lure traffic to websites that routinely publish utter nonsense aimed at fooling you.