Hatton Garden Jewelry Heist

• Major jewelry store robbery/burglary in England
  • Location: jewelry storage facility with safe deposit boxes full of jewels
  • Value disputed: internet claims £200 million vs article claims £14-20 million
  • May be largest/most expensive burglary in England's history
• Perpetrators: 5 senior citizens aged 61-75
  • All lifelong criminals but polite English gentlemen
  • Said "thank you" when sentenced in courtroom
  • Mastermind had stroke, too ill to attend sentencing
    • Sent message from hospital bed: "tell the judge I said thank you"
• Sentences: ~7 years prison time
  • John Kenny Collins (75) may not survive sentence due to age/health
  • Non-violent crime = lighter sentences
• Movie potential discussed
  • Cast suggestions: Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Tom Hardy

Snopes Fact-Check: World's Cutest Rodent

• Viral photo from February 2016 titled "world's cutest rodent"
• Image showed felt craft version of actual animal
• Snopes investigation revealed:
  • Photo was felt recreation of real Baluchistan pygmy jerboa
  • Original animal exists and is "ridiculously adorable"
  • Real jerboa described as mouse with shortened middle, stretched back legs, big feet
• Context: sophisticated Japanese felt crafts
  • Someone showcased craft project on Pinterest
  • Internet users mistook for real animal photo
  • Snopes (primarily Barbara) legitimized as fact-checking authority