In mid-December 2022, Snopes readers inquired about a peculiar and alleged piece of space junk — a manhole cover. One of those ... that it depicted an artificial sun being launched into space.

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KATIE: YOU DON’T THINK MUCH OF THEM WHEN YOU SEE THEM ON THE STREET. BUT MANHOLE COVERS, OF WHICH THERE ARE 42,000 IN MASSACHUSETTS, CAN ACTUALLY BE QUITE DANGEROUS. >> THE MANHOLE COVER UNSEATS ...