Marty, the inspiration for Nyan Cat, passed away last night after being diagnosed with Feline infectious peritonitis. He will live on forever in GIF format.

During Hurricane Sandy, Twitter user @ComfortablySmug spread several rumors about the damage was causing to Manhattan. After Buzzfeed writer Jack Steuf outed him as Republican congressional campaign manager Shashank Tripathi, he publicly apologized and resigned from his position.

Disney announced they would be acquiring Lucasfilms yesterday for $4 billion and would begin working on a new trilogy of Star Wars films taking place after the events in Return of the Jedi.

The ripple effects of the Frankenstorm's arrival in the east coast continue to resonate in social media with newscast photobombers, fake photographs, image macros and more.

4chan users began spreading rumors this week that Justin Bieber had been diagnosed with cancer, and that fans were showing their support by shaving their heads.