[UPDATE] We have official confirmation from Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu that the rumor is false. We asked him via e-mail if Facebook was shutting down on March 15, to which he responded, “The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness.” He added, “We didn’t get the memo about shutting down and there’s lots to do, so we’ll just keep cranking away like always.”

Let’s think about this for a minute. Would Facebook decide to shut down the company just a few days after announcing a round of funding, consisting of $450 million from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, on a valuation of $50 billion?

The spurious report was started by a site to which we refuse to link, known for its reports of impending attacks of alien spaceships and false reports of a Michelle Obama pregnancy.

The fact that this absurd hoax spread so efficiently makes us wonder: Will people believe anything?

It was circulated online that Efron broke up with his 5-year-girlfriend because he wanted to live his ‘Leonardo DiCaprio Hollywood-Single-Man-Dream”.

It was clear that E! had started the rumor, mentioning that a source brought them the news. Though no official comment was made about the subject, some ‘sources’ tell that the break-up was peaceful without a third party participating. On the other hand, some other ‘sources’ mentioned that a secret romance was in the closet between the now-mature Miley Cyrus and the recently-single-man Zac Efron. Even though we are sure this is just a lame rumor, it felt wrong not to mention it.