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Thursday Is National Unfriend Day

BOSTON (CBS) – If you haven't already lost a few Facebook pals over the election, now's your chance to make that list of friends a little more exclusive.

Thursday is National Unfriend Day – a holiday created by comedian Jimmy Kimmel in 2010.

Want to shed some of those "friends" but don't know where to start? How about the ones who keep flooding your news feed with fake stories?

A Merrimack College professor has created a list of false and misleading websites that are spreading bad information on social media.

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