Whenever we hear about a dangerous challenge spreading like wildfire among teenagers, it's often hard to tell whether it's really happening or not.
You'd think it would be easy to tell which of these "challenges" are just urban legends spread by concerned parents by how extreme they sound, but one of the real ones involved kids literally setting themselves on fire, so that's no help.
Instead, we'll have to look a little closer at the details to get to the bottom of the "48-hour challenge."