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The Cardiff Giant, a hoax of a hoax; P. T. Barnum had a replica made because he could not obtain the "genuine" hoax item. The CERN ritual , a supposed occult sacrifice on the grounds of CERN . China Under the Empress Dowager , co-authored by Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet using a forged diary as a major source, with a manuscript of Backhouse ...
Maria Monk – 1836 account of large-scale sexual abuse of Catholic nuns and infanticide at the hands of male clergy in Montreal, Lower Canada, widely believed to be a hoax capitalizing on the anti-Catholic sentiments of the time [8] Monita Secreta – alleged Jesuit instructions to use unethical methods to increase the order's wealth and ...
This category includes notable proven hoaxes and incidents determined to be hoaxes by reliable sources. An article's inclusion on this list is not intended to disparage the authenticity of the report, but to denote that it is in general considered, or evidenced, as having been created as a hoax, or was known to be false (or a joke) as created.
Pages in category "Lists of hoaxes" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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But not all pranks are whoopee cushions at board meetings or fake spiders in the Easter casserole. Some of the world’s most memorable hoaxes have been pranks played on entire populations. And it ...
The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is the writer Virginia Woolf.. A hoax (plural: hoaxes) is a widely publicised falsehood created to deceive its audience with false and often astonishing information, with the either malicious or humorous intent of causing shock and interest in as many people as possible.
According to fact-checking site Snopes, they found no record of Trump saying this in 1998 or any other time according to their research. In the 1980s and 1990s, Trump had talked about politics and ...