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The Calaveras Skull, a human skull found by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was purported to prove that humans, mastodons, and elephants had coexisted in California. The Cardiff Giant, a hoax of a hoax; P. T. Barnum had a replica made because he could not obtain the "genuine" hoax item.
They were taught so many things about life that made no sense, and it’s only now that they’ve grown up that they’re realizing the truth. ... 30 Now-Exposed Fake Facts, Misinterpretations 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.
Debunking false and misleading claims about the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Sorting fact from fiction on the LA fires: Looting, Biden visit, cause, Hollywood sign Skip to main ...
We’ve compiled responses to this recent Reddit question: “What’s a fact about the world that sounds totally fake but is 100% true?” Some of these answers may blow your mind. If you enjoy ...
Philip Aegidius Walshe (actually Montgomery Carmichael), The Life of John William Walshe, F.S.A., London, Burns & Oates, (1901); New York, E. P. Dutton (1902). This book was presented as a son’s story of his father’s life in Italy as “a profound mystic and student of everything relating to St. Francis of Assisi,” but the son, the father and the memoir were all invented by Montgomery ...
Amid the devastating fires, a social media hoax falsely claiming immigration sweeps in the Los Angeles area began to circulate online. The Department of Homeland Security said there were no large ...
Viewers were deluded into thinking that it was an authentic clip of a real accident at a real wedding; but a story in USA Today in 2009 revealed it was a hoax. [12] Great Moon Hoax. Governments sometimes spread false information to facilitate their objectives, such as going to war. These often come under the heading of black propaganda.