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Top 100 Hoaxes of All Time

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slashdot-not-a-winner dept.

Kaz Riprock writes "Did you know that Taco Bell bought the Liberty Bell? Or that Spaghetti grows on trees?? Here is a pretty interesting website that compiles 100 of the best hoaxes perpetrated through the ages."

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  1. OTOH... by ParnBR · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do all comments in April Fools' Day must be annoying as hell?

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  2. Orson Wells by jimson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm really surprised to not find Orson Well's War of the Worlds in the top 20 anyways. That has to be one of the best hoaxes ever! War of the Worlds

    1. Re:Orson Wells by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Can one classify the "War of the Worlds" broadcast as a hoax? Welles did not in fact mean to fool anybody; it was supposed to be just a radio play.

      Chris Mattern