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Read more about the article HOAX ~ August 1, 2017

HOAX ~ August 1, 2017

  • Post author:Laura Rubin
  • Post published:January 23, 2018
  • Post category:Past Salons/SF

Classic hoaxes and tall tales from history’s greatest liars — from the professional pranks of PT Barnum and wonderful lies of Baron von Munchausen, to the details of fake people…

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Read more about the article Odd Bits: Paw Prints of a Talking Mongoose

Odd Bits: Paw Prints of a Talking Mongoose

  • Post author:Annetta Black
  • Post published:August 6, 2017
  • Post category:Odd Bits

In 1931 a family on the Isle of Man reported visitations from a talking mongoose named Gef.

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Read more about the article Odd Bits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Defense of Fairies

Odd Bits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Defense of Fairies

  • Post author:Annetta Black
  • Post published:August 5, 2017
  • Post category:Odd Bits

In 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a book about what later became known quite famously as the Cottingley Fairy Hoax. ⠀

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Read more about the article Odd Bits: The Confessions of Mary Toft

Odd Bits: The Confessions of Mary Toft

  • Post author:Annetta Black
  • Post published:August 5, 2017
  • Post category:Odd Bits

A "miraculous" birthing unraveled by the discovery of smuggled rabbits.

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Read more about the article Odd Bits: The Great Moon Hoax

Odd Bits: The Great Moon Hoax

  • Post author:Annetta Black
  • Post published:August 2, 2017
  • Post category:Odd Bits

The frolicsome bat-winged moon men and ladies, moon beavers and unicorns of the Great Moon Hoax of 1835

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