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Monday, 3 June 2013

VIDEO: 49 HOAXES PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVED


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I'm sure many of us remember the infamous 16 Septembers 2008 incident perpetrated by that "God-gift-you-know who" opposition leader. But did anyone remember that it was actually a hoax that people actually believed? He of course was not alone; there are others, as this video shows.

49 hoaxes people actually believed
By Erin McCarthy,
Mental Floss, 28 May 2013.

In this week's video, John Green looks at 49 hoaxes - alien autopsies! Fairy bones! Left-handed Whoppers! and more! - that people actually believed.


Top image: Screen capture from video

[Source: Mental Floss. Edited. Top image added.]



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