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Hippo Eats Dwarf
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: Newspapers report the accidental swallowing of a circus dwarf by a hippo. HOAX HAIKUDwarf-eating hippo travels all around the world Devouring midgets (by Exactor) A weirder story circulates by newspaper called “Dwarf eats hippo!” (by J)Submit a haiku For the past decade versions of the following…
History of the Bathtub
Type: Hoax. Summary: A widely circulated tale claimed that Americans were initially reluctant to use bathtubs when they were introduced during the mid-nineteenth century. On December 28, 1917 the journalist Henry L. Mencken published an article in the New York Evening Mail titled “A Neglected Anniversary.” It described the curious…
Retractable Capitol Dome
Type: Satire Mistaken as News Summary: A Beijing newspaper mistakenly reported that the U.S. Congress was demanding the installation of a retractable Capitol dome. On June 3, 2002, the Beijing Evening News scooped its competitors with a shocking story from America: the U.S. Congress was threatening to leave Washington DC…
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Hippo Eats Dwarf
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: Newspapers report the accidental swallowing of a circus dwarf by a hippo. HOAX HAIKUDwarf-eating hippo travels all around the world Devouring midgets (by Exactor) A weirder story circulates by newspaper called “Dwarf eats hippo!” (by J)Submit a haiku For the past decade versions of the following…
History of the Bathtub
Type: Hoax. Summary: A widely circulated tale claimed that Americans were initially reluctant to use bathtubs when they were introduced during the mid-nineteenth century. On December 28, 1917 the journalist Henry L. Mencken published an article in the New York Evening Mail titled “A Neglected Anniversary.” It described the curious…
Retractable Capitol Dome
Type: Satire Mistaken as News Summary: A Beijing newspaper mistakenly reported that the U.S. Congress was demanding the installation of a retractable Capitol dome. On June 3, 2002, the Beijing Evening News scooped its competitors with a shocking story from America: the U.S. Congress was threatening to leave Washington DC…
