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Great Chess Automaton
Type: Technology Hoax. Summary: Centuries before IBM built Deep Blue, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen built what he claimed was a “thinking machine” that could play chess against human opponents. A woodcut of the Turk that accompanied Poe’s 1836 article. According to Poe it was a ‘tolerable representation’ of the automaton.…
Great Rose Bowl Hoax
Type: College Prank. Summary: Caltech students succeeded in altering the University of Washington’s halftime flip-card routine during the 1961 Rose Bowl in order to read “CALTECH”. Rose Bowl tickets are now available for the Rose Bowl Parade and bowl game. Buy college bowl tickets and find NCAA football tickets throughout…
Sidd Finch
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: Sports Illustrated claimed that the new pitcher for the New York Mets could pitch a baseball at 168 mph. Sidd Finch is listed at #2 in the Museum’s list of the Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time.SIDD FINCH HAIKUThe Buddha says,…
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Great Chess Automaton
Type: Technology Hoax. Summary: Centuries before IBM built Deep Blue, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen built what he claimed was a “thinking machine” that could play chess against human opponents. A woodcut of the Turk that accompanied Poe’s 1836 article. According to Poe it was a ‘tolerable representation’ of the automaton.…
Great Rose Bowl Hoax
Type: College Prank. Summary: Caltech students succeeded in altering the University of Washington’s halftime flip-card routine during the 1961 Rose Bowl in order to read “CALTECH”. Rose Bowl tickets are now available for the Rose Bowl Parade and bowl game. Buy college bowl tickets and find NCAA football tickets throughout…
Sidd Finch
Type: April Fool’s Day Hoax. Summary: Sports Illustrated claimed that the new pitcher for the New York Mets could pitch a baseball at 168 mph. Sidd Finch is listed at #2 in the Museum’s list of the Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time.SIDD FINCH HAIKUThe Buddha says,…
