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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), and the Hoax Forum.

The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.



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#8: The Left-Handed Whopper
In 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."

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 What I find funniest is that of everything I'm reading on this site, this is the one (so far) that I think I remember seeing.

I believe I was sitting in an airport, killing time reading the paper, and thinking to myself, "What in the world kind of nonsense is this," not realizing it was 1 April.
Posted by Bryan  in  Leavenworth, Kansas  on  Tue Apr 05, 2005  at  12:17 PM
This is something for blondes to look at to show them they aren't as stupid as every other american
Posted by Luke  in  Wichita  on  Wed Mar 22, 2006  at  12:19 PM
right... well aren't i glad to know that most people wouldn't have fallen for this prank! wink tis very silly coz ALL burgers are round & so how can u truly anticipate - no, actually LINE UP & ORDER a half-revolution-ed burger? haha.. silly pple..
Posted by moone  in  Australia  on  Thu Mar 23, 2006  at  02:19 AM
all burgers are round?
Posted by mooch  on  Sat Mar 25, 2006  at  03:12 AM
The left handed burgers taste better too!
Posted by Kae Web  on  Sat Mar 25, 2006  at  04:10 PM
Don't people realize that if it was a problem they could just turn the burger around?
Posted by Krystle  on  Sun Mar 26, 2006  at  09:27 AM
white castle burgers aren't round
Posted by jeffa  on  Sun Apr 02, 2006  at  03:11 AM
I really have to ask if anyone who fell for that was asking themselves "does it really matter?" Round, square, triangle, whatever... Perhaps it only applied to asymetrical burgers.
Posted by bob  on  Sun Apr 02, 2006  at  03:56 AM
This was run in Kenya a number of years ago, was really funny especially with pictures at the front page of the paper.
Posted by Steve Thuo  in  Canada  on  Mon Apr 03, 2006  at  07:29 AM
I would tell you that as a right-handed I would've sued the company. You can't mess with us in Kansas.
Posted by Ben  in  Kansas  on  Mon Apr 03, 2006  at  10:21 AM
yea maybe to save even more time rotate the whole burger for the super intelligent Amercans
Posted by John Alfredson  on  Tue Apr 11, 2006  at  08:36 PM
i just want to tell everyone that i am soooo sexy liek if you think brad pitts sexy youve got to look at me
Posted by sexy  in  sexyville  on  Wed May 03, 2006  at  11:55 AM
grin omg the left handed thing thts soooo kewl!!!!!! i wud have fallen for it i fall for anyfin the otha day @ skl this boi in ma clas went 'stop climbin on the fire place John' (ther is no1 clld John in r clas) anyway i luked sooo thik i no every1 was in histerics includin me!!!!!!! but every 1 luved me 4 it!!! i was the talk of the day!! wink !! gr8 idea from Burger King!!! grin! Loadza Luv...
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Posted by x Sxc Lu x  in  U.K.  on  Tue May 23, 2006  at  09:03 AM
What a cracking hoax smile
Posted by Nikki  in  Chester  on  Tue Oct 03, 2006  at  08:18 AM
well i think this is stupid realy rotation somthing a 180 degrees like oooo wow like yeh give me a break like come on everyon know its was on april 1 come now what day was that april fools day duhh omg i cnat belive like 90 percent of the peopel in america belived it
Posted by fluffy  in  summerside  on  Wed Oct 04, 2006  at  04:24 AM
It says thousands of people fell for it not hundreds of millions. There is no way hundreds of millions fell for it.
Posted by Gduck  on  Wed Oct 11, 2006  at  02:28 AM
Well Jennifer, I hate to be the one to inform you of this, but there actually are such things as right-handed and left handed mugs, and pens. Things righties don't notice, but be being a left I do end up noticing, most of the time it is simply do to if you can recieve all the perks of the product by using your left hand, things such as images drawn on the inside side of the mug that you cann't see when drinking with your left hand, or words written on pens which are upside down to left-handed writers, and drink holders on the wrong side. Ohh yes it is a true bias, but I do also find this left-handed burger idea brilliant.
Posted by Megan  in  Canada  on  Wed Nov 15, 2006  at  02:15 PM
Left handed whopper
A normal one just turned round
Fools America
Posted by J  on  Tue Nov 21, 2006  at  11:32 PM
It's sad how moronic people in the world are , lol
Posted by Jeremy  in  Kentucky  on  Thu Mar 22, 2007  at  12:05 PM
But it doesn't matter, because it takes two hands to handle a whopper!
I guess no one remembers that slogan.
Posted by Mike  on  Thu Mar 29, 2007  at  05:47 PM
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