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About the Museum
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.
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.Prankplace.com
COVERT CLICKERSecretly control the TV, anywhere, any time! This device is so small it is easily concealed in your pocket. It can control volume, change the channel or turn the TV on & off. It works on 90% of all TV's.
THE TOILET MONSTERYour wife will never yell at you about leaving the seat up again! The Toilet Monster attaches to the inside of the toilet bowl by suction cups. As the unsuspecting person goes to use the bathroom, they'll scream as they lift the lid and are greeted by the Toilet Monster! Not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.
#31: PhDs Exempt From China’s One-Child Policy
In 1993 the China Youth Daily, an official state newspaper of China, announced on its front page that the government had decided to make Ph.D. holders exempt from the state-imposed one-child limit. The logic behind this decision was that it would eventually reduce the need to invite as many foreign experts into the country to help with the state's modernization effort. Despite a disclaimer beneath the story identifying it as a joke, the report was repeated as fact by Hong Kong's New Evening News and by Agence France-Presse, an international news agency. Apparently what made the hoax seem credible to many was that intellectuals in Singapore are encouraged to marry each other and have children, and China's leaders are known to have great respect for the Singapore system. The Chinese government responded to the hoax by condemning April Fool's Day as a dangerous Western tradition. The Guangming Daily, Beijing's main newspaper for intellectuals, ran an editorial stating that April Fool's jokes "are an extremely bad influence." It went on to declare that, "Put plainly, April Fool's Day is Liar's Day."
Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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The one-child policy is already a sick joke.
Posted by maki watanabe in Hawaii on Tue May 11, 2004 at 12:29 PM
I bet the people who green lighted that where killed in a "simultaneous hunting accident" in which they had shot each other in the back of the head with "standard-issue DPRC Army rifles."
Posted by redstar on Sat Apr 02, 2005 at 04:09 PM
Yes, but what is this "DPRC"? There's no such country as the "Democratic People's Republic of China". Mainland China's just known as the "People's Republic of China". And now that I've contributed my two cents' worth, I'll bugger off.
Posted by Gareth Keenan on Sun Apr 03, 2005 at 12:26 PM
But the One-Child Policy makes sense, doesn't it? And it might be beneficial to have intellectuals exempted from it.
But that's really not a very funny joke, either way.
Posted by me on Mon Mar 13, 2006 at 06:12 PM
I can just imagine some of the doctors in the country saw this and knocked up their wives (or got knocked up) only to find out too late that it was a joke...
I don't got a problem with the one-child policy, but they made a huge mistake in not making it far more beneficial to have a female rather than a male.
Posted by Hebitsuikaza on Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 02:45 PM
The really interesting thing is that people still believe this news report in China!!!
Posted by Mark G in Beijing on Thu Mar 30, 2006 at 05:59 PM
"Dangerous Western Influence", I can't stand it when governments treat their citizens like idiots.
Posted by Joan on Mon Jul 31, 2006 at 07:13 PM
I was surprised that a state-owned Chinese newspaper would run an April Fool's joke. And I believe it is officially known as the People's Republic of China. Of course, Most people just call it China!
Posted by Rilap Oflos on Sat Mar 31, 2007 at 12:36 PM
In my country ( Brazil ) the April 1st is actually known as Liar's Day. Looks like it happens when people see no fun on this kind of prank.
Posted by Rose in Brazil on Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 05:39 PM
rolling on the floor, laughing my butt off at redstar even though it is 3 years later. Not even careing if it is DPRC or just PRC. The joke is still funny.
Posted by Aemrjay on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 08:53 AM
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