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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.
#50: FatSox
In 2000 the British Daily Mail announced that Esporta Health Clubs had launched a new line of socks designed to help people lose weight. Dubbed "FatSox," these revolutionary socks could actually suck body fat out of sweating feet. The invention promised to "banish fat for ever." The socks employed a patented nylon polymer called FloraAstraTetrazine that had been "previously only applied in the nutrition industry." The American inventor of this polymer was Professor Frank Ellis Elgood. The socks supposedly worked in the following way: as a person's body heat rose and their blood vessels dilated, the socks drew "excess lipid from the body through the sweat." After having sweated out the fat, the wearer could then simply remove the socks and wash them, and the fat, away.
Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Dr F.E. Elgood. Good one!
Posted by Scully in London on Wed May 12, 2004 at 03:08 AM
He's the one they call doctor Feelgood, he's the one that makes ya feel all right...
Posted by Dudester on Sat Mar 19, 2005 at 01:06 PM
Damn, Dudester beat me to it.
Posted by Rod in the land of smarties. on Tue Mar 22, 2005 at 05:40 PM
OMG I tired those things they sux, they totally didnt wrok. And then peeps strated saying my feet smell as well as im fat :(:(
Posted by Diana on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 12:37 AM
umm, these aren't a hoax, you can actually buy them, my Mum uses them. Maybe the hoax like, inspired them to look into it or something, or maybe it was publicity *shrugs* who knows
Posted by Melissah on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 10:29 PM
Or more likely, they don't do anything at all.
The only way to be healthy is to eat properly and excercise, not some ridiculus device.
If the socks could actually draw out fats, you'd need medical attention for your feet, and the rather dangerous devices would be banned.
Posted by J. Lam in Canada on Wed Jun 01, 2005 at 08:21 PM
I want a pair!! Nay, send me the panties too!!
Posted by me2 in pacific island on Mon Mar 20, 2006 at 02:03 PM
On the evidence of the above, maybe Atkin's was an April Fool gone wrong (or right, perhaps?)
Posted by Sarah in Liverpool, UK on Sat Apr 22, 2006 at 04:12 PM
I see TV comercials for pills making similar claims 24x7, but they will actually take people's money for their useless product(s).
Posted by Dave in FL on Fri Jun 02, 2006 at 11:03 AM
cruel cruel hoax (imagines eating donuts only to see them bypass the hips and go straight to her feet)...alas.
Posted by Flip Wilson in hollywood on Sat Mar 31, 2007 at 08:12 PM
ha ha ha! I soo wish those things were real...
I doubt they would come in my size, though: I have real big feet...:(
Posted by stringbassgirl in this galaxy, the world on Mon Apr 02, 2007 at 02:55 PM
this is awesome. :o) i love it! wish they had the socks, but dang that would be some intensive massages we would need afterwards since it only sucks fat out and doesn't tighten the skin. EW!!!
Posted by aryana in south cackalak on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:39 AM
I've heard of socks like these, some claim to have complex fibers that soak up everything super fast and some claim to vibrate and stimulate more blood flow and the pores in your feet to open up, both ultimately allowing more sweat to come out. Sounds pretty gross to me but boy do I want some!
Posted by Genasai on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 09:47 PM
If only.
Posted by Green in LA on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:25 PM
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