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AFTER 2000:
BONSAI KITTENS AND MONSTER CATS

Hoaxes have never been as much a part of daily lives as they are now in the 21st Century. They're everywhere... in the media, in politics, on the internet. Especially on the internet. Listed below are some of the more notorious hoaxes that occurred between 2000 to 2002. For more recent hoaxes check out the weblog on the main page of the site.

The Top 10 Hoaxes of 2004
The Rathergate memos, the Mini Cooper Autonomous Robot, Andy Kaufman Returns, and more! Hoax Websites of the New Millennium
The difficulty of telling truth from fiction on the internet in the 21st Century.
Bonsai Kitten | Manbeef.com | Spud Server | Final Curtain | MalePregnancy.com The Onion Capitol-Dome Hoax
Congress threatens to leave Washington DC unless the city buys them a new capitol building with a retractable dome. The Beijing Evening News gets the scoop. Post-9/11 Hoaxes
Hoaxes that occurred in the wake of September 11.
Touristguy | The Wingdings Prophecies | The NASA Satellite Photo | The Predictions of Nostradamus Gorgeous Guy
A guy who became famous on the internet because he was so incredibly good looking. At least, that was the story. The Lovenstein Institute IQ Report
Does President George W. Bush really have the lowest IQ of any president for the past 50 years? Monkey Fishing
How to fish for monkeys. Instructions provided by Slate.com. David Manning Film Critic
The final nail in the coffin of 'Truth in Advertising' Snowball the Monster Cat
The famous picture of a man holding an 87-pound behemoth cat. One of the first and most celebrated hoax photos to spread by email. Kaycee Nicole Swenson
The case of a middle-aged woman whose internet alter-ego was a 19-year-old girl dying of cancer. The Religion of the Jedi Knights
Tens of thousands of Brits and Aussies declare themselves practicing Jedis. The Stone-Age Discoveries of Shinichi Fujimura
One of the greatest archaeological hoaxes--ever. The Emulex Stockmarket Hoax
A 23-year-old college student takes the stockmarket for a ride. Death Hoaxes
The 21st Century has seen a revival of that centuries-old favorite of hoaxers, the death hoax.
The Final Farewell of Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Dead Pop Stars | Phony 9/11 Deaths The Piltdown Chicken
National Geographic gets prehistoric egg on its face.