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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), the Hoax Forum, and the Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes.
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), the Hoax Forum, and the Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes.
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
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World Jump Day
The folks at World Jump Day plan to shift the orbit of planet Earth in order to "stop global warming, extend daytime hours and create a more homogenous climate." They'll achieve this by having 600 million people jump up in the air at the same time on July 20, 2006. And they're looking for jumpers! This, of course, recalls the old idea that "If all Chinese jumped at once, cataclysm would result." This has been debunked by The Straight Dope, which points out that the force generated by one billion Chinese people jumping up in the air at the same time would only be equivalent to about 500 tons of TNT. In other words, not that much. However, I don't think the creators of World Jump Day intend for anyone to take their idea that seriously. The site is registered to a German artist, Torsten Lauschmann. According to his web bio Lauschmann: celebrates glitches, and out-takes, bits in between and images that might be easy to ignore. Lauschmann is currently on a Trans European busking tour under the guise of Slender Whiteman where he will launch his solar powered dub system. He lives and works in Glasgow. Lauschmann also appears to be a member of a German art group called Vene Hammerschlag, which has also hosted World Jump Day on its site. In other words, World Jump Day appears to be some kind of art project hoax.
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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yeah but u have to be in like america or africa etc =(
Posted by mel in melb on Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 03:09 PMCharybdis as I said it's an ATTEMPT. I never said it'll work.
Posted by Henry on Wed Jul 19, 2006 at 04:34 PMI dont think this whole jump day will change anything... but I think it'll make people more aware of the environment. Look at all the comments on this event already! If an ARTICLE about this event evokes this much response about our environment, imagine what 600 million people jumping at the same time to try to do something will bring about? The jump doesnt change the earth's orbit. It sheds light on our environment (which is dying at a rapid pace btw).
Posted by jon in fullerton on Wed Jul 19, 2006 at 10:44 PMLook at all the comments on this event already!
Yup, 63 comments since March 1st last year. That's honestly not a huge response. It's just getting attention again because that time of year is rolling around and people are hearing of it and googling it.
...imagine what 600 million people jumping at the same time to try to do something will bring about?
Absolutely nothing, but they'll think they've done their bit, and happily go back to their usual lives. Sad, really.
Well I've been eating loads since I found out about this thing so it had better bleedin work!
Posted by Johnny English in England on Thu Jul 20, 2006 at 03:07 AMyou are very right we do need to shed light on the enviorment and the website says over 6hundred million 250 thousand are gonna jump that's hell of a lot of people that might make some form of news and if others start to see that we are trying to help they might too and we got some pretty smart people out there. And i jumped it was fun.
Posted by clark in Virginia on Thu Jul 20, 2006 at 03:11 AMI think it's a very bad idea. Men shouldn't try to fix the harm they already made, just try to stop harming the planet from now on. What's done, it's done, learn from the mistakes.
Altering the earth's position could be catastrofic, it could change the natural balance of the waters, the ice...
Very bad idea. If something goes wrong, I will track them down!
Posted by Marina in Buenos Aires on Thu Jul 20, 2006 at 05:35 AMAltering the earth's position could be catastrofic, it could change the natural balance of the waters, the ice...
Very bad idea. If something goes wrong, I will track them down!
IT WAS NOT A HOAX JUST ONLY MASSIVE PROJECT
Posted by Linkman in Slovakia on Tue Aug 08, 2006 at 06:10 AMThis is a great scam I mean there are lots of idiots on the internet this is a great way to sell products like world jump day t shirts and a way to get a website popular so ya this guy is smart making this site so it draws in idiots wow...
Posted by haha on Tue Aug 29, 2006 at 02:34 PM
haha hump day is freaking awesome
we should all hump each other
join our group on facebook for a group project for school please. it is in relevance to world jump day.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11180971585
Posted by zodination in Arizona on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 11:34 PMhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11180971585
This is one of the weirdest tings I have heard of. Why do they even have something like this? People need to exercise, not just jump for one day.
Posted by Inflatable Jumpers in Texas on Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 01:23 AMPage 4 of 4 pages « First < 2 3 4