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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), 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.


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THE TOILET MONSTER
Your 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.

REMOTE CONTROL FART MACHINE
The Brand New Fart Machine has “BoomBox” Technology, which allows more vibrant, natural sounding farts. Simply hide the little speaker, then from up to 100 feet away, press the included remote, and the hidden speaker lets out one of 15 disgusting fart sounds. Place under your co-workers desk, and let the laughter begin.


Still No Sex In Space
Status: Urban Legend
Ever since humans first made it into space, there have been rumors of sex-in-space experiments. Such rumors are doing the rounds again, and this time it's the Russians who are the focus of them. Russian officials decided they should go on record to deny them:

"There is no proof ... that on any mission cosmonauts had sex," the deputy head of the Institute of Bio-Medical Problems, Valery Bogomolov, told a news conference in Moscow.
"Cosmonauts, too, are regular people, but ... I have not heard about any sex in orbit," he said.
The Russian scientist referred to an experiment conducted by the institute, which researches space health issues by simulating flight conditions on a mission to Mars.
Six cosmonauts, including a woman, had spent two weeks isolated in a zero-gravity capsule, Bogomolov said, but "there were no complaints over the absence of sex."
Speculation over sex in space has been rife since a woman first joined the team of three boarding the cramped Soyuz rocket to the international space station in 1982.
In 1991, US sweethearts Jan Davis and Mark Lee married shortly before their joint space orbit, fuelling rumours in the United States.
The Russian institute appeared to be responding to a document widely circulated on the internet about an alleged 1996 experiment carried out by the US space agency NASA.
The experiment allegedly tested 10 different positions, including the help of elastic bands and other fastening devices, for optimal zero-gravity reproduction.
"We do not have such experiments in our country," Bogomolov said.

I like that last line. Apparently the Russians have no problem with experiments involving two-headed dogs or human-ape hybrids, but they draw the line at sex-in-space research.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Dec 05, 2007 | Permalink | Total Comments: 7
Category: Science, Sex/Romance
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*waits in line to participate in the next series of sexperiments* cheese
Posted by oppiejoe  in  Haslett, Michigan - USA  on  Thu Dec 06, 2007  at  04:09 AM
Excellent news oppiejoe, I have a spare ape all I need is your head to make my hybrid. (You can keep the rest)
Posted by Peter  on  Thu Dec 06, 2007  at  12:08 PM
"Speculation over sex in space has been rife since a woman first joined the team of three boarding the cramped Soyuz rocket to the international space station in 1982."

Couldn't the men have been conducting their own sex-in-space experiments before the woman joined the team?
Posted by Sakano  in  Ohio  on  Thu Dec 06, 2007  at  03:11 PM
Zero gravity capsule?? True zero gravity cannot be replicated on Earth - the astronauts train in 'vomit comets'- aircraft that dive in parabola's but weightlessness lasts for only a few seconds.
Posted by Piltdown Man  in  UK  on  Thu Dec 06, 2007  at  11:50 PM
Now, some Comrade is being remarkably coy here; there was a reported case on Mir where one of the commanders was courtmartialed for sexual harrassment of a junior - this involved an act that the even a President had trouble defining as sex, but still it counted for the courtmartial.

This would therfore put the Russians way ahead of the Americans, though; The US Navy holds the record for deepest sexual assault ( A nuclear submarine on patrol in the 1970s), so this would take the record for the highest.
Posted by DFStuckey  in  Auckland New Zealand  on  Fri Feb 15, 2008  at  01:29 AM
Hmm.., interesting was it possible to make such experiments in USSR? Because of strict attention to any public "sex".
Posted by black pussy  on  Thu May 15, 2008  at  11:39 AM
Russians...
Posted by Bryan  in  US  on  Fri Jun 13, 2008  at  10:11 AM
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