About the Museum
The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. 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. Other popular areas of the site include:
Here's an interesting article about Iraqi urban legends regarding the American forces. Here's a few of the more popular beliefs:
that the bulletproof vests American soldiers wear actually contain air-conditioning units (I'm sure the soldiers wish this were true)
that the sunglasses worn by almost all American soldiers allow them to see through clothing
And that American armored vehicles are protected by electrical fields that detonate RPG rockets before they strike, but that this protection can be defeated by wrapping the rockets in electrical tape.