Hoaxes are not new to our generation — history is replete with them.

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A pair of hoaxsters once led hundreds of gullible New Yorkers into participating in a scheme to saw Manhattan Island in half. When the bathtub was introduced to the U.S. in the mid-1800s, its popularity was hindered by the belief that taking baths was injurious to a person's health. * Entries marked with an asterisk will open in a separate browser window.

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