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Is Dihydrogen Monoxide Dangerous?

6 February 2019

The dihydrogen monoxide hoax shows that even the most innocuous of substances can be made...

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Did Mark Zuckerberg Announce That He’s Closing Facebook?

18 April 2018

A video purportedly showing Mark Zuckerberg announcing that closure of Facebook is a digitally altered...

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Is Daniel Radcliffe Starring in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’?

3 April 2018

An April Fool's Day prank featuring a fan-made movie poster left some aficionados of the...

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2018 April Fools’ Day Roundup!

1 April 2018

A collection of the best japes sprung on unsuspecting internet users as part of the...

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Is President Trump Planning a Monument to the War on Christmas?

30 March 2018

A humorous article was just a seasonal jape, but not quite in the way that...

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Has Pluto Been Officially Reclassified as a Planet?

29 January 2018

The decade-long debate over Pluto's planetary status has provided fodder for April Fool's Day jokes...

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Did Tokyo Open the First Human Meat Restaurant?

2 December 2017

Reports that a new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world...

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Dragon Skeleton Discovered in Iceland?

6 April 2017

Reports that the remains of a mythical beast were found in the Nordic island nation...

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Derinkuyu Cave, part of a Byzantine-era network of underground living spaces in Turkey.

Was a Centuries-Old Underground City Discovered Beneath Cades Cove?

3 April 2017

An April Fool's Day joke about a mysterious city discovered beneath the Smoky Mountains was...

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Happy April Fool’s Day!

1 April 2017

Here's a roundup of some of this year's best (or worst) April Fool's Day pranks.

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Is ‘Trump’ Tattooed on This Man’s Forehead?

25 October 2016

A photograph of a man with the word "Trump" tattooed on his forehead was hard...

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Donald Trump’s Harvard Rejection Letter

18 August 2016

An image purportedly showing the rejection letter Donald Trump received from Harvard University is not...

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