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Hoax
Balloon Hoax, The
news story in 1844, reporting the transatlantic crossing of a balloon with eight passengers. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe]
Piltdown man
missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 46; Time, October 13, 1978, 82]
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This hoax permitted us to examine not only the reasoning and evidence put forth by hoaxter Charles Dawson, but also the values, hopes, and fears of a culture adjusting itself to the implications of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Frauds, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience: a course in argumentation by Patton, Martha D. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
 
 
 
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