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18th century hoax fossils Beringer’s Lying Stones (Lügensteine) are pieces of limestone which were carved into the shape of various […]

American journalist and writer (1880–1956) Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, […]

Fanciful story by H.L. Mencken The bathtub hoax was a famous hoax perpetrated by the American journalist H. L. Mencken […]

Fictional drug Bananadine is a fictional psychoactive substance which is supposedly extracted from banana peels. A hoax recipe for its […]

Balloon containing gases which are lighter than air A gas balloon is a balloon that rises and floats in the […]

2009 hoax event The Balloon Boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, when a homemade helium-filled gas balloon shaped to […]

Edgar Allan Poe hoax This article is about the 1844 balloon hoax. For the 2009 balloon hoax, see Balloon boy […]

Main research library of the University of Oxford Not to be confused with the Bodleian Libraries, the library group of […]

Art museum, Imperial Palace, Historic site in Beijing, China UNESCO World Heritage Site Forbidden City “Forbidden City” in Chinese characters […]

British oriental scholar, linguist, and confidence man (1873–1944) Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (20 October 1873 – 8 January […]