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	SCIgen - An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator - http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/ SCIgen is a program that generates random computer science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Generated papers are meant for amusement.
	Museum of Hoaxes - http://www.museumofhoaxes.com Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
	MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery - http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	Piltdown Plot - http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
	Piltdown Man - http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html Piltdown man was one of the most famous hoaxes in science. Covers the history of the hoax, its reception by the paleontological community, how the hoax was executed, its exposure, myths and misconceptions, and theories about the perpetrator.

	April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
	1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast - http://www.earthstation1.com/wotw.html Wavs of the famous Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
	The Hoax Files - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
	Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes - http://www.pickover.com/hoax.html Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images.
	Cassiopaea - http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdanovs.htm Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.

	Spud Server - http://totl.net/Spud The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
	Don't Be Fooled: Strange Hoaxes That Endure - http://www.csicop.org/articles/april_fools_1998/ Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal article that discusses ten hoaxes, including the Roswell Incident, Cottingley Fairies, Amityville Horror, and psychic surgery.
	Art and UFO - http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO.htm A study about the alleged UFOs in Renaissance paintings. The "strange flying objects" someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs.
	Camel Spiders Myth - http://www.camelspiders.net/ Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider.
	Mothman Death List - http://www.lorencoleman.com/mothman_death_list.html Loren Coleman links certain dates, disasters and deaths from 1966 to the present time to the Mothman Curse. Also provides information on cryptozoology and discusses some unknown creatures encountered around the world.

	Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes - http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
	Tracking the White Salamander - http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
	Cottingley Fairies Hoax - http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk/fairies.htm The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies.
	History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refhoaxes.html Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan.
	Bibliography of Hoaxes - http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib.htm Bibliography of books about hoaxes.

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