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List of hoaxes throughout history

For a list of hoax articles on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia.

The following is a list of hoaxes:

Exposure hoaxes

See also: Culture jamming

These types of hoaxes are semi-comical or private "sting operations" intended to expose people.

They usually encourage people to act foolishly or credulously by falling for patent nonsense that the hoaxer deliberately presents as reality.

• The Atlanta Nights hoax novel.
• The practice of growing bonsai kittens in jars.
• The British television series Brass Eye, which encouraged celebrities to pledge their support to nonexistent causes to highlight their willingness to do anything for publicity.
• Dihydrogen monoxide, a facetious technical term for water.
• Disumbrationism, a hoax art exhibit.
• Genpets, a hoax mixed-media art installation of bio-engineered pet creatures.
• Grunge speak, an alleged slang of the Seattle rock underground, concocted by a Sub Pop emplo