Sometimes it's hard to tell what to believe when you read it on the web. The recent 'Unknown Lifeform' in North Carolina? Turns out, not a hoax, but also not a monster. But all those rumors about Jeff Goldblum falling to his death in New Zealand? Well, those were a hoax, and a rather tasteless one at that.
For hundreds of years, humans have been playing elaborate tricks on each other, but the advent of social tools - from Usenet and email right on up to YouTube and Twitter - means that hoaxes are much more easily spread, and it can be difficult to separate the misinformation from the truth. Here's a collection of the top 15 most unforgettable web hoaxes.
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