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The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 Was Sci-Fi Passed Off as News
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The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 Was Sci-Fi Passed Off as News: Media

On August 25, 1835, the New York Sun began running a satiric story about life on the Moon. The problem? People believed it.
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