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President Obama is surprised by a baby's exploring hands. A nutritionist finds out how a McDonald's cheeseburger doesn't rot after a year. What kind of UFO hoax happened in Connecticut? These are the top stories on DigitalJournal.com
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Photo and video analyst for Mutual UFO Network Marc Dantonio created a "quadcopter" for an upcoming National Geographic special, "The Truth Behind UFOs." The purpose was to show how technology can fool anyone into thinking they are seeing a real UFO.
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An old hoax has surfaced in Mozambique that claims 'flesh-eating bananas' have been imported into the country and placed on the market, spiking fear.
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The editor-in-chief of Le Devoir, a French daily newspaper in Montreal, claims the newspaper was hacked following a false report that stated Quebec Premier Jean Charest was rushed to the hospital and died after suffering a heart attack.
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A recent study linking a person's use of a Web browser and IQ level has been found to be an elaborate hoax created by a disgruntled Web developer.
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In 1729, Jonathan Swift proposed eating babies as the solution to famine in Ireland. Recently, a Japanese scientist has proposed an arguably even more unpalatable solution.
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A blog entitled ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’, which detailed the life of Amina Abdallah Araf al Omar, has been revealed to be a hoax and is actually the work of an American student at a university in Scotland.
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Ottawa -
On early Tuesday morning, several reports surfaced indicating Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was sent to the hospital after choking on hash browns. The PM's Office later confirmed the Conservative Party website was hacked, and the news was fake.
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Barnesville -
It seems that Facebook statuses requesting a users' friends to copy and paste the same status on their own profile in support of a cause, which is likely a hoax, has overshadowed the popularity of chain-emails.
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Palo Alto -
A hoax floating around the Internet claims that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is planning to shut down the social networking giant on Mar. 15, 2011. However, the rumor is false and was published by a tabloid outlet.
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Celebrities who have faced false death rumours on Twitter
Original footage shot in Siberia omits the large creature.
Singer did not perish in a jet ski accident in the Turks and Caicos.
Floris Kaayk says his viral video was an 'online storytelling project.'
Scientists believe man-made relic was most likely a circus sideshow hoax.
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