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Sep 2018
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SYMHC Classics: The Great Moon Hoax of 1...

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We're revisiting part two of the Great Moon Hoax! As the New York Sun's series of astonishing moon discoveries concluded, most people recognized that it was a hoax. But what made people buy into the tall tale in the first place?

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