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The Cottingley Fairies

Two young cousins convinced the creator of Sherlock Holmes that fairies were real — using cardboard cutouts and hatpins.

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The War of the Worlds Panic

The legendary story of a nation gripped by mass panic over a fake alien invasion broadcast may have been mostly invented by newspapers trying to discredit their new radio competition.

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