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Hoaxes and Legends Involving Cardiff Giant and Drake Tale
The article recounts historic hoaxes such as the Cardiff Giant and the Drake fortune myth. It notes Yale experts debunking the Cardiff Giant, Barnum exhibition, and repeated warnings against investment in the Drake scam. It also reflects on Poe and Locke moon hoax episodes and public gullibility before modern aviation. There is a final note mentioning eight gateways to the White House grounds.
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Cardiff
Henenas
Newt
Yale
Nidera
Fexnor
New York
T. Barnum
Manseum
Newell
Drake
Iitish
Fakly
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Edgar Allen Poe
Richard Adams Locke
Vue
Wis Yam
New York Sun
Eoon
Pov
Poe