On 8/25/1835 the first of a series of six articles collectively known as "The Great Moon Hoax" was published in the New York Sun newspaper. Dr. Andrew Grant was the name on the articles claiming that a leading astronomer of the era (Sir John Herschel) had seen incredible life forms on the moon with a new powerful telescope. He went on to describe unicorns,two legged beavers,winged humanoids,plus rushing rivers,lush vegetation and massive amethyst crystals. People bought the stories hook,line and sinker and sales of the paper increased even though the articles were meant as satire. When the hoax was revealed about a month later people were amused and sales remained the same. Someone please tell me that the current Trump reports are also a hoax!
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