Top Wikipedia hoaxes

Published On: Jan 30 2013 12:29:03 PM PST   Updated On: Jan 08 2013 09:07:45 AM PST

Wikipedia's goal may be to compile the sum total of all human knowledge; it also might be one of the best tools in existence for perpetuating Internet hoaxes. Let's take a look at the some of the biggest hoaxes in Wikipedia's history.

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