A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Hoax"
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1726 Mary Toft allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England, later revealed to be a hoax.
1866 The Calaveras Skull is discovered. Purported to be evidence of humans during the Pliocene Age, it turns out to be a hoax.
1953 Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the skull of the "Piltdown Man", one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax.
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