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170 years of the Great Moon Hoax of 1835
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August 25, 1835 marks the 170th anniversary of the famous Locke Moon
Hoax or the Great Moon Hoax of 1835.

http://www.xtec.es/recursos/astronom/ask/refmoon.htm

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/moonhoax.html

Read the story by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired Locke:

The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal

http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/P/PoeEdgarAllan/prose/raven_1/hanspfaal.html

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