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One Year, Two Hoaxes

The Past and The Curious by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Mar 29, 202534:21Kids & family

The year 1917 gave us both the birth of the Cottingly Fairies and the silly fake history known as the Bathtub Hoax.

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One Year, Two Hoaxes is an episode from The Past and The Curious by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids. The year 1917 gave us both the birth of the Cottingly Fairies and the silly fake history known as the Bathtub Hoax. The e...

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