TIL about the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, a series of newspaper articles about the supposed discovery of life on the Moon by an astronomer. The articles described animals on the Moon, including bison, goats, unicorns, bipedal tail-less beavers and bat-like winged humanoids who built temples. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
Focus On... Culture: The Great Moon Hoax
In 1835, several hoax articles were released in βThe Sunβ, a New York newspaper, proclaiming that astronomer John Herschel had discovered life on the moon. Supposedly, Herschel had used an immensely strong telescope to view the surface of the moon, reporting that there were furry, bat-like humanoids living there, among other organic life.
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https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax
This is probably not an influence on Local 58, but I thought it would be an interesting thing to mention.
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 | The Saturday Evening Post saturdayeveningpost.com/2β¦
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 | The Saturday Evening Post saturdayeveningpost.com/2β¦
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 | The Saturday Evening Post saturdayeveningpost.com/2β¦
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 saturdayeveningpost.com/2β¦
TDIH: August 25, 1835, The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. Illustration: A lithograph of the hoax's "ruby amphitheater", as printed in The Sun.
TIL On 25th of August 1835 The Sun, published the first article in whatβs come to be called The Great Moon Hoax. It was a series of six articles alleging the discovery of life on the moon β including bat-men and bi-pedal beavers β supposedly made by famous astronomer Sir John Herschel earthsky.org/?p=246619
TIL about the GREAT MOON HOAX, which was a series of six articles in The Sun, a New York newspaper in 1835, about the life and civilization on moon discovered by a prominent astronomer at the time, Sir John Herschel. Apparently the moon was inhabited bat-like winged humanoids who built temples. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
Itβs the Great Moon Hoaxβs 184th Birthday; Least we forget about this historical American gem and our Bat Moon cousins
[TW]γVRγ Great Hoax: The Moon Landing Teaser youtube.com/watch?v=M-NAfβ¦
This day in Bernie History- August 25 1835: The Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun. @briebriejoy immediately re-tweets it thinking it praises Sanders
TIL of the Great Moon Hoax, a series of six articles that were published about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization on the Moon. The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, one of the best-known astronomers of the time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
TIL 'The Great Moon Hoax' of 1835 was one of the first examples of fake news chron.com/news/strange-weβ¦
TDIH: August 25, 1835: The Great Moon Hoax history.com/this-day-in-hβ¦
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835. museumofhoaxes.com/moonhoβ¦
In 1835, the Great Moon Hoax said people lived on the moon. Crazy right!? Imagine people living on the moon. Insane en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gβ¦
Great Moon Hoax - in 1835 the New York magazine The Sun published six stories about life on the moon being discovered. Inhabitants included bat/human hybrids and bipedal beavers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
TIL There Was A "Great Moon Hoax" Contrived By An 1835 NY Newspaper, Perhaps Why Joseph Prophesied of Quakers on the Moon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
August 25, 1835 βThe Great Moon Hoaxβ: The First of Six Articles Appeared in the New York Sun Report How The Great Astronomer Herschel Had Discovered Fantastic Life Forms and Lush Vegetation of the Moon! (5186x2184)
Great Moon Hoax en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
"moon hoax not" a great film to watch to help build up good solid arguments against conspriacy wackos, the type of people who like to go off topic and distract from real problems. youtube.com/watch?v=sGXTFβ¦
The 1835 Great Moon Hoax: How a 19th century NY tabloid fooled its readers into believing intelligent life had been found on the moon youtube.com/watch?v=Bydu0β¦
TDIH: August 25, 1835: The Great Moon Hoax history.com/this-day-in-hβ¦
KUBRICK'S ODYSSEY: Stanley Kubrick and the Great Moon Hoax magicalmysterymedia.com/kβ¦
Beavers on the Moon: The Great Astronomy Hoax of 1835 mentalfloss.com/article/8β¦
'The Great Moon Hoax' was unleashed onto the world this week in 1835 chron.com/news/strange-weβ¦
TIL - The Great Moon Hoax- In 1835, a newspaper reported that through his telescope, Sir John Herschel observed bat-men, bi-pedal beavers, and sapphire temples on the moon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greβ¦
The Great Moon Hoax hoaxes.org/archive/permalβ¦
The Great Moon Hoax and the Christian Philosopher theguardian.com/science/tβ¦
The Great Moon Hoax and the Christian Philosopher. theguardian.com/science/tβ¦
Science in religion and The Great Moon Hoax conman.com.au/episode-23-β¦
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aβ¦
The Great Moon Hoax Was a Sign of Its Time .@AmHistoryMuseum #fantasticworlds @SILibraries smithsonianmag.com/smithsβ¦
TIL About a paper which models the expected "time-to-failure" of potential conspiracies. E.g. if the moon landing was a hoax, the conspiracy would have had to involve 411k people, and thus the model posits that the conspiracy would have been exposed within about 4 years journals.plos.org/plosoneβ¦
Good Moon Hoax? It Was Great Actually! thehistorytwins.wordpressβ¦
