The famous 'trick' in science

Not all scientific claims are truths and this has been proven in the history of science with a series of false claims.

The most spectacular trick of scientific history

1. Piltdown people

In 1912, Charles Dawson announced that he had discovered very special bones in a gravel pit. A paleontologist from the British Museum assembled these bones and believed them to be evidence of the connection between humans and apes. However, 40 years later, in 1952, scientists proved that this was just a deliberate fraud.

2. Flying Archaeoraptor dinosaur

In 1999, National Geographic magazine described fossils found in China is a new evidence for the link between dinosaurs and birds . However, after that, scientists discovered that fossil samples seem to be of a flying dinosaur. They are made by attaching fossil fragments of different animals.

3. Chupacabra monster

A kangaroo-like creature, sharpened fangs and two bloody red eyes appearing in the mountains of Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s caused confusion in public opinion. A series of attacks on the ranches of Puerto Rico people have made people more terrified. Concerns are only resolved when scientists study that it is only wolves that are scabrous, hairless .

4. The mother of 16 rabbits

In the eighteenth century, in England, a woman named Mary Toft persuaded her doctor that she gave birth to 16 baby rabbits . After that, a story about her strange birth was written and published widely. People do not dare to eat but the rabbit meat stew. After that, this hoax was discovered. The medical community of England falls into a state of great embarrassment to solve this big hoax.

5. Examine the body of an alien

In 1990, a British cinematographer, Ray Santilli, announced that he had returned to an examination of an alien. Fox aired these videos. However, in 2006, Santilli admitted this was just a scam. All images of the inner parts of the aliens are fake. They are made from sheep's brain, raspberry jam, chicken intestines.

7. Nacirema tribe

In 1956, Horace Miner described a tribe living in South America in his anthropological work. Miner carefully described the strange rituals of this tribe as scratching his face with sharp objects, . In addition, according to the researcher, the tribe of Nacirema also has some magic powder. However, the truth discovered is 'ridiculous'. Nacirema is simply an American reverse word, representing a satire of American lifestyle.

8. Bigfoot monster

A video of the image of four furry creatures in Yellow Stone National Park has caused a stir in American public opinion lately. However, according to scientists, the possibility of this unknown creature walking freely among the crowds is impossible. This is not the first appearance of Bigfoot . In the 1920s, the American miners had their hair tucked in front of a series of giant footprints that, in 1982, Rant Mullens, an old woodcutter admitted, was the work he created with two wooden slabs carved foot shape.

9. The giant Cardiff

In 1869, a farmer and a cigar maker unearthed a 3m-tall human figure stone and weighed 1,360kg near Cardiff Town, New York. In fact, this giant statue is purely a trick. According to experts, it is made of plaster and is quite new, however, that does not stop the two brothers from charging 50 cents per visitor for a ' Cardiff Giant' view.

10. Giant ink 49 meters long

In January 2014, a photo of a creature that looked like a giant squid was estimated to be about 49 meters long and became the focus of the online community. In fact, it is just an illustration of a satirical article posted on the website Lightly Braised Turnip but then shared indiscriminately. Giant squid has been measured up to 12 meters in length, and the animal in this picture, experts believe it has been enlarged by photo editing techniques.

11. Tanzanian species

In 1984, the Orlando Sentinel published a Tanzanian species trailer with an illustrated photograph of a hairless mole . According to the article described, the 'ideal pet' smuggled from Tanzania is only about 10cm long, lovely like a cat and obediently like a hamster. They don't even need to bathe, live in trash and eat cockroaches. Many people have called the editorial office expressing their desire to own a Tanzanian trailer, but actually dig up this bizarre animal.

12. Loch Ness Monster

The legend of this sea monster began 1,400 years ago, but only when a new road built in 1933 made access to the lake as well as watching the scenery from the north become easier, mass The new item is recorded. In the same year, the most famous photo of the monster on the lake by Colonel Robert Wilson lightning was born. In 1994, the photo became the focus of attention when a companion with Wilson named Christian Spurling confessed in agony that the black-and-white photo actually captured a piece of plastic attached to a ship. play.