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Imaginative and spoof sites useful for promoting critical thinking about the truthfulness of information found on the Internet.


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1. Alex Chiu's Eternal Life Device - Information about immortality rings. [Contains fictitious information]
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2. Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie - Information about psychotronic mind control blockage using an Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie. [Contains fictitious information.]
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3. Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency - Government agency responsible for controlling the nation's vampire and zombie populations. [Contains fictitious information]
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4. Global Monetary - Get a permanent IDchip implanted under your skin. [Contains fictitious information]
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5. International Trepanation Advocacy Group (ITAG) - Trepanation is the practice of making a hole in the skull. ITAG is dedicated to accumulating the largest base of information about trepanation on the web. [Contains possibly fictitious information]
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6. Petrol Direct - Mail-order retailer of petroleum products. [Contains fictitious information]
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7. We Want Your Soul - Company offering cash in exchange for souls. [Contains fictitious information]
8. A Concise Grammar of Feorran - Feorran is a language of the Ross Group of the Antarctic Language Family. Site presents a descriptive grammar of the language based upon fieldwork undertaken in 1995-96. Also included are concise lexicons, both Feorran to English and English to Feorran, folktales in Feorran with analysis, and a brief ethnographic sketch. [Contains fictitious information]
9. AIDS Facts - "The true but little known facts about women and AIDS, with documentation, by Dr. Juatta Lyon Fueul." [Contains fictitious information].
10. Alek's Christmas Lights Webcam - Control 17,000 Christmas lights via the web [Contains fictitious information.]
11. BabyCage - Products for infant confinement. [Contains fictitious information]
12. BBC News: Blondes 'To Die Out in 200 Years' - Natural blondes are an endangered species and will die out by 2202, a study suggests. [Contains fictitious information]
13. Buy Dehydrated Water - Information, store, and consumer testimonials. [Contains fictitious information]
14. California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge - Problems with the 1993 harvest. [Contains fictitious information].
15. Crystal Spirit Wolf Runner - A discussion of the 'discovery' of true Indian spirituality. [Contains fictitious information]
16. Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - The controversy and dangers of this widespread and potentially deadly chemical element. [Also known as water].
17. Dog Island - Information on a tropical island for dogs. [Contains fictitious information.]
18. Dow - Parody site that focuses on the Bhopal controversy.
19. Facts About - Garbled facts about science and history. [Contains fictitious information]
20. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men - Cats' responses to photographs of unshaved men. [Contains fictitious information].
21. Floral Sculpture Clinic - Bio-ceramic cosmetic jewelry skeletal implants. [Contains fictitious information.]
22. Genochoice - Genetics company selling the perfect offspring. [Contains fictitious information].
23. Hetracil.com - Hetracil is the world's most widely prescribed anti-effinate. [contains fictitious information]
24. Lacuna Inc. - Site for a fictional company which erases the undesired memories, featured in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
25. Lake Michigan Whale Watching - Information and pictures on dolphin and whale watching in Lake Michigan. [Contains fictitious information]
26. LASIK@Home - Information on a home eye laser kit. [Contains fictitious information]
27. Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella - Describes a revolutionary gel that stops ordinary water from penetrating skin. [Contains fictitious information]
28. Mankato, Minnesota - Tour the underwater city, and learn how "the winter temperature in many Mankato neighborhoods has never dropped below a balmy 70 degrees." [Contains fictitious information].
29. McWhortle Enterprises - Manufacturer of biological defense mechanisms. Includes testimonials and investment information. [Contains fictitious information]
30. Microsoft Linux - News and features of the product for business or desktop uses. [Contains fictitious information]
31. Microsoft Plans Toilets With Web Access - Article reporting that Microsoft is developing public toilets with Internet access. [Contains fictitious information]
32. Minnesota Coconut Growers - Brief information about coconut production in the state of Minnesota. [Contains fictitious information]
33. MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency - Developer of prime moon real estate encourages the making of reservations for homes and resorts soon to be available. [Contains fictitious information.]
34. Panexa (Acidachrome Promanganate) - Spoof prescription drug information site. [Contains fictitious information.]
35. Primate Programming Inc. - Dedicated to the advancement and gainful employment of non-human great apes within the United States information technology sector. [Contains fictitious information.]
36. Rent My Son - Service information from a child rental agency. [Contains fictitious information]
37. RYT Hospital - Dwayne Medical Center - Innovative miracles of modern medicine, such as nanodocs. [Contains fictitious information]
38. Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - Information about this endangered creature and what can be done to save it. [Contains fictitious information]
39. Save the Rennets - Dedicated to saving the rennets. [Contains fictitious information]
40. Shades for Men - Lipstick for males. [Fictitious site]
41. Shards O'Glass - Developer of glass shard edible consumer products intended for adults. [Contains fictitious information: it is a parody of tobacco ads, products, and websites.]
42. The First Human Male Pregnancy - Documentary on "the first human male to ever birth a baby from his own body." [Contains fictitious information].
43. The Institute of Internet History - The Industrial Age as seen with steam-driven networks. [Contains fictitious information]
44. The Ova Prima Foundation - It is the foundation's primary objective to continue to build a body of scientific evidence that will shed light on the egg-and-chicken controversy. [Contains fictitious information.]
45. Vend-A-Temp - Product information on temporary employee vending machines. [Contains fictitious information]
46. Visit Exciting Fredericton - "Fredericton is fast becoming the milk- and knowledge-based centre of Atlantic Canada." Town history, points of interest, businesses and accommodations, and the town crest. [Contains fictitious information.]
47. Wakita County Library - Library has few visitors so it sends the library out in bookmobiles. [Contains fictitious information]
48. Waterfall 2006 - Program information for the "International Conference on Sequential Development." [Contains fictitious information]
49. White House [whitehouse.org] - Spoof of whitehouse.gov [Contains fictitious information].
50. World Jump Day - Information on a plan to alter Earth's orbit by multiple people jumping. [Contains fictitious information]

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