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Some were meticulously planned in hopes of striking it rich. A few were accidental consequences of otherwise harmless actions. Many were perpetrated to be funny or malicious and still, others were done to prove a point. No matter the reason, here are 12 hoaxes that hoodwinked the world.

Good old science can explain this colour-changing phenomenon.