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- 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]
www.lib.montana.edu/~bcoon/feorran.html
- AIDS Facts - "The true but little known facts about women and AIDS, with documentation, by Dr. Juatta Lyon Fueul." [Contains fictitious information].
www.ithaca.edu/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm
- Boulder Vegetable Rights Association - 12 step program for recovering vegetarians. [Contains fictitious information]
www.bvra.org
- Brain Transplantation - History and examples of this medical procedure. [Contains fictitious information]
216.247.9.207/ny-best.htm
- Burger King Introduces Left-handed Whopper - Official press release, later revealed as an April Fool's joke.
www.burgerking.com/CompanyInfo/onlinepressroom/release.asp?id=249
- Buy Dehydrated Water - Information, store, and consumer testimonials. [Contains fictitious information]
www.buydehydratedwater.com
- California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge - Problems with the 1993 harvest. [Contains fictitious information].
home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html
- Crystal Spirit Wolf Runner - A discussion of the 'discovery' of true Indian spirituality. [Contains fictitious information]
members.tripod.com/TopCat4/crystal.htm
- Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - The controversy and dangers of this widespread and potentially deadly chemical element. [Also known as water].
www.dhmo.org
- DreamTech International - "First and largest reproductive cloning provider." [Contains fictitious information].
www.d-b.net/dti
- Feline Reactions to Bearded Men - Cats' responses to photographs of unshaved men. [Contains fictitious information].
www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
- Genochoice - A make-believe genetics company selling the perfect offspring. [Contains fictitious information].
www.genochoice.com
- 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]
www.trepan.com
- Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella - Describes a revolutionary gel that stops ordinary water from penetrating skin. [Contains fictitious information]
www.anastrophe.demon.co.uk/mist/klop.htm
- 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].
www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/mankato/mankato.html
- McWhortle Enterprises - Manufacturer of biological defense mechanisms. Includes testimonials and investment information. [Contains fictitious information]
www.mcwhortle.com
- Montana Governor Judy Martz (R) - Site critical of the governor. [Contains fictitious information]
www.judymartz.com
- Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - Information about this endangered creature and what can be done to save it. [Contains fictitious information]
zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html
- Shades for Men - Lipstick for males. [Fictitious site]
www.lib.montana.edu/~bcoon/www_shadesformen_com.html
- Strutton Priory - Purports to be the London home of Viscount Felmersham. A parody of aristocratic British life.
www.geocities.com/lord_felmersham/HomePage.html
- The Dolphin Society - A shamanic circle devoted to returning the Earth to a natural state and returning Humanity to godhood through integration with Cetaceans, Elephants, Apes and Giant Squids. [Contains possibly fictitious information]
www.dolphinsociety.org
- The First Human Male Pregnancy - Documentary on "the first human male to ever birth a baby from his own body." [Contains fictitious information].
www.malepregnancy.com
- Wakita County Library - Library has few visitors so it sends the library out in bookmobiles. [Contains fictitious information]
www.geocities.com/wakita_county_library
- White House [whitehouse.net] - Spoof of whitehouse.gov [Contains fictitious information].
www.whitehouse.net
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