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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views Aug 31 - Sep 1, 2010	Wikipedia views Aug 19 - Sep 1, 2010
1	The War of the Worlds (radio)	2,544
2	Tawana Brawley rape allegations	2,001
3	Susan Smith	1,504
4	Strip search prank call scam	1,361
5	William Lynch speech	1,282
6	The Yes Men	1,257
7	Jayson Blair	1,173
8	Peter Popoff	1,029
9	Sokal affair	1,027
10	Kensington Runestone	1,022
11	Balloon boy hoax	1,015
12	Disumbrationism	954
13	Mel's Hole	913
14	2006 Duke University lacrosse case	852
15	Fiji mermaid	671
16	Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County	513
17	Cardiff Giant	504
18	Turboencabulator	437
19	Rosie Ruiz	340
20	Melvin Dummar	335
21	Pranknet	306
22	George P. Burdell	289
23	Beatrice Sparks	271
24	Charles Stuart (murderer)	270
25	Runaway bride case	264
26	Great Moon Hoax	260
27	Mike Warnke	260
28	Bat Creek inscription	256
29	Tania Head	252
30	Project Alpha	247
31	The Masked Avengers' prank on Sarah Palin	227
32	Drake's Plate of Brass	224
33	Fur-bearing trout	212
34	Grunge speak	200
35	David Manning (fictitious writer)	195
36	Great Rose Bowl Hoax	189
37	Salamander letter	188
38	The Report from Iron Mountain	175
39	Great Wall of China hoax	167
40	Bathtub hoax	143
41	The Balloon-Hoax	122
42	Newark Holy Stones	118
43	Kinderhook plates	116
44	Joice Heth	115
45	Ted Serios	108
46	Tesla electric car	108
47	Ashley Todd mugging hoax	102
48	Gasoline pill	101
49	Morristown UFO hoax	101
50	Sawing off of Manhattan Island	96
51	Jake the Alligator Man	94
52	William H. Mumler	82
53	Scott Reuben	80
54	Gulf Breeze UFO incident	76
55	Laurel Rose Willson	75
56	Kerri Dunn	72
57	The New York Zoo hoax	69
58	Steve Brodie (bridge jumper)	67
59	The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall	64
60	Society for Indecency to Naked Animals	59
61	Megan Williams case	58
62	Kodee Kennings	53
63	AVM Runestone	53
64	James W. Moseley	48
65	The War of the Worlds (radio 1968)	46
66	A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century	44
67	Giant penguin hoax	42
68	Maguire University	41
69	Calaveras Skull	38
70	Davenport Tablets	38
71	Cape Cod Canal Tunnel	38
72	Hunting For Bambi	36
73	Taco Liberty Bell	35
74	Encaprin	35
75	Kazuo Uzuki	32
76	Palisade, Nevada	31
77	Douglas R. Stringfellow	31
78	Ron Weaver	31
79	Oscar Hartzell	30
80	Solid Muldoon	29
81	Michigan relics	28
82	Lucy Brewer	28
83	Ivan Renko	28
84	Martian Monkey	28
85	Grave Creek Stone	26
86	Plainfield Teacher's College	25
87	Eoörnis Pterovelox Gobiensis	23
88	Edward Owens	23
89	Martin Eisenstadt	22
90	Miranda Prather	21
91	Charles Redheffer	20
92	Lake George Monster	20
93	Springer Hoax	20
94	Josef Papp	19
95	Horn Papers	18
96	Harry Q. Bovik	17
97	Metallic Metals Act	16
98	Ernst Bettler	16
99	Matt Whitton	16
100	Civil War gold hoax	14
101	Trixolan	13
102	Mark Boslough	10
103	Ripton, Massachusetts	less than 5 views

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