But it sounds so plausible...

[orichalcum]

I'm looking up good examples of fraudulent websites to present to my students as examples of "why you should not blindly trust the Net for all your historical research, especially if it involves Cleopatra and/or gladiators."

Some of my favorites so far, useful for academics, librarians, and everyone else:

Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus!

The History of Boilerplate, a Victorian Mechanical Man

A Study of Feorran Grammar

The Emily Chesley Reading Circle

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[contrariety.livejournal.com]

Well, of course, there's this:
http://www.dhmo.org/
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Also, the "Mars is Boring" Letter of Annoyance on the Emily Chesley site is fantastic.

[meepodeekin.livejournal.com]

This is great. I am totally saving this list for the next time I assign a research paper to a class.

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. I am absolutely going to steal some of these. And properly credit you for bringing them to my attention, of course :)

[lisa-bee.livejournal.com]

This one is also great, though I may have heard about it from you or someone on our mutual LJ friends list:

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/

[xse99.livejournal.com]

I'm filing these away for potential future use. Had encountered Pacific Tree Octopus site at work, didn't end up using.