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Hoax Health

Cures that do not cure, sold by people who do not exist.

7 fabrications 4 corrections 3 corrections pending 0 lawsuits so far

AI-generated satirical image: A large walrus stands upright in a dinosaur museum hall, gesturing angrily toward an evolutionary chart while a museum employee looks on, photographed in the style of an overexposed 1980s tabloid flash photo.. Not a real photograph. See Our Method.
Walrus holds museum receipt upside down, apparently hoping the refund amount changes. — generated image; not a real event. AI-GENERATED IMAGE — OBVIOUSLY FAKE

MAMMAL IDENTITY CRISIS

WALRUS LEARNS HE'S BASICALLY HUMAN, DEMANDS REFUND FROM ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM

A confused marine mammal's visit to Alberta's premier dinosaur museum ends with legal threats and existential dread.

Correction 0043 · 611 words · A roundup piece surveys recent reporting from The Walrus on the changing symbolism of the Alberta flag, foreign disinformation campaigns targeting the province, and the political grievances fueling the separatist movement.

  • EDMONTON SUBURB ZONING COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT TO OMNIPOTENT DEITY COUNCIL, ACCIDENTALLY USES COMIC SANS

    An Edmonton zoning committee's routine report to a council of all-powerful deities governing three-quarters of the known universe hit a snag when someone submitted the final draft in Comic Sans—forcing the omnipotent beings to request a complete reformatting.

    No. 0034 · 534 words · Turning a Mud Run Into a Metaphor for Canada

  • Doctor cures Monday with a single grape

    One grape. Taken at dawn. Mondays reportedly “just stopped.” What's actually true: how a cell-culture result becomes a product page.

    No. 0029 · 511 words · How a single-ingredient cure gets manufactured

  • Man completes 40-day cleanse, is now 94% oat milk

    He reports feeling “smooth.” Behind the click: what a detox product actually claims, and what your liver was already doing for free.

    No. 0021 · 501 words · What a “detox” claims, and what your liver already does

  • Mattress company admits mattress cures absolutely nothing

    Shares rose. Analysts describe the candor as “unprecedented and probably a mistake.”

    Correction pending

  • Dentist confesses he invented flossing to fill a quiet Tuesday

    He apologizes for the guilt. He does not apologize for the flossing.

    Correction pending

  • All gyms revealed to be the same single room

    You have been driving to it from different directions. That is the workout.

    Correction pending