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The Year in Hoaxes: Pizzagate, Plus-Sized Undies and a Lying Santa
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The craziest hoaxes of 2016—from fake news and fake deaths to fake hate crimes. (Seriously, nation. WTF.)
Brandy Zadrozny
Published
Dec. 25 2016
8:00PM EST
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
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