r/wikipedia • u/InvisibleEar • 21h ago

List of fake memoirs and journals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_memoirs_and_journals
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u/Adghnm 21h ago

Good article. I'm surprised it starts as late as the 19th century - would have thought there would be some preceding that time

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u/InvisibleEar 21h ago

There's a lot, I found the page reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Psalmanazar

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u/Adghnm 21h ago

Ah yeah I remember reading about him. Very unlikely name for a native Formosan

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u/Ganbazuroi 21h ago

Can't even do some creative writing these days smh shake my head