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2023-12-12 00:45:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A165DF6BD19D74DF580F08CB6F532C749C3892100237709754995C3F7DB0DFB
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The claim “Smithsonian Destroyed 1000’s of Giant Skeletons” in 1900, appeared in a 2014 issue of satirical magazine, Wolrd News Daily. Edited images have been around since 2002. The articles image was made around 2013, for a photoshop competition posted on DesignCrowd. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/smithsonian-giant-skeletons/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141225085343/https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of-thousands-of-giant-human-skeletons-in-early-1900s/
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