In the mid-19th century, the popular New York Sun published a number of articles highlighting incredible discoveries in space by British scientist Sir John Herschel, via his revolutionary new telescopic methods, demonstrating that the surface of the moon was covered with lilac colored pyramids, herds of bison, a race of human like monsters, and blue unicorns. Eventually, Sir Herschel got wind of the stories, and the hoax was uncovered, apparently with no harm to John's nearly blighted reputation.
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