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I fell for it. After 15 billion years on the Internet, I fell for a hoax.

By Lindsay Schoon, lschoon@qconline.com

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At the end of August each year, some people are frightened, or intrigued, by the idea that Mars will appear as big in the night sky as the moon.

Chain e-mails have spread advertising a rare occurrence of an enormous Mars, and planetariums have received calls from people who are concerned. Experts, however, say there is nothing to get excited about — it’s simply a hoax.

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