Hoax Slayer ( stylized as Hoax-Slayer ) is a website established in 2003 by Brett Christensen , dedicated to critically analyzing the veracity of urban legends . While it is best known for debunking false stories , it also hosts a page listing strange but true urban legends . It originated as a Yahoo! group before the website was established . Stories it has debunked include fake videos claiming to depict Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , myths that the 2013 supermoon appeared bigger than it really did , and a " Simon Ashton " hoax claiming that emails from Simon Ashton should not be opened because doing so will lead to your computer being hacked . In 2014 , the site was reworked , changing the style and color scheme for main pages and new reports , while old reports retained the previous style
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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