On the Internet, Every Day is April Fools' Day

Link to April 1 New York Times article, "Separating April Fools' From Fraud on the Web".

Best advice in this make-stuff-up-as-we-go-along world:  If it sounds too good to be true, be skeptical.  Do a little fact-checking.  (There's goes Retiring Guy again with one of his antiquated ideas!)

New York Times reporter Paul Boutin offers these 2 websites as good places to start.

The Museum of Hoaxes (new to RG)

snopes.com (one of RG's RSS feeds)