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6. Shark attacks a helicopter

One of the first photo internet pranks. In 2001 this scary image of a shark jumping up towards a helicopter and almost catching a person began circulating online claiming it was the National Geographic 'Photo Of The Year'. It wasn't. It was in fact made from two different images and passed off as one by a prankster!

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