Hippo Eats Dwarf

The following news story apparently first appeared in the Las Vegas Sun:

''A circus dwarf, nicknamed Od, died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus waiting to appear in the next act. More than 1,000 spectators continued to applaud wildly until they realized the tragic mistake.''

And yet, of course, Od never existed; which doesn''t stop the ...