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Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed

Summary by Ground News
"Alan MacMasters" is not the inventor of the electric toaster, but his real-life alter ego. For more than a decade, a prankster spun a web of deception about the inventor. Then a teenager flagged up something that everyone else had missed. Alan was there when the toaster hoax began more than 10 years ago.

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Alan MacMasters: How the great toaster hoax came to light

Edinburgh chef Scott Smith also created an elaborate dessert in his honor while taking part in the BBC's cooking show Great British Menu. Smith says MacMasters' name was suggested to him by the producers, but they never responded to our requests for comment. Source link

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