The speaker discusses three notable hoaxes.
The first hoax is about the German R&B duo Milli Vanilli, who won a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best New Artist. However, it was later discovered that they didn't actually sing on their recordings, and instead, lip-synced during live performances. The duo's career ended, and one of the members, Rob Pilatus, died in 1998 due to depression and substance abuse.
The second hoax is about the Teen Choice Awards, which the speaker claims are rigged and not based on real fan votes. The producers allegedly pick the winners, and the voting process is just a way to drive traffic to their website.
The third hoax is about the Heaven's Gate cult, led by Marshall Applewhite, who believed that the earth was going to be recycled and that the only way to survive was to kill themselves and ascend to a higher level. In 1997, Applewhite and 38 of his followers died in a mass suicide.
The speaker also discusses several alien-related hoaxes, including a video of an alien baby trying to talk and the alien autopsy video that was aired on Fox in the late 1990s. The video was later revealed to be fake, but not before it became a ratings hit.
The speaker concludes by warning viewers not to believe everything they see and to be cautious of misinformation.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Milli Vanilli was a German R&B group formed in 1988.
2. The members of Milli Vanilli were Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus.
3. Milli Vanilli's first big single was "Girl You Know It's True".
4. "Girl You Know It's True" was a huge hit and won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1990.
5. Milli Vanilli's Grammy award was later revoked due to a lip-syncing scandal.
6. The Teen Choice Awards are not entirely decided by fan votes, but rather by the producers.
7. Marshall Applewhite founded the Heaven's Gate cult in the 1970s.
8. Marshall Applewhite believed that the earth would be recycled and the only way to survive was to leave the planet by suicide.
9. On March 19th, 1997, Marshall Applewhite and 38 other members of the Heaven's Gate cult died.
10. The alien autopsy video, released in the late 1990s, was later revealed to be a hoax.
11. The video was supposedly taken at Roswell and showed an alien autopsy.
12. The television network Fox bought the tape and aired a special about it, despite knowing it was fake.
13. Stan Winston, a special effects artist, said the tape was clearly a hoax.
14. The person who supposedly found the tape admitted in 2006 that it wasn't completely real.
15. The Heaven's Gate cult members died by consuming a poisonous mixture and suffocating themselves with plastic bags.