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Know your hoaxes and urban myths?

Most people have heard an urban myth or two in their lifetime, everything from giants of the natural world to bizarre life events,

A new book by historian Alex Boese has collected the very best of these tall tales in 'Hippo Eats Dwarf!' but can you tell the fact from fiction?

Take the test to find out if you're savvy to the lies or have been sucked into the world of deceptive hoaxes!

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