5 Brilliantly Faked Viral Ads That People Still Keep Thinking Are Real

Years later, they're still getting passed around

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Sometimes even the smartest people you know can share something fake in social media, and correcting them is one of the few joys of being an ad geek. 

We've compiled some viral ads that have proven the test of time by fooling folks into clicking the share button for a surprising number of years the spots were debunked.

Check out the stories and learn the agencies behind these durable bits of deception below: 

 

—Bruce Lee Ping-Pong

• What people think it is: Archival footage of kung-fu master Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with nunchucks

• What it really is: An ad for the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Limited Edition

• Agency behind it: JWT Beijing

• Year created: 2008

• Views so far: 17.6

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