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Mikkelson snopes@snopes.com snopes@snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/logo.gif http://www.snopes.com 144 60 The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. http://www.snopes.com/fraud/phishing/stoplist.asp A phishing scam is being spread via purported 'stop list' notifications from various airlines. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/headstone.asp Epitaph on headstone in Montreal cemetery forms an unflattering acrostic. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pragerzeitungon.asp Editorial reportedly penned by former Czech president Vaclav Klaus criticizes those who voted for Barack Obama. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/patrick.asp Is gospel singer Marvin Sapp linked to the disappearance of Dr. Teleka Patrick? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/dinosaur.asp Did a 200-million-year old dinosaur egg recently hatch in a Berlin museum? snopes@snopes.com Sun, 9 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/science/skinner.asp Did psychologist B.F. Skinner raise his daughter in a 'Skinner box,' conducting experiments on her and prompting her to commit suicide later in life? snopes@snopes.com Sun, 9 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/science/daylight.asp The origins of Daylight Saving Time. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 9 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/noreligion.asp As of 20 March 2014, will Facebook be banning all posts expressing religious beliefs? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 7 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/facebookid.asp As of 30 March 2014, will Facebook be requiring that all account holders provide a photocopy of their personal ID? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 7 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/penguins.asp Is a plea for crafters to knit sweaters for oil-soaked penguins a genuine appeal from wildlife organizations? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 7 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/kyle.asp One boy's befriending of an outcast new kid at school stops him from committing suicide. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/oilpulling.asp Has swishing plant oils in your mouth been proved to ameliorate a variety of medical ailments? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/instagram.asp Is Instagram overloaded and is about to cancel the accounts of users who don't follow the instructions in a posted message? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bono.asp When Bono announced that every time he clapped a child in Africa died, someone from the audience told him to stop doing that. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/hangingdog.asp Photograph seeks help in identifying youths pictured hanging a puppy. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/nomarijuana.asp Has Facebook instituted a 'no marijuana' campaign and threatened to terminate the accounts of users who post marijuana-related material? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/lightning.asp Video clip purportedly shows a man being struck by lightning twice. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/felon.asp Was Bill Clinton the 'first pardoned federal felon ever to serve as President of the U.S.'? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/hoverboard.asp The hoverboards used in the film Back to the Future II weren't real, and neither is the latest "HUVr Tech" demonstration of them. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/noswearing.asp Has Facebook instituted a 'no swearing' campaign and threatened to lock the accounts of violators? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/nfl.asp Would proposed legislation bar NFL teams from employing homosexual players? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 3 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/twilightyears.asp Item reproduces Clint Eastwood's remarks on his twilight years. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 3 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/snowsnake.asp Has the deadly 'snow snake' bitten and killed several people in the U.S., causing their blood to freeze? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 3 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/weddings/embarrass/biblecake.asp Bride's mix-up results in an inappropriate Bible verse on her wedding cake. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/loretto.asp Does a stairway at Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel miraculously stand despite having no discernible means of support? snopes@snopes.com Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/nugent.asp Did rocker Ted Nugent evade the Vietnam-era draft by taking drugs and acting crazy during his pre-induction physical? snopes@snopes.com Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/flagshirts.asp A federal court upheld a ruling that school officials acted correctly in requiring students to remove clothing featuring U.S. flag designs on Cinco de Mayo. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/carterpoor.asp Did Jimmy Carter say 'If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values'? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/littlemermaid.asp Will Emma Watson be starring in a live-action version of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/jeffgordon.asp Follow-up to last year's staged video showing NASCAR's Jeff Gordon pranking an unsuspecting car salesman with a wild test drive. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/love/dating/golddigger.asp Woman who advertises on Craigslist for a rich husband receives advice from potential life partner. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozcoat.asp A second-hand coat selected as part of the costume for Professor Marvel in the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz was discovered to have been owned by Oz author L. Frank Baum himself. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/kfc.asp Did the government force KFC to stop using the word 'chicken' because they serve meat from mutant animals? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/daisy.asp Did a dog named Daisy rescue countless souls from World Trade Center towers on 9/11? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/money/tinfoil.asp Does wrapping bills in tinfoil keep them from being detected by scanning devices? snopes@snopes.com Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/asparagus.asp Does asparagus have miraculous cancer-fighting properties? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/walker.asp Are Facebook and CNN contributing money towards the medical care an infant car accident victim every time a message is shared? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/candycrush.asp Brouhaha involving King Digital Entertainment, maker of Candy Crush Saga, over trademarks and similarities to the CandySwipe game. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/owens.asp Alert about a 10-year-old girl named Hailey Owens reported as having been abducted on her way home from school in Springfield, Missouri. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/recalls/hotpockets.asp Nestle has recalled some HOT POCKETS brand products due to possible contaminated beef issues. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/rescuers.asp A hidden image of a topless woman appears in the home video version of Disney's The Rescuers. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/bankrobbery.asp Video clip shows police seemingly ignoring a getaway car full of bank robbers. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/holidays/presidents/presidentsday.asp What are we celebrating on the holiday known as 'Presidents Day'? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/love/betrayal/radio.asp A woman discovers on a call-in radio show that her boyfriend is married. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/jackbenny.asp Jack Benny arranged to have a single red rose sent to his wife every day after he was gone. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/therose.asp Penpals for more than a year, a woman and a returning war veteran decide to meet -- will he pass her test? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/shirleytemple.asp Did President Obama ignore the death of Shirley Temple Black but order flags flown at half-staff to mark Whitney Houston's passing? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bieber.asp Did NBA star Blake Griffin smack around Justin Bieber at a Hollywood Starbucks outlet? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/impeachmentbegins.asp Has Congress 'officially initiated President Obama's impeachment'? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/halftoilet.asp Photograph shows an unusual half toilet in the Olympic city of Sochi, Russia. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp Photographs show ice formations in Lake Huron created by waves of water freezing in midair. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/market/clockhands.asp Do clocks and watches pictured in advertisements display a time of 10:10 in commemoration of the time of Abraham Lincoln's death? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln.asp Did Abraham Lincoln issue a prophetic warning about the tyranny of capitalism? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln/prosperity.asp Did Abraham Lincoln author a list of maxims beginning with 'You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift'? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/crystalpyramid.asp Have scientists really found a crystal pyramid in the Bermuda Triangle? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/angela.asp Does the 'Talking Angela' app unsafely prompt children to provide personal information about themselves? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/beatles.asp Did crime rates really plummet during the Beatles' first appearance on the 'Ed Sullivan Show'? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/sochiring.asp Was the technician responsible for the lighting failure during the opening ceremonies at Sochi found dead the next day? snopes@snopes.com Sat, 8 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/lookback.asp Are the Facebook 'Look Back' profile mini-movies the work of a hacker? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/tombihn.asp Did washing instruction tags on Tom Bihn bags carry a hidden message in French disparaging the U.S. President? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT