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Yes, a Massive Barney Balloon Exploded at the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Bethania Palma
Nov 25, 2022 The 1997 parade went down in history for its inflated float mishaps.
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Do Male Honey Bees Die From Climaxing During Sex?

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Nur Ibrahim
Nov 25, 2022 And do their testicles explode?
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The day after Thanksgiving is known as the busiest day of the year for plumbers, who refer to Black Friday as Brown Friday.

Is a Plumber's Busiest Day the Friday After Thanksgiving?

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Jordan Liles
Nov 25, 2022 "It might be a good idea to invite a plumber to the Thanksgiving feast and let him have a drumst ...
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Is This a Real Pic of Michael Jackson and Biggie Smalls Eating Together?

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Bethania Palma
Nov 25, 2022 Two giant figures in U.S. entertainment.
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Photos of Icicle 'Ghost Apples' Continue to Enchant

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Bethania Palma
Nov 23, 2022 Social media users were sharing the pictures more than three years after they were snapped.
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Latest in the Hunter Biden Laptop Saga: CBS News Taps Expert Who Says It's Real

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Bethania Palma
Nov 22, 2022 When the story originally broke in the days leading up to the 2020 election, some labeled it dis ...
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It wasn't a meal between Native Americans and the Pilgrims in 1621 that kicked off the tradition of Thanksgiving.

4 Myths About 'the First Thanksgiving'

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Jessica Lee
Nov 22, 2022 For starters, it wasn't a meal between Native Americans and the Pilgrims in 1621 that kicked off ...
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Reports said that Anderson Aldrich was the grandson of California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel.

Reports: Colorado Gay Club Shooter Is Grandson of California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel

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Jordan Liles
Nov 21, 2022 The Republican California politician previously came under fire for making remarks that appeared ...
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Twitter Under Elon Musk: A List of 'Verified' Parody Impersonation Accounts

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Elections inspire a deluge of online content with varying levels of authenticity or fact — be it memes, videos, photographs, or sensational tabloid headlines.

Midterms: Here's a Rundown of Rumors About Voting, Results — and More

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For daring entertainment junkies, Halloween season brings binges of scary movies throughout the decades.

A Collection of Horror Movie Trivia from Snopes' Archives

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This purportedly paranormal figure or ghost or demon or alien in the woods was supposedly caught on a trail camera or trail cam.

A Snopes Collection of Spooky 'Unsolved' Mysteries

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The Snopes Guide to Fake Etymology

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Halloween Jack-o-lantern

From the Snopes Archives: Spooky Legends, Halloween Candy Rumors — and More

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Was Walt Disney Frozen?

Oct 19, 1995 Half a century onwards, the rumor that Walt Disney's body was put in cryonic storage remains one ...
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The Origins of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Dec 16, 1999 Was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer created to bring comfort to a girl whose mother was dying of ...
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Does 'The Wizard of Oz' Include a Munchkin Suicide?

Dec 12, 1997 One of the most ubiquitous of film legends holds that a munchkin hanged himself on-camera during ...
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Jamie Lee Curtis: Male and Female?

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Amazon was not giving away pallets of lost packages for $1 on Facebook.

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