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Church Explosion Spares Choir

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998 When a Nebraska church exploded in 1950, no one was injured because every single member of the c ...
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Frozen to the Car

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
July 14, 2001 A girl freezes her naked ass to her date's car on their first (and last) date.
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Teddy Stoddard

Written by:
Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2001 A touching tale about a troubled boy named Teddy and the teacher who turned his life around.
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Brian Peppers

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 24, 2005 A photograph of a man named Brian Peppers, who was a registered sex offender in Ohio, was indeed ...
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Are Rapists Using Lost Children to Lure Victims?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
April 18, 2005 Warnings that rapists are employing children pretending to be lost in order to lure victims to t ...
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Will Your Pet Snake 'Measure' You Before Eating You?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2008 An old bit of reptilian folklore holds that a pet python who acts 'affectionate' is really just ...
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Did Al Gore Say 'I Invented the Internet'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 5, 2005 Despite decades of media mirth-making about the supposed statement, former vice president Al Gor ...
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Laminin: Evidence of Divine Creation?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2008 Narrative asserts the cross-like shape of the laminin molecule is evidence of God's hand in the ...
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Did a Topless Woman Appear in Disney's 'The Rescuers'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan. 13, 1999 An image of a topless woman can be fleetingly seen in the initial home video version of the anim ...
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NASA Discovers a 'Lost Day' in Time?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb. 24, 2000 NASA scientists did not find a 'missing day' in time and thereby prove Biblical accounts to be true.
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The Miselucidation of Lauryn Hill

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 2000 Legend holds that singer Lauryn Hill said she'd rather die than have white people buy her albums.
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Frau Blucher

Why Does Frau Blücher's Name Scare Horses in 'Young Frankenstein'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 17, 2001 For some of us, the desire to believe we've been let in on a piece of secret knowledge can overp ...
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Did a Father Sacrifice His Son for a Train Full of Passengers?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 16, 2001 The story of a father's choice between saving his own son or a train full of people goes back lo ...
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Picking Bluebonnets Is Illegal in Texas?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 19, 2007 Contrary to common belief, it is not illegal to pick bluebonnets in Texas.
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amazing ball girl catch

About That Amazing Ball Girl Catch Video

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 23, 2008 (Updated: June 12, 2021) This video has been "amazing" viewers for more than a decade.
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Minimalist commercial bathroom sinks and mirrors

How to Spot a Two-Way Mirror

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
June 25, 1999 Is looking for a gap between an object and its reflection a good way to distinguish two-way mirr ...
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Does Coca-Cola Coax Worms Out of Pork?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 5, 2007 Pouring Coca-Cola onto a piece of raw pork will not cause worms to come crawling out of the meat.
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The Legend of the 'Unsolvable Math Problem'

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 3, 1996 A student mistook examples of unsolved math problems for a homework assignment and solved them.
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Romantic Encounter with a Necrophiliac

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
May 8, 2001 A girl's unusual medical condition supposedly led to the discovery that the boy she'd been intim ...
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QVC Ladder Fall

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 15, 2003 Did a QVC demonstrator fall from a ladder on live television?
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Was Jayne Mansfield Decapitated?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 2001 Gruesome Hollywood legend holds that the automobile crash that killed Jayne Mansfield also decap ...
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Is 'Ring Around the Rosie' About the Black Plague?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2000 People love to create and spread invented backstories for simple nursery rhymes.
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Could Barack Obama Serve as Vice President?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb. 3, 2008 (Updated: April 9, 2020) An ambiguity in the U.S. Constitution allows for speculation about a back door method of getting ...
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Was a Phallus Purposely Added to the Artwork for 'The Little Mermaid' VHS Cover?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 29, 1998 Rumor has it a disgruntled Disney artist sought revenge on the company by drawing a castle spire ...
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Think Before You Donate!

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 13, 2005 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2017) An article that compares the salaries of top executives of several large charitable organization ...
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