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Did a Taco Bell Employee Refuse a $2 Bill?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 29, 2002 (Updated: Nov 9, 2023)
The tale of a Taco Bell employee who refused to accept a less common form of currency because he ...
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Death of Diane Linkletter
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec 27, 2000
Did Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane, jump out a window while high on LSD?
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'If I Were the Devil'
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 24, 2004
An essay that postulates what steps the devil might take in order to corrupt human civilization ...
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Worm Meat Used in McDonald's Hamburgers?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jul 4, 1999
Does McDonald's use worm meat as filler in their hamburgers?
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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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Ann-Margret Thanks Soldiers
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan 7, 2002
Rumor: Actress Ann-Margret autographed a photo at a book signing and publicly thanked a soldier ...
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Poisoned Halloween Candy
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Barbara Mikkelson
Nov 1, 2000
Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...
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Do Dealers Smuggle Drugs in Dead Babies?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
May 12, 2000
Cautionary drug tale posits that dealers use hollowed-out bodies of dead children to smuggle coc ...
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Microwaved Water -- See What It Does to Plants
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug 8, 2006
Does an experiment prove water that has been heated in a microwave oven is harmful to plants?
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Did Mr. Rogers Hide Violent and Criminal Past?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jun 28, 2007 (Updated: Jun 28, 2022)
Children's television show host Fred Rogers has been the focus of many rumors.
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Did Oprah Winfrey Throw Tommy Hilfiger Off Her Show for Making a Racist Comment?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Feb 12, 2000
Oprah Winfrey supposedly kicked designer Tommy Hilfiger off her show when he announced, "If I kn ...
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Is the Bloody Mary Story True?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Apr 27, 2001
Will chanting 'Bloody Mary' 13 times in front of a darkened mirror summon a vengeful ghost?
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George Washington's Vision
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 13, 2002
Did George Washington tell of an angel who revealed a prophetic vision of America to him at Vall ...
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Did Johnny Carson Make a Risqué Remark About a Guest's Cat?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 9, 2007
A purported quip by 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson regarding Zsa Zsa Gabor and her cat has be ...
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Is This Child's Name for Real?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Barbara Mikkelson
Oct 29, 2008
The tale of a mother who names her child 'Le-a,' which she insists be pronounced 'Ledasha.'
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Cabbage Patch Dolls
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jun 11, 2002
Were Cabbage Patch dolls designed to resemble what people will look like after a nuclear attack?
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Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky!
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sep 16, 1998
Neil Armstrong supposedly offered a cryptic remark to a 'Mr. Gorsky' during the Apollo 11 moon l ...
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Can You Determine a Product's Country of Origin by Its Bar Code?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 27, 2008
Finding out where a given product was manufactured is not so simple as looking at its bar code.
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Rock Star 'Stomach Pump' Legend
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Feb 4, 2001
Urban legend describes a rock star who collapses at a party and has a pint of semen pumped from ...
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Why Do We Say 'Bless You!' When Someone Sneezes?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Apr 17, 2001
Some questions, no matter how simple, don't have one knowable answer.
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Did a Father Sacrifice His Son for a Train Full of Passengers?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 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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The Microwaved Pet
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
David Mikkelson
May 21, 2000
In this classic urban legend, an elderly pet owner attempts to dry her beloved pet in a microwav ...
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Could Barack Obama Serve as Vice President?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 3, 2008 (Updated: Apr 9, 2020)
An ambiguity in the U.S. Constitution allows for speculation about a back door method of getting ...
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Was the World's Youngest Mother Only 5 Years Old?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 21, 2004 (Updated: Sep 14, 2022)
Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when sh ...
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Red Meat Impacts Feces in Colon
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov 28, 1999
Did John Wayne's autopsy reveal 40 pounds of impacted feces in his colon?
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