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Is This List of 'Communist Rules for Revolution' Real?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 16, 2000
A list of 'Communist Rules for Revolution' was supposedly discovered by Allied forces in Germany ...
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Does This 1950s Economics Book Teach How to Be a Good Wife?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
March 18, 2001
A list of ten steps on how to be a good wife was said to come from a 1950s high school home econ ...
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Is the 1875 Horseless Carriage Committee Report Real?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 29, 2008
One common form of satire is to lampoon a particular position on a modern political or social is ...
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1895 Exam
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2000
Does an 1895 graduation examination for public school students demonstrate a shocking decline in ...
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1943 Guide to Hiring Women
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 18, 2001
Is a '1943 Guide to Hiring Women' from a transportation magazine real?
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On the Job
Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 24, 2001
Applicant with lengthy arrest record successfully disputes being rejected for a job by the Distr ...
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The New School Prayer
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
April 6, 2001
Was the satirical poem 'The New School Prayer' penned by a schoolchild?
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Are Government Regulations for Cabbage 27,000 Words Long?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 23, 2001
Some myths are too deeply cherished to be displaced by mere fact.
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Tips for Stagecoach Travelers
Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 19, 2001
Is an 1877 list of tips for stagecoach travelers genuine?
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Did George Carlin Pen 'The Paradox of Our Time'?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 19, 2001
A widely circulated essay has been attributed to Carlin, the Dalai Lama, an unnamed Columbine Hi ...
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Earth in the Balance
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 3, 2000
Does Al Gore's book 'Earth in the Balance' say that to believe in Biblical prophecy is 'unforgiv ...
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Is the 'Rules for Teachers - 1872' List Real?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 19, 2000
The 'Rules for Teachers - 1872' list prompts us to marvel at the grimness of a late nineteenth c ...
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Bill of No Rights
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
July 19, 2000
Did a Georgia state representative write the salty Bill of No Rights?
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Watch the Borders!
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
David Mikkelson
July 7, 1999
Heard the legend about a misunderstood J. Edgar Hoover directive?
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The Oberweiss Will
Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 15, 1999
Did a Texas farmer named Herman Oberweiss file an unusual, self-penned will in 1934?
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1940 School Discipline Problems
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 15, 1999
A widely-cited study about school's discipline problems in the 1940s is phony.
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Desiderata Authorship
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Was the poem 'Desiderata' really discovered in a Baltimore church in 1692?
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