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Did Mark Twain Say 'It's Easier to Fool People Than to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Dec. 29, 2016 While the quote "it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled" is ...
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Who Wrote the Serenity Prayer?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
June 17, 2014 Who wrote the Serenity Prayer? Was it St. Augustine, or someone else?
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Is Dracula Killed with a Wooden Stake?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2008 You may be surprised by how Dracula is actually dispatched in Bram Stoker's iconic vampire novel.
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Did Ernest Hemingway Write a Six-Word Story to Win a Bet?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2008 Fact check: Hemingway anecdote, never substantiated.
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'A Woman Should Have' and Maya Angelou

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 18, 2007 Poem by Maya Angelou enumerates a list of items a woman should have?
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The 'Banned' Book of Dr. Seuss

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 14, 2004 Did Dr. Seuss once write a children's book since banned due to its references to suicide and vio ...
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Go Ask Alice

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
July 3, 2003 Was 'Go Ask Alice' the real-life diary of a teenage girl?
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Etymology of 'Oz'

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 26, 2002 Did the name of the mythical land featured in L. Frank Baum's Oz books come from a file cabinet ...
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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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Were Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut College Classmates?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 1999 It might be difficult to think of two more renowned but dissimilar American authors than Kurt Vo ...
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Did Lewis Carroll Send Queen Victoria a Mathematics Text?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 26, 1999 According to legend, the author of 'Alice in Wonderland' prankishly dispatched a copy of one of ...
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Did Dr. Seuss Write 'Green Eggs and Ham' on a Bet?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 1999 The classic children's book comprises 49 monosyllabic words, plus the three-syllable word “anywh ...
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