lost legends

Mobile Home Origin

• 26 May 2004

Are mobile homes so named because they can be moved from place to place?

• Fact Check

Mobile Home Origin

Bearing the Flag

• 1 June 2003

History: The hidden story of how the design of the California state flag was based...

• Fact Check

Bearing the Flag

False Authority

• 1 March 2001

The bare-faced truth about all those Lost Legends at snopes.com

• Fact Check

False Authority

Mister Ed was a Zebra

• 8 July 2000

Was Mister Ed a horse?

• Fact Check

Mister Ed was a Zebra

Why Did ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ Change Their Name to ‘KFC’?

• 27 January 2000

Did KFC change its name from 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' to eliminate the word 'fried'?

• Fact Check

Why Did ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ Change Their Name to ‘KFC’?

1911 Poseidon Adventure

• 12 September 1999

Was the film 'The Poseidon Adventure' being shown aboard the Titanic when it hit the...

• Fact Check

1911 Poseidon Adventure

Mississippi Fractions

• 13 August 1999

Did Mississippi schools remove fractions and decimals from their math curriculum?

• Fact Check

Mississippi Fractions

Closed For Remodeling

• 20 July 1999

Was the derisive title of one of George Bernard Shaw's plays changed after it wreaked...

• Fact Check

Closed For Remodeling

Tarzan and Tarzana

• 19 August 1998

Was the community of Tarzana, California, named after Tarzan?

• Fact Check

Tarzan and Tarzana