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Smartphone Warnings You Can Safely Ignore
Written by:
Shannon Sanford
March 4, 2024
Seriously, don't worry about these warnings. It won't do you any good.
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Abandoned Plastic Soda Bottles May Be Drano 'Bottle Bombs'?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 27, 2010
A viral alert warns about neighborhood residents finding unexploded Drano "bottle bombs" in thei ...
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Are Carjackers Using Discarded Shirts as Bait to Lure Victims?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
David Mikkelson
Feb. 22, 2017
News reports conflated a genuine incident of human trafficking with a completely unrelated claim ...
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Baby Dies of Vicks VapoRub Poisoning?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
A viral Facebook post claimed that a baby died in his sleep after his mother applied Vicks VapoR ...
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Hurricane Matthew Reaches Category 4 Status, Barreling Toward Florida
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct. 6, 2016
Florida's governor is urging citizens to heed evacuation orders.
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Catching Sexually Transmitted Diseases While Tanning
Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
July 18, 2016
Despite a proliferation of scary articles, the likelihood of getting herpes from a tanning bed i ...
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Chemotherapy Doesn't Work, Doctor Blows the Whistle
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 27, 2016
A compendium of misrepresentations led to a Facebook rumor claiming a long-dead doctor had recen ...
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Temptations Cat Treats Facebook Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 2, 2016
A widely-circulated post claimed several cats were sickened by Temptations brand cat treats, but ...
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Knock and Slash Car Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan. 25, 2016
Car thieves seeking directions from unsuspecting motorists have not effected a rash of face-slas ...
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FALSE: Pediatricians' Association Admits HPV Vaccine-Cancer Link
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan. 19, 2016
A misleading article claimed that an association of pediatricians had "admitted" a link between ...
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Black Hole Lung
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 21, 2015
The Sun newspaper reports that a man "burned a hole" in his lung by vaping, but the story was su ...
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Spin-Fluenza
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2015
No, the CDC did not issue a warning advising folks to avoid this year's flu shot.
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Downy Unstopables Warmer Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 27, 2015
Procter and Gamble doesn't recommend using Downy Unstopables in a wax warmer, but the practice p ...
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Connor Reid Eckhardt
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 20, 2015
Was a California teen named Connor Reid Eckhardt determined to have died after smoking a synthet ...
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Pedigree Dog Food Wire Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 17, 2015
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Minion Bubble Bath Warning
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 9, 2015
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Beware of Pedicures
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Snopes Staff
Aug. 4, 2015
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Blinded by the Light
Written by:
Dan Evon
July 28, 2015
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Neutrogena Rash
Written by:
Dan Evon
July 9, 2015
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Paw Immolations
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 24, 2015
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