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Did the Smithsonian Destroy Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec 17, 2014
We can only wish that the "American Institution of Alternative Archaeology" were a real organiza ...
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Was a Morgue Worker Arrested After Giving Birth to a Dead Man's Baby?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec 2, 2010
"A 38-year-old female mortuary worker is being held on $250,000 bond after becoming pregnant by ...
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Did a Burglar Sue a Homeowner After Being Raped by German Shepherds While Stuck in a Dog Door?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jan 23, 2023
According to the story, the burglar sued for $850,000 in damages. But did this really happen?
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Was a Live Morgue Employee Cremated by Mistake?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Mar 3, 2017
"While he was sleeping, another employee mistook him for the corpse of a 52-year old car acciden ...
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Did a Ship Reappear in the Bermuda Triangle 90 Years After Going Missing?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 19, 2015
Reports that the SS Cotopaxi was discovered by the Cuban Coast Guard decades after it vanished i ...
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Did a U.S. Military Airplane Lost in 1945 Reappear 75 Years Later?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Feb 14, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Were a New Jersey Brother and Sister Allowed to Marry After Lengthy Court Battle?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Nov 29, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Did a Woman Give Birth to 17 Children at Once?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jun 3, 2019
“The babies kept coming and coming and coming and coming ..."
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Did Houston Police Arrest a Man Who Killed, Ate 30-Plus People?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 28, 2019
A notorious producer of junk news and hoax articles churned out yet another hoax, this time abou ...
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Did a Man Fake Being Deaf and Dumb for 62 Years to Avoid Listening to His Wife?
Written by:
David Emery
Mar 8, 2019
There have to be easier ways to ensure domestic tranquility.
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Was a Retirement Home Raided by the FBI for Running an Elderly Fight Club?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 28, 2019
Breaking up non-existent elderly fight clubs at retirement homes does not appear to be an FBI pr ...
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Were Members of a 'Midget Crime Gang' Suspected of 55 Break-Ins?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 17, 2019
Once fake news, always fake news.
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Did a Priest Need Surgery to Remove a Crucifix from His Rectum?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Jan 10, 2019
Junk news in, junk news out.
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Did a Chinese Lunar Rover Find No Evidence of American Moon Landings?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 4, 2019
"These recent discoveries could strangely give credence to conspiracy theorists who have claimed ...
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Did a Teacher High on Meth Strip Naked in Class and Bite Two Students?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Dec 7, 2018
This is what happens now that the "Just Say No" campaign ended.
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Did a Man Sue Dyson After Being Partially Emasculated by a Vacuum Cleaner?
Written by:
David Emery
Dec 6, 2018
Not so much a cautionary tale as a nightmarish scenario made up out of whole cloth.
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Did a Texas Man Confess to Kidnapping 79 People While Disguised as an Alien?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec 6, 2018
We're still not sure why dressing as an alien is necessary for engaging in this activity.
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Did a Man Start Crashing His Car After Receiving a Woman's Brain in a Transplant?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Nov 30, 2018
Tired sexist stereotypes and miscaptioned photographs don't make "satire" any more appealing.
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Did Canadians Face a Major Donut Shortage After the First Day of Cannabis Legalization?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct 22, 2018
"Tim Hortons in seven different provinces were forced to close earlier than usual for lack of st ...
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Did a 'Pro-Choice Activist' Set a World Record by Getting Her 27th Abortion?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Oct 11, 2018
A long-running junk news site used a legitimate stock photo for another one of its "satirical" s ...
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