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Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
April 23, 2003
Viral story claimed Jane Fonda and Ted Turner were refused service in a restaurant run by a Viet ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 16, 2003
Does the word "tip" derive from the acronymic form of the phrase "To Insure Promptness" or "To I ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2002
Was the word "shit" formed from an acronym of 'Ship High in Transit'?
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July 2, 2002
Lemon Fresh Joy, Listerine, and limes with cloves are all claimed as effective countermeasures f ...
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Nov. 19, 2001
A chilling photograph seemingly captures an unlucky tourist posing on the WTC on 9/11 an instant ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2001
A touching tale about a troubled boy named Teddy and the teacher who turned his life around.
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Oct. 10, 2001
Actor James Woods said he noticed and reported suspicious men on a flight before the September 1 ...
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Oct. 8, 2001
Misunderstandings about prior policy led to the rumor that ABC had banned their on-air news per ...
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Sept. 6, 2001
It appears domestic violence doesn't peak on any one specific day, but it does rise at particul ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
May 28, 2001
"There was this paper on her incubator that said 'Please save Urine,' so I knew that they had na ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
April 6, 2001
Long-standing rumor holds that actress Jamie Lee Curtis acknowledged in an interview that she wa ...
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March 31, 2001
What it all came down to was that President Bush became the scapegoat for an economic recession.
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March 29, 2001
A 1970s celebrity rumor played on the not widely known personal lives of its two targets.
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March 25, 2001
A family legendarily replaced their neighbor's dead rabbit after mistakenly believing their own ...
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March 18, 2001 (Updated: July 18, 2022)
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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Feb. 26, 2001
Later research into the infamous episode and ensuing panic paints a complicated picture.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001 (Updated: June 20, 2022)
Rapeseed oil has been used for cooking for centuries in Europe, India, China, and Japan.
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Feb. 4, 2001
Urban legend describes a rock star who collapses at a party and has a pint of semen pumped from ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2001
Neither the concept nor the word 'picnic' originated with crowds gathering to witness extrajudic ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 13, 2000 (Updated: Nov. 3, 2009)
About that heartwarming story of a boy named Shaya and what we might consider about the other bo ...
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