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Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 9, 2000
Legend holds that an unfamiliar driver set the cruise control on his vehicle and then slipped in ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 7, 2000
Every holiday season newspapers run stories about whether or not Poinsettia is toxic, and to wha ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 3, 2000
"We don't have a clue, but if it ain't true, it ought to be."
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 2, 2000
A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged thr ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2000
Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2000
Pins, needles and razor blades been occasionally been found in trick-or-treaters' loot over the ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2000 (Updated: Aug. 31, 2022)
Does a death curse threaten U.S. presidents elected in years evenly divisible by 20?
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2000
Were interstate highways designed to be used as emergency airstrips in case of war?
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 28, 2000
Legend holds that a prisoner killed himself using a deck of playing cards.
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 22, 2000
A classic "warning against technology" tale.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 8, 2000
The sad tale of a little boy with a burlap sack full of leaves for a body.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 27, 2000
Did KFC change its name from 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' to eliminate the word 'fried'?
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 26, 2000
A juvenile account of a woman who was infested with shrimp after masturbating with a lobster.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 22, 2000
Something smells fishy.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 1, 1999
The myth of the concrete pour too important to halt to fish out a mere body is just that, a myth.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 29, 1999
Venomous 'two-striped telamonia' spiders lurking beneath toilet seats in public restrooms is one ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 11, 1999
Celebrity death hoax held that the host of the children's show 'Blue's Clues' passed away after ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 29, 1999
"I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and I want to tell you it was horrible."
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
March 1, 1998
Decades-old rumor holds that madmen are jabbing unsuspecting moviegoers with HIV-infected needles.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 5, 1998
Urban legend about an airline pilot who inadvertently makes risqué comment over an open microphone.
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