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Cruise Control as Auto-Pilot

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 ...

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Are Poinsettia Plants Poisonous?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Nov. 7, 2000

Every holiday season newspapers run stories about whether or not Poinsettia is toxic, and to wha ...

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Was John Michael Montgomery's Song 'The Little Girl' Based on a True Story?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Nov. 3, 2000

"We don't have a clue, but if it ain't true, it ought to be."

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Did a Man Die Demonstrating a Window's Strength?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Nov. 2, 2000

A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged thr ...

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Tales of black-hearted madmen doling out poisoned Halloween candy to unsuspecting little tykes have been around for decades — they were part of my Halloween experience more than forty years ago.

Poisoned Halloween Candy

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2000

Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...

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Pins and razors and needles in Halloween candy is the subject of this story.

Pins and Needles in Halloween Candy

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 ...

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Is the Presidential '20-Year Death Curse' Real?

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?

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Road, Highway, Freeway

Interstate Highways as Airstrips

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 30, 2000

Were interstate highways designed to be used as emergency airstrips in case of war?

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Death by Playing Cards

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 28, 2000

Legend holds that a prisoner killed himself using a deck of playing cards.

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Did a Police Radar Gun Almost Cause a Missile Launch?

Written by: Snopes Staff

May 22, 2000

A classic "warning against technology" tale.

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Does Billy the Burlap Bag Boy Need Your Help?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Feb. 8, 2000

The sad tale of a little boy with a burlap sack full of leaves for a body.

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Why Did 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' Change Their Name to 'KFC'?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Jan. 27, 2000

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

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Live lobster

Lobster Love

Written by: Snopes Staff

Jan. 26, 2000

A juvenile account of a woman who was infested with shrimp after masturbating with a lobster.

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Did a Woman Sew Shrimp Into Curtains to Get Even With Her Cheating Partner?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Jan. 22, 2000

Something smells fishy.

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Hoover Dam Entombments

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.

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Two-Striped Telamonia Spider

Written by: Snopes Staff

Sept. 29, 1999

Venomous 'two-striped telamonia' spiders lurking beneath toilet seats in public restrooms is one ...

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Steve Burns Death Hoax

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 ...

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tagged bird legs

The Tale of 'Wash. Biol. Surv.'

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."

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HIV-Infected Needle Attacks

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

March 1, 1998

Decades-old rumor holds that madmen are jabbing unsuspecting moviegoers with HIV-infected needles.

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Don't Forget the Coffee!

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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