Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 24, 1999
Was a memorable episode of 'Gilligan's Island' an inadvertent re-creation of what Lucille Ball e ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 10, 2003
Nine guests have lost their lives on Disneyland attractions.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2001
Understanding where this decades-old tale came from is to see cultural prejudice at work.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001 (Updated: Aug. 16, 2022)
In general, we need to take in enough water to replace the amount we lose daily.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2001
U.S. General John J. Pershing did not effectively discourage Muslim terrorists in the Philippine ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 19, 2003
You probably didn't know most of them because they're not true.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 3, 2002
Nazi Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering was one of the highest-ranking Nazis who survived to be ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 5, 2007
Pouring Coca-Cola onto a piece of raw pork will not cause worms to come crawling out of the meat.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 22, 2000
Space race legend claims NASA spent millions of dollars developing an 'astronaut pen' that would ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 11, 2000
Was a little girl hanging out of a school bus window decapitated by a road sign?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 6, 2003
Fantasy legend holds that no one is ever declared dead while on Disney theme park property.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2000
It is hard to imagine United States customs looking the other way on this one.
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: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 2, 1998
An escaped killer interrupts a young couple's make-out session.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 6, 2000
Let's fact-check that.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 19, 2005
Urban legend holds that a child successfully smuggled a penguin out of an amusement park by conc ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 4, 2001
History buffs love to pass around this rumor.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 19, 2003
Tales of sexual exploits involving groupies and animals are familiar entries in the Led Zeppelin ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 4, 2010
The etymology of the phrase 'Mind your p's and q's.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 26, 2003
We knew what he meant.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 22, 2006
Do Mr. Clean Magic Erasers contain dangerous chemicals?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2003 (Updated: July 30, 2011)
Did a troop of Boy Scouts die after roasting hot dogs on oleander branches?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 3, 2001
A warning from "Glen Eagles" hospital about the deaths of women who sniffed poisoned perfume sam ...
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