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Is This Viral List of 'Four Things You Didn't Know About Martin Luther King, Jr.' True?

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 19, 2003

You probably didn't know most of them because they're not true.

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Are Carjackers Leaving Flyers and $100 Bills on Car Windows?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 28, 2004

Warning claims parking lot carjackers are placing flyers or $100 bills on the windows of cars, t ...

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Was 'Fargo' Based on a True Story?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

June 7, 1998

The kidnapping, string of murders, and wood chipper incident portrayed in the film "Fargo" suppo ...

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Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 8, 2000

A college student makes a horrifying discovery.

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A Date with Mom

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 30, 2006

Glurge: A deceased mother finds a way to tell her son what their last dinner together meant to her.

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Evan Longoria's Crazy Bare Hand Catch

Written by: David Mikkelson

May 23, 2011

A video seemingly captures Tampa Bay infielder Evan Longoria making an amazing bare-handed catc ...

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Obama's 50 Lies / Obama Not Exactly

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 1, 2009

List documents fifty lies told by Barack Obama.

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Death of Diane Linkletter

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 27, 2000

Did Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane, jump out a window while high on LSD?

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Child Abducts Penguin in Backpack?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

June 19, 2005

Urban legend holds that a child successfully smuggled a penguin out of an amusement park by conc ...

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The couple from Mary Kay and Johnny were the first onscreen pair to share the same bed.

Who Was the First TV Couple to Sleep in the Same Bed?

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 24, 1999 (Updated: Sept. 22, 2022)

Many answers have been offered to this classic trivia question, but the correct one is rather ob ...

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amityville horror flies

Was 'Amityville Horror' Based on a True Story?

Written by: Snopes Staff

April 15, 2005

"I remember going by that house and how scary it was."

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Murder of Jamie Bulger

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 17, 2001

An outdated petition decries the true and horrific death of Jamie Bulger at the hands of Jon Ven ...

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Did Barack Obama Admit to His 'Muslim Faith'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 23, 2008

Barack Obama supposedly admitted to being a Muslim during an ABC News interview.

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Korean Fan Death

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 4, 2008

Do electric fans left running overnight kill persons sleeping in the breeze they generate?

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Bill Gates $5,000 Giveaway

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 25, 2005

One of the oldest Internet hoaxes holds that Microsoft and other companies are giving $5,000 to ...

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What Does a Sun Shower Symbolize?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 6, 2010

Folklore supplies two "reasons" for sun showers, one having to do with animals, the other with t ...

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Beheaded Child on Schoolbus

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 11, 2000

Was a little girl hanging out of a school bus window decapitated by a road sign?

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Pregnant Smoker Complains About Construction Noise?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 30, 2004

A infamously viral newspaper photograph shows a pregnant woman smoking a cigarette and complaini ...

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Kentucky Fried Rat

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 4, 2001

The frequency of attachment of an urban legend to the largest company or corporation is so commo ...

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Artistic representation of Satan in a suit sitting at a desk in front of a burning laptop.

'If I Were the Devil'

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 24, 2004

An essay that postulates what steps the devil might take in order to corrupt human civilization ...

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A long-held rumor claims humans only use 10% of their brains.

Do We Only Use 10% of our Brains?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 8, 2000

Among the most powerful lures of the myth is the idea that we could harness the remaining portio ...

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama standing in front of an American flag

Did Barack Obama Say He Had Visited 57 (Islamic) States?

Written by: David Mikkelson

June 19, 2008

"Obama said he's going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there are 57 Islamic stat ...

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Did Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin Fight at Iwo Jima?

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 8, 2002

Lee Marvin and Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan were both in the military during World War II, but ...

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