Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: Snopes Staff
June 8, 1997
One of the future 'Rocky' actor's first cinematic efforts was a role in a porn film.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2002
Was the word "shit" formed from an acronym of 'Ship High in Transit'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2001
For some of us, the desire to believe we've been let in on a piece of secret knowledge can overp ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 24, 2001
Decades-old political rumor claims Bill Clinton quietly did away with several dozen people who p ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 2000
Legend holds that singer Lauryn Hill said she'd rather die than have white people buy her albums.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 24, 2000
NASA scientists did not find a 'missing day' in time and thereby prove Biblical accounts to be true.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2007
A purported quip by 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson regarding Zsa Zsa Gabor and her cat has be ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 16, 2001
The story of a father's choice between saving his own son or a train full of people goes back lo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 11, 2001
Long-held common belief holds that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible f ...
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: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 23, 2005
Rumor holds that popular singer Ciara was born male and discussed her childhood transition to fe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 2, 2010
"A 38-year-old female mortuary worker is being held on $250,000 bond after becoming pregnant by ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 1998
Neil Armstrong supposedly offered a cryptic remark to a 'Mr. Gorsky' during the Apollo 11 moon l ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 30, 1998
A warning about gang members driving around with their headlights off, then killing anyone who f ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 30, 2000
A clever consumer earned millions of frequent-flier miles by taking advantage of a pudding sales ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 28, 2004
One of the most troubling conundrums is the question of how evil and suffering can survive in a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 29, 1998
Rumor has it a disgruntled Disney artist sought revenge on the company by drawing a castle spire ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 1, 2008
Rumor: A golfer angered by a bad shot was killed by the club he threw in frustration.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2008
Narrative asserts the cross-like shape of the laminin molecule is evidence of God's hand in the ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 16, 1999
Many consumers claimed to be able to see a naked man hidden in the artwork of Camel cigarette pa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2001
Cheerleader collapses during game and has several pints of semen pumped from her stomach.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 30, 2002
A man locked in an unplugged freezer imagined himself freezing to death and died as a result.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 29, 1999 (Updated: June 20, 2022)
The 'middle finger salute' did not derive from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 3, 2001
Highly publicized allegations of insider trading in advance of 9/11 generally rest on reports of ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 16, 2001
The eventual standardization of railroad gauge in the U.S. was due far less to a slavish devotio ...
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