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Did Thieves Return Mr. Rogers' Car After Realizing It Was His?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

April 30, 2009

The legend tends to confirm a theory that many want to believe: that even bad people are sometim ...

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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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Semen Found in Fast Food

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 1, 1998

Analysis of restaurant food eaten by a young woman reveals the presence of semen from HIV- or ST ...

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Mountain Dew Shrinks Testicles

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 14, 1999

Does drinking Mountain Dew cause one's testicles to shrink?

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Were Hurricane Katrina 'Looting' Photographs Captioned Differently Based on Race?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 31, 2005

News photographs alternately described subjects of different races as 'looting' or 'finding' sup ...

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Michael's Jackson's Nose

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 1, 2001

Did Michael Jackson's prosthetic nose fell off during a recent TV special ?

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Was President George H.W. Bush 'Amazed' by a Grocery Scanner?

Written by: Snopes Staff

March 31, 2001

What it all came down to was that President Bush became the scapegoat for an economic recession.

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Was the World's Youngest Mother Only 5 Years Old?

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 21, 2004 (Updated: Sept. 14, 2022)

Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when sh ...

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Is Gelatin Made from Horses' Hooves?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 4, 2002

Sometimes the most innocuous of foodstuffs contain constituents whose origins are less than appe ...

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Did Al Gore Say 'I Invented the Internet'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

May 5, 2005

Despite decades of media mirth-making about the supposed statement, former vice president Al Gor ...

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Is the Word 'Sex' Hidden in 'The Lion King'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Dec. 30, 1996

Viewers claim that clouds of dust form the word S-E-X in the Disney animated film 'The Lion King.'

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If I Had Married Him

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

April 17, 2011

First Lady ripostes that ex-boyfriend would have been President if she'd married him?

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Lowe's vs. Home Depot

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 6, 2005 (Updated: Feb. 2, 2021)

Did the jilted wife of the owner of Home Depot create the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores?

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Is Ground Glass a Deadly Poison?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Dec. 23, 1999

Contrary to what mystery and crime dramas might portray, ingesting ground glass isn't inherently ...

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The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 29, 1999

A babysitter receives mysterious, threatening phone calls.

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Was a Houston Doctor Decapitated by a Malfunctioning Elevator?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 13, 2003

We'd like to think beheadings happen only in campfire tales and low-budget thrillers, but they t ...

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Is the 'Venezuelan Poodle Moth' Real?

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 7, 2010

A photograph purportedly shows a newly discovered species of moth.

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Man Decapitated by Wrought Iron Fence

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 3, 2003

Photographs show a suspect who was decapitated by a wrought-iron fence while fleeing from police.

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Did M&Ms Turn Down 'E.T.'?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 24, 2001

Rumor has it that Mars, Inc. passed on the chance to be the candy featured in the hit film 'E.T.'

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Did Lost Cargo on the Titanic Lead to the Creation of Cinco de Mayo?

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 10, 2006

A humorous meme about cargo lost in the Titanic's sinking leading to the creation of the Cinco d ...

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Green M&Ms as Aphrodisiacs

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 3, 2000

Are green M&Ms an aphrodisiac?

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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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Did H. L. Mencken Say the 'White House Will Be Adorned by a Downright Moron'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 14, 2004

The legendary newspaperman addressed the difficulties of good men reaching national office when ...

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Did Disney Fake Lemming Suicide for the Nature Documentary 'White Wilderness'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 27, 1996

Lemmings don't commit mass suicide, so filmmakers had to use various camera tricks to capture sc ...

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Does This 1950s Economics Book Teach How to Be a Good Wife?

Written by: Snopes Staff

March 18, 2001 (Updated: July 18, 2022)

A list of ten steps on how to be a good wife was said to come from a 1950s high school home econ ...

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