Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 2, 2009
Purple dinosaur children's host Barney had cocaine hidden in his tail and cussed out a child?
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
July 31, 2000
A longtime rumor is still bubbling up.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 4, 1999
Does McDonald's use worm meat as filler in their hamburgers?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 22, 1999 (Updated: April 1, 2013)
The dihydrogen monoxide hoax shows that even the most innocuous of substances can be made to sou ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 3, 2001
Did Oliver North warn Congress about Osama bin Laden during the Iran-Contra hearings?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2010
A 1979 Pakistan airline advertisement shows the shadow of a jetliner on the World Trade Center. ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 8, 2004
A letter sent to radio personality Dr. Laura Schlessinger highlights fallacies in Biblical anti- ...
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
Sept. 4, 2002
Sometimes the most innocuous of foodstuffs contain constituents whose origins are less than appe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 6, 2006
Did Albert Einstein declare compound interest to be 'the most powerful force in the universe'?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 14, 2003
Warning about schoolkids signalling their sexual availability through the use of jelly bracelets.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2009 (Updated: Jan. 10, 2020)
Accepting a Facebook friend request from a stranger will not provide hackers with access to your ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 2, 1999
Classic business legend holds that the Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 2000
Wife takes revenge on a philandering husband by supergluing his penis to his leg.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 27, 2000
Did KFC change its name from 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' to eliminate the word 'fried'?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 4, 2000
A college library is said to be sinking into the ground because the architect failed to take the ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 5, 2001
The legend of unwary travellers drugged and used as unwilling kidney donors by bands of organ th ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 26, 2009
Photographs supposedly documenting a Hamas-organized mass wedding of adult men and pre-pubescent ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 9, 2009
Did the term '86' (to get rid of someone or something) enter the English language as part of a r ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 26, 2000
A juvenile account of a woman who was infested with shrimp after masturbating with a lobster.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 28, 2003
Nothing in federal law makes Texas' flag more special than any other state's flag.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 14, 2008
Can an egg or popcorn kernels be cooked using activated cell phones?
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