Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 19, 1997
Student working on thesis spreads birdseed on school football field every day.
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
Dec. 5, 2005
Video clip shows a Russian 'Candid Camera' style mailbox prank gone horribly awry.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 17, 2000
A woman sitting in a car thinks she's been shot when a canister of biscuit dough explodes.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 4, 2001
The frequency of attachment of an urban legend to the largest company or corporation is so commo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 1, 2001
"The Harry Potter books showed me that magic is real, something I can learn and use right now, a ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 25, 1999
Is looking for a gap between an object and its reflection a good way to distinguish two-way mirr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 3, 2003
A rumor held that prisons, school cafeterias, Taco Bell, and other fast food restaurants serve " ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 19, 2004
Do Glade PlugIns air fresheners pose a greater-than-usual fire hazard?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2003
No credence should be given to the notion that experiments intended to measure the weight of a h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 5, 2003
Do not attribute to South America what can be explained by digital manipulation.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 2, 1997
The film 'Three Men and a Baby' contains no spectral appearances from a dead little boy -- or an ...
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 ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 12, 2001
Does the U.S. Army secretly feed new recruits saltpeter in order to suppress their sexual urges?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 1, 1999
It's almost inconceivable that a company of the size and scope of Coca-Cola could m ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 7, 2005
A zombie lawsuit that was dismissed in 2004 continues to be touted as an ongoing court case or a ...
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 ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2001
Did an Arizona man keep his dead wife's body in a glass-cased piece of furniture?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 27, 2004
Coca-Cola once recalled an advertising poster due to an overtly sexual image hidden within it.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 2008
Rumor: Photograph shows Sarah Palin posing in a U.S. flag bikini while holding a rifle.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 15, 2002
Those looking for hidden messages in product packaging found that two of Pepsi's 1990 'Cool Cans ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Nov. 16, 1999
A humorous rejection letter was purportedly sent by the Smithsonian in response to an amateur pa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 12, 1998
We learned about stamens in biology class, but not quite like this.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 16, 2004
A joke about Native Americans derisively tags a pandering U.S. politician with the name Walking ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 29, 1999
Do Chinese restaurants serve cat meat?
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