Classics
Snopes Classics from back in the day.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
When a Nebraska church exploded in 1950, no one was injured because every single member of the c ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 5, 1998
Bugs do wander into people's ears sometimes. But where can they go from there?
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 2, 2000
A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged thr ...
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
July 29, 2001 (Updated: May 6, 2021)
Are Congressmen exempt from paying into Social Security?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2003
Reports that a man arrested for insider trading attributed his financial success to time travel ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 3, 2003
A rumor held that prisons, school cafeterias, Taco Bell, and other fast food restaurants serve " ...
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: David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2002 (Updated: Sept. 28, 2022)
This rumor has been circulating since at least 1987, when it was cited in an article about effor ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Aug. 21, 2001
A bouquet of outrageous lawsuits demonstrates the need for tort reform?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 24, 2006
Bracing maximizes the chance of uninjured survival in an air crash; it doesn't ensure that passe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001 (Updated: Aug. 16, 2022)
In general, we need to take in enough water to replace the amount we lose daily.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 25, 2008
A collection of anecdotes regarding honesty told about President Harry S. Truman.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 15, 2010
The tale of a shoplifter who stabbed a toy-collecting Marine and was then whomped by other Marin ...
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
Dec. 31, 1998
Can a Tootsie Pop wrapper picturing an Indian shooting an arrow at a star be redeemed with Toots ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 5, 2003
Do not attribute to South America what can be explained by digital manipulation.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 5, 2002
A ridiculous number of jokes, witty retorts, and words of wisdom have been falsely attributed to ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2000
It is hard to imagine United States customs looking the other way on this one.
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: David Mikkelson
July 19, 2000
Was the Titanic cursed because its hull number read 'NO POPE' backwards?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 25, 2001
Rumor: Wildlife organizations have issued a plea for crafters to knit sweaters for oil-soaked pe ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 12, 2000
Was 'Come Alive With Pepsi' mistranslated in China as 'Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 23, 2003
Gal who suffers a fit clamps down on the penis of the man she's orally pleasuring.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 25, 2010
Critics falsely claimed that Barack Obama was the only U.S. president not to lay a wreath at Arl ...
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