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Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 1, 2013
Photograph purportedly shows a python that ate a drunken man in India, but that same python has ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 30, 2013
Use of the term 'Black Friday' to describe the day after Thanksgiving did not originate with acc ...
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Nov. 26, 2013
A photograph purportedly captured a rare seven-headed snake found in Honduras.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A satirical attempt to equate one type of discrimination with another.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 7, 2013
Somehow an urban legend got mixed up with a news story.
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Nov. 3, 2013
Navy SEALs were not ordered to discontinue wearing the 'Don't Tread on Me' uniform patch because ...
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Oct. 31, 2013
Does a photograph of a Texas restaurant reveal the presence of a ghostly little girl?
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2013
The social media network is not barring the posting of nativity scenes or any other Christmas-re ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 28, 2013
Actor Will Smith has not been pronounced dead after undergoing an immediate spinal surgery.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 27, 2013
Reports that Dearborn, Michigan, has become the first U.S. city to implement Sharia law are junk ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2013
The Canadian pop star is not only not dead, but she's taking part in her 2019 ’Courage World Tour.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 15, 2013
Cognitive dissonance: Using Facebook to share a photograph that has supposedly been banned by Fa ...
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Sept. 30, 2013
The Talking Angela app supposedly unsafely prompts children to provide personal information abou ...
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Sept. 27, 2013
Fake news reports President Obama has announced a nationwide Muslim outreach program for childre ...
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Sept. 24, 2013
Did wearing certain types of sanitary pads cause uterine and bladder cancer that has resulted in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 5, 2013
A spoof CBC report on how competition impacts youth was mistaken by many viewers for a genuine n ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 27, 2013
An account describing the horrific results of a 'Russian Sleep Experiment' from the late 1940s ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 27, 2013
A chart purportedly showing radioactive water seeping into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 6, 2013
Online messages warn about door-to-door booksellers with Slavic accents targeting young girls fo ...
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Aug. 4, 2013
Does a monster megalodon shark named 'Submarine' prowl the ocean's depths?
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