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Is This a Photograph of a Rainbow Owl?

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 25, 2012

Nature offers many colorful surprises. Is this one of them?

Were Food Companies Caught Using Aborted Babies in Flavor Additives?

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 18, 2012

Pro-life activists claim products from Pepsi and other major food producers are 'manufactured us ...

National Defense Resources Preparedness

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 17, 2012

Hyped-up response to the NDRP held that President Obama issued an executive order giving the Pre ...

Did Barack Obama Attend Columbia University as a Foreign Student?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 9, 2012

A 1981 Columbia University card identifying Barack Obama as a foreign student named Barry Soetor ...

Indian Woman Gives Birth to 11 Baby Boys

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 6, 2012

If true, her pregnancy could have yielded an entire American football team.

Was Tom Hanks' Father the Lead Singer of The Diamonds?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 5, 2012

We'd understand the confusion if the actor and the singer shared a surname.

Did a McDonald's Impose a Surcharge on African-American Customers to Cover Robbery Insurance?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 23, 2012

A joke McDonald's sign announcing a $1.50 surcharge on African-American customers caused a publi ...

Is Every Rectal Thermometer 'Personally Tested'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 20, 2012

"Now close your eyes and repeat out loud five times: 'I am so glad I do not work for quality con ...

Cancer Baby Facebook Hoax

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 9, 2012

Long-running hoax falsely claims Facebook will donate money to help a child with cancer every ti ...

Seniors Beware

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 3, 2012

Obamacare does not mandate that no one over 75 be given major medical procedures unless approved ...

Has Israel Developed an Airport Scanner That Detonates Explosives?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 11, 2011

The Israelis have supposedly developed an airport scanner alternative: a booth that detonates an ...

Did a Man Secretly Tattoo Excrement on His Ex-Girlfriend's Back?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 30, 2011

"Tattoo artist Ryan turned rogue after discovering that Rossie had cheated on him with his best ...

Is Casey Anthony Pregnant with Twins?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 18, 2011

Casey Anthony was famously acquitted in 2011 of murdering her daughter Caylee.

Is This President Obama Kicking Open a Door?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 17, 2011

A video seems to show President Barack Obama making a dramatic exit from a press briefing.

Are Facebook Hackers Posting 'Sexual Videos'?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Nov. 14, 2011

We've yet to encounter any verified account of 'hackers' having surreptitiously inserted 'invisi ...

Why My Mom Only Had One Eye

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 6, 2011

Mother reveals in posthumous letter to son that she'd had only one eye because she'd donated the ...

Did a Woman Claim That Watching a 3D Porn Film Made Her Pregnant?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2011

A report that a white woman explained away her black child by claiming she became pregnant from ...

Change in Military Funeral Protocol

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 11, 2011

Has military funeral protocol been changed to remove reference to the President of the United St ...

Did George Soros Buy Up Marlin Firearms?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 10, 2011

At no time has George Soros ever been a part of the ownership group of Freedom Group or Cerberus.

Did NBC Remove a Reference to Christ from an Interview with the Family of a Deceased Navy SEAL?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 21, 2011

The interview segment in question appears to have been kept intact, without additional editing t ...