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Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 3, 2011
Dr. Joseph Guillotin neither invented the guillotine nor was executed with one of those machines.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 7, 2011
One particular course of college study was supposedly labeled 'the toughest' by the Guinness Boo ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Aug. 4, 2011
"The text message is false and mischievous as there is no poisonous water imported into the coun ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 14, 2011
Rumors that a worker at a Pepsi or Frooti plant contaminated those beverage products by injectin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 21, 2011
The letter read, in part: "I can think of no quicker way to destroy my career than to appear in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 12, 2011
Barack Obama did not appropriate the Social Security number of a dead man born in 1890 and use i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 23, 2011
A video seemingly captures Tampa Bay infielder Evan Longoria making an amazing bare-handed catc ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 22, 2011
The notion that President John F. Kennedy referred to himself as a jelly doughnut in his famous ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 17, 2011
This chain letter classic might not be all it's cracked up to be.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 4, 2011
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., did not say he 'will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an e ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2011
Claims that lemons "kill cancer cells" and are "10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy" are uns ...
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March 31, 2011
This advice runs contrary to all accepted knowledge about how to treat burns and thus should not ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 14, 2011
Rumor: Map issued by Australian Radiation Services shows the expected path of nuclear fallout fr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 14, 2011
A state legislator who shot an intruder in defense of his property was not a 'long-time anti-gun ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2011
Rumor holds that McDonald's buys their meat from a company called '100% Beef,' which allows them ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2011
Did Obama stop wearing his wedding ring and wristwatch for Ramadan?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 4, 2011
Tidbits of whispered wisdom prove popular among the less than automotively inclined.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 3, 2011
U.S. companies operating overseas telephone service centers do not have to transfer customers to ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 2011
Federal agencies offer recruitment incentives for new hires that may include student loan repaym ...
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Dec. 21, 2010
A fired department store Santa reportedly gained revenge on his former employer by spelling out ...
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