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Were Stocks of Airlines Suspiciously Shorted Just Before 9/11?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 3, 2001

Highly publicized allegations of insider trading in advance of 9/11 generally rest on reports of ...

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Unburned Pentagon Bible

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 27, 2001

Was an unburned Bible found amidst the wreckage of the Pentagon?

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Wingdings Font's Secret Messages

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 22, 2001

Does Microsoft's Wingdings font contain hidden anti-Semitic codes?

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Thousands of Israelis Were Absent from the WTC on 9/11?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 21, 2001

Did 4,000 Israelis stay home from work at the World Trade Center on 9/11?

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Did Nostradamus Predict the 9/11 Attacks?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 12, 2001

The Nostradamus 9/11 "prediction" was created as a fabricated example to illustrate how easily a ...

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Kidney Theft

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 5, 2001

The legend of unwary travellers drugged and used as unwilling kidney donors by bands of organ th ...

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On The Shore Of Weehawken

'Sawing New York in Half' Hoax

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 25, 2001

If you can't move the people off the land, just move the land ...

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shark attack navy diver

Is This Shark Attacking a British Navy Diver?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 25, 2001

Let's take a closer look.

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gap gay and proud

Are 'The Gap' Stores Named for 'Gay and Proud'?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 22, 2001

The origins of the chain's name have to do with the so-called 'generation gap,' not sexual orien ...

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Australian Gun Stats

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 20, 2001

Do statistics demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the g ...

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City, Town, Urban

Did a Woman Die Mistaking an Odd Roadside Scene for the Rapture?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 16, 2001

The story originated from a publication invested in testing readers' ability to discern between ...

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Should You Wait an Hour After Eating to Swim?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 14, 2001

Childhood is fraught with dangers, both real and imagined.

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Saltpeter in the Military

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 12, 2001

Does the U.S. Army secretly feed new recruits saltpeter in order to suppress their sexual urges?

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suicide diary 15 year old

Are These Entries from a Suicidal Teenager's Diary?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 8, 2001

The message about adolescents and suicide doesn't need the over-the-top fictionalization this tr ...

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John Hancock on His Declaration of Independence Signature

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 29, 2001

Did John Hancock say this when he signed the Declaration of Independence?

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First World Series Game, 1903

Was the World Series Named for a Newspaper?

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 12, 2001

Legend holds that baseball's championship competition is known as the "World Series" because it ...

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Will Placing a Penny on the Tracks Derail a Train?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 6, 2001

"I smashed a penny on the railroad tie ... and was advised by someone that I could have derailed ...

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camel

Is Camel-Hunting Illegal in Arizona?

Written by: David Mikkelson

June 28, 2001

Why would a state ban the hunting of an animal not native to the area?

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The Cost(ner) of Love

Written by: David Mikkelson

June 26, 2001

Rumor holds that the Baltimore Orioles deliberately created a lighting malfunction before a 1997 ...

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Are There Two Unreleased Beatles Songs?

Written by: David Mikkelson

June 24, 2001

Rumor has it that the Beatles recorded the songs 'Colliding Circles' and 'Pink Litmus Paper Shir ...

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