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Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2001
For some of us, the desire to believe we've been let in on a piece of secret knowledge can overp ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 11, 2001
The term 'blue laws' historically defined regulations intended to preserve the Sabbath by proscr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 7, 2001
The U.S. chief executive's residence supposedly obtained its familiar name because it was repain ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 6, 2001
"She couldn't remember her lines, her delivery was amateurish, and the more she rehearsed, the w ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 2001
Did Hillary Clinton support and help free two Black Panthers accused of murder?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 2001
Imagine what it could do to your stomach!
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 24, 2001
There are barrels of explanations for the unusual name of the game that launched the Mario franc ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 23, 2001
Is the airplane from 'Casablanca' part of 'The Great Movie Ride' at Disney-MGM Studios theme park?
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Feb. 22, 2001
Reports of a secret tape recorded aboard the doomed space shuttle Challenger that captured the f ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 15, 2001
Rumor has it that Groucho Marx made a risqué wisecrack about his cigar to a female 'You Bet Your ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001
This oft-repeated claim may stem from genuine confusion over a term commonly applied to chewing ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 4, 2001
The frequency of attachment of an urban legend to the largest company or corporation is so commo ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 4, 2001
Urban legend describes a rock star who collapses at a party and has a pint of semen pumped from ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 1, 2001
Requiring that new construction projects be adaptable to other uses is not an unheard of condition.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2001
Falkland Island penguins are not so fascinated by airplanes they fall over onto their backs from ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2001
Despite long-held rumors, McDonald's desserts do not substitute primary ingredients such as milk ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 24, 2001
Decades-old political rumor claims Bill Clinton quietly did away with several dozen people who p ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2001
Neither the concept nor the word 'picnic' originated with crowds gathering to witness extrajudic ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 19, 2001
'Puff the Magic Dragon' is what its writers have always claimed it to be: a song about the inno ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 15, 2001
Did a hospital janitor accidentally cause several deaths by unknowingly unplugging patients' lif ...
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