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Instant Noodles Wax Warning

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 4, 2000

Cups of instant noodles do not pose a deadly danger to consumers due to the cups' wax linings.

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The Miselucidation of Lauryn Hill

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 2, 2000

Legend holds that singer Lauryn Hill said she'd rather die than have white people buy her albums.

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Tales of black-hearted madmen doling out poisoned Halloween candy to unsuspecting little tykes have been around for decades — they were part of my Halloween experience more than forty years ago.

Poisoned Halloween Candy

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2000

Police have never documented actual cases of people randomly distributing poisoned goodies to ch ...

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Road, Highway, Freeway

Interstate Highways as Airstrips

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 30, 2000

Were interstate highways designed to be used as emergency airstrips in case of war?

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Was David Rice Atchison the U.S. President for One Day?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 19, 2000

What a difference a day makes. But sometimes it makes no difference at all.

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LSD Tattoos

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 16, 2000

Drug dealers hand out LSD-laced tattoos of cartoon characters to schoolchildren?

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Does KFC Use Mutant Chickens?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 9, 2000

Urban legends about mutated KFC meat are good for a laugh, but the chain does not use meat deriv ...

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The Man Without a Face

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 8, 2000

Was a young Mel Gibson horribly disfigured in a fight, this becoming the inspiration for the 199 ...

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Did Al Gore get his Vietnam tour of duty cut short?

Did Al Gore's Friends Pull Strings To Get His Vietnam Duty Shortened?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 6, 2000

Rumor has it that influential friends helped Al Gore get "special dispensation and a one-way tic ...

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Marilyn Monroe

Did Marilyn Monroe Wear a Size 16 Dress?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 2, 2000

Some contemporary celebrities seem to be fond of invoking this "fact."

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Is Voting Split Across 2 Days for Different Parties?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 29, 2000

Old political jape holds that Election Day is being split across two separate days.

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Was a Town in Japan Renamed 'Usa' So Its Products Could Be Labeled 'Made in USA'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 25, 2000

It is hard to imagine United States customs looking the other way on this one.

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Did a Government Official Order the Firing of Cattle Guards?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 20, 2000

Old political joke holds that a clueless U.S. government official ordered half the cattle guards ...

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Angel statue in cemetary

Missionary Guarded by Angels

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 17, 2000

Missionary is protected by the miraculous appearance of 26 armed guards.

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Teaching Boy Scouts to Shoot

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 12, 2000

Legendary anecdote about a general who finds a good comeback when asked about the wisdom of teac ...

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In the Air Tonight

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 12, 2000

False rumor holds that Phil Collins wrote the song 'In the Air Tonight' after witnessing an inci ...

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DreamWeaverGrey Warning

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 11, 2000

Online alert warns that someone using the screen name 'DreamWeaverGrey' is luring women to their ...

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How Long Must Students Wait for an Absent Professor?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 1, 2000

Ten minutes? Fifteen minutes? Until the scheduled end of class?

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NASA's 'Astronaut Pen'

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 22, 2000

Space race legend claims NASA spent millions of dollars developing an 'astronaut pen' that would ...

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B.F. Skinner Raised His Daughter in a Skinner Box?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 8, 2000

Did psychologist B.F. Skinner raise his daughter in a 'Skinner box'?

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