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Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Oct. 9, 1999
The ancient artifact that inspired this ghost story can still be seen at the British Museum.
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 1, 1999
The myth of the concrete pour too important to halt to fish out a mere body is just that, a myth.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 29, 1999
Venomous 'two-striped telamonia' spiders lurking beneath toilet seats in public restrooms is one ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 11, 1999
Celebrity death hoax held that the host of the children's show 'Blue's Clues' passed away after ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 1999
Rumor: The characters in 'Captain Pugwash' had names that were sexual double entendres.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 10, 1999
Old maritime legend describes an aircraft carrier that unknowingly attempted to bully a lighthou ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 9, 1999
Did a grateful father fund the education of the poor farmer's son who discovered penicillin?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 31, 1999
Is the film 'The Blair Witch Project' really a film shot by students who mysteriously disappeared?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 30, 1999
Dog shelter kill million of dog, cost money. Dog shelter cremate dog cost money. Dog shelter nee ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 30, 1999
Are some brands of cat litter radioactive?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 30, 1999
Something stinks about this story.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 18, 1999
Rumor holds that duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 12, 1999
Did the word "fuck" originate as an acronym of the phrase "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge"?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 10, 1999
It's amazing what a little digging will uncover.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 5, 1999
"It turns out that the piece of chicken contained a tumor, and when the woman bit into it it exp ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 4, 1999
Does McDonald's use worm meat as filler in their hamburgers?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 13, 1999
Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 1999
Numerous 'coincidences' between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations are not really so amazing.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 10, 1999
Decades-old scarelore warns that a common shampoo ingredient 'will cause people to have cancer.'
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 1, 1999
Did Coca-Cola's inventor mix his syrup with soda water because a drugstore clerk made a mistake?
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