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Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 15, 2016
These are not the 'blue angels' of naval aviation fame.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 10, 2015
A tweet published by The Onion led many social media users to believe orcas were held in plastic ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 5, 2015
Readers surmised the girl had lied about her sexual experience and had blamed the flu vaccine to ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 29, 2015
"I was disgusted at this hairy man having felt it appropriate to touch my body like that."
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 22, 2015
"This doesn't sound like a true story. Then again, people do things that don't make sense all th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 14, 2015
You might think this would be an expected occupational hazard of working in a 'slaughterhouse.'
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 20, 2015
Some people seriously believed a new SeaWorld attraction involved drowning a live elephant.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2015
Tales about Samuel Adams producing HeliYum, a helium-infused brand of beer, were April Fool's jokes.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 10, 2015
“You’ve done more than I could have asked, and now you’re free to roam and run wherever you please."
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2015
Gov. Bobby Jindal reportedly broke off trade relations with Ireland after that country legalized ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 18, 2015
Taste the rainblow?
Written by: Dan Evon
March 26, 2015
President Obama supposedly signed an executive order preventing Ted Cruz from signing up for Oba ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 12, 2015
"What were we even thinking?" the Patriarch of the West asked rhetorically.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 15, 2014
'As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 12, 2014
Some states ban the consumption of pets, but laws about eating uncommon meats vary from jurisdic ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2014
Reports that the U.S. government is enacting a nationwide minimum hunting age of 21 (or 18) are ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 18, 2014
“We play with shorter basketball hoops and he was dunking all over us. The smack talk got out of ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 5, 2014
Online reports held that a school of killer whales attacked and ate 16 crew members of a Japanes ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 29, 2014
Is it true that actor Russell Johnson of "Gilligan's Island" fame was identified as the Zodiac K ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 12, 2014
This story originated on a satirical website in March 2014.
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