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Turkey from overhead next to a carving knife and sharpener

Unbelievable Turkey Stories to Share at Your Thanksgiving Table

Written by: Snopes Staff

Nov. 22, 2006

We will always be thankful for this compendium of Thanksgiving turkey humor.

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ICE Badges

Written by: David Mikkelson

May 24, 2006

E-mail describes ruse intended to scare away littering Mexican construction workers.

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Old Lady's Sweet 'Thank You' Letter Takes Vitriolic Turn

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

May 3, 2006

A woman in a nursing home who received the gift of a radio supposedly penned an interesting 'tha ...

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Ulysses S. Grant

U.S. Grant's Exploding Cigar Practical Joke

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 3, 2006

The famous general supposedly once handed out an exploding cigar that paid off decades later.

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Marine's Letter Home

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 24, 2006

A farm kid's humorous letter home describes life as a Marine.

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Snappy Answers to Dumb Olympics Questions

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 18, 2006

List of snappy answers to dumb Olympic Games tourist questions.

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Older man voting at elections, hand putting ballot paper in ballot box.

Was a Mayoral Election Won by a Foot Powder?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 1, 2006

An election-themed deodorant ad campaign supposedly prompted the residents of a small Ecuadorian ...

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Guilty American Motorists

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 31, 2006

Canadian police stop malfunctioning vehicle; American occupants immediately assume 'about to be ...

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Child Abducts Penguin in Backpack?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

June 19, 2005

Urban legend holds that a child successfully smuggled a penguin out of an amusement park by conc ...

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group of scary clowns

Home Intruder Poses as Clown Statue

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 10, 2004

Remember this tale about a babysitter who makes an unfortunate discovery?

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Ken Olsen

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 21, 2004

Did Digital founder Ken Olsen say there was 'no reason for any individual to have a computer in ...

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'Leap Day' Proposal

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

Feb. 17, 2004

Once upon a time, the notion of women proposing marriage to men was an aberration.

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camel

Is This Stuffed Camel Recipe Real?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 17, 2004

A lavish meal that is widely known, but apparently never seen.

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Are Birds Flying into Your House Bad Luck?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 11, 2004

Whatever it means, it never feels like good news.

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Holiday Party

Written by: David Mikkelson

Dec. 22, 2003

E-mails from a company's Human Resources Director document the difficulties of office holiday pa ...

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santa reindeer

The Physics of Santa and His Reindeer

Written by: David Mikkelson

Dec. 14, 2003

A tongue-in-cheek scientific analysis of Santa's toy delivery process.

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Martha Stewart Snub

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Sept. 19, 2003

A rumored encounter between Martha Stewart and David Rockefeller has been dismissed as a tall tale.

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Don Drysdale

Did a Baseball Player Protest His Fine by Paying in Pennies?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 5, 2003

You can attempt to tender your fine payment in pennies, but you run the risk of being held in co ...

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Deck of Cards Prayer

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 27, 2003

Soldier uses deck of cards to help him pray.

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Did a Taco Bell Employee Refuse a $2 Bill?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Oct. 29, 2002

The tale of a Taco Bell employee who refused to accept a less common form of currency because he ...

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