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Lost Legend (retired) Snopes no longer uses this label. In the fact-checking organization's early years, Snopes founder David Mikkelson used the label for what he deemed unusual, arcane stories for which audiences "can suspend [their] disbelief just a little." Learn more about our rating system here.

'Bearing' the State Flag of California

Written by: David Mikkelson

May 26, 2003

History: The hidden story of how the design of the California state flag was based on a mistake.

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Mr. Ed

Mister Ed was a Zebra

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 8, 2000

Was Mister Ed a horse?

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Mississippi Fractions

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 13, 1999

Did Mississippi schools remove fractions and decimals from their math curriculum?

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Illustration for nursery rhyme "Sing a Song for Sixpence"

Pirates and Sing a Song of Sixpence

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 24, 1999

The nursery rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ originated as a coded message used to recruit crew m ...

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Closeup of a Tarzan of the Apes poster

Tarzan and Tarzana

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 19, 1998

Was the community of Tarzana, California, named after Tarzan?

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