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Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 27, 2008
Finding out where a given product was manufactured is not so simple as looking at its bar code.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2008
Variations of this claim state that Snopes has validated it — which is not the case.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 7, 2008
A photograph supposedly captured Barack Obama reading a book about "a Muslim's view of a defeate ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 30, 2008
Photographs show unusual animal carcasses found in Panama and Montauk, New York.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 2, 2008
Irena Sendler, supposedly a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is credited with saving 2, ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 1, 2008
A warning about thieves using 'code grabbers' to record remote keyless entry signals is probably ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 19, 2008
"Obama said he's going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there are 57 Islamic stat ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 16, 2008
An account of a 10-year-old boy's death explains dry drowning and its symptoms.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2008
Barack Obama did not write in 2006 that "I will stand with the Muslims should the political wind ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 3, 2008
Account reports an instance of a customer being cheated by a malfunctioning gas pump.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 31, 2008
The availability of Michelle Obama's senior thesis fluctuated throughout the 2008 presidential c ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 16, 2008
Four refueling tips supposedly help consumers get the most from their gasoline dollars, but how ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 2008
"The influence of video games in our lives has really arrived, wouldn't you say?"
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 7, 2008
The son of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee once killed a dog at Boy Scout camp, but the c ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 30, 2007
Does an automobile's dashboard fuel level icon indicate which side the vehicle's gas cap is on?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2007
A letter to the editors of a local newspaper exhorts that atheists should be kicked out of America.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 25, 2007
Unusual spaces sometimes demand unusual structures to accommodate them.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2007
"Why hasn't the FBI been called in to investigate this as a hate crime?" Because nobody thought ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 1, 2007
Rumor: Compact fluorescent light bulbs release dangerous amounts of mercury when broken.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 23, 2007
A letter to the editor suggested the early start to Daylight Saving Time worsened the effects of ...
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