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Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 1, 2008
Rumor: A golfer angered by a bad shot was killed by the club he threw in frustration.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 3, 2008
A viral email from 2008 describes the military pedigrees of Senator John McCain's sons.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 29, 2008
Segregation laws in America had a direct impact on the Pentagon's design and the people who buil ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 11, 2008
Ordinary objects used in unconventional ways can be harmful, even fatal.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 24, 2008
AriZona changed its Southern Style Sweet Tea label after consumers complained that it depicted o ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2008
Did John McCain say "the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it"?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 28, 2008
A photograph from a 2007 Corpus Christi TV station news report shows Martin Luther King Day cele ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2008
This type of foam is created by impurities in the ocean.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 3, 2007
Imagine a disk drive that weighed over a ton but stored only 5MB of data.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 27, 2007
Television news coverage of the 2007 Malibu fire supposedly displayed some risqué closed captioning.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 31, 2007
Snopes recounts the tragic account of a spectator at a 1979 football game who was killed by a fl ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2007
An episode of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' was rejected by a sponsor and went unaired for being ' ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2007
"If you decide that you do not want to support something like this, I suggest that you boycott t ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 8, 2007
Comedian Kathy Griffin shocked some viewers at an awards ceremony, saying that her Emmy was now ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2007
Seagulls are usually not that popular but Sam is a star because he's so funny.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2007
Video clip shows an aired-once-only Budweiser commercial paying tribute to 9/11 victims.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 19, 2007
Photographs supposedly show watermelons that have been grown in such a way as to force them into ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 8, 2007
Readers may find the following images disturbing.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 31, 2007
A child's nose was impaled by a fork during a freak accident at a restaurant.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 26, 2007
A wealthy woman left her entire estate to a man she had met only once, and spent a total of four ...
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