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Jan. 16, 2014
Jackson pleaded guilty to one count of wire and mail fraud and in August 2013 was sentenced to 3 ...
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Nov. 24, 2013
The provenance of a recording of chirping crickets that sounds like a human chorus is highly que ...
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Sept. 11, 2013
An eight-year-old Yemeni girl reportedly died of internal bleeding on her wedding night after ma ...
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Feb. 27, 2013
Claims that a Chinese man named Li Ching-Yuen lived to be 256 years old are poorly documented an ...
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Sept. 18, 2012
U.S. news accounts reported that Ambassador Stevens was alive when brought to a hospital, and he ...
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May 14, 2012
During a 9/11 commemoration ceremony, Michelle Obama supposedly made a caustic reference to the ...
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April 20, 2012
Account by Kitty Werthmann describes the German takeover of Austria.
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April 20, 2012
Rumor holds that conservative rocker Ted Nugent evaded the Vietnam-era draft by taking drugs and ...
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Feb. 2, 2012
There are plausible mechanisms behind the notion that coconut oil could help with Alzheimer's, b ...
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Aug. 10, 2011
Do photographs show a new Chinese aircraft carrier?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 11, 2011
The list of arthritis curatives and remedies people have tried is lengthy.
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 17, 2010
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Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2009
Rumor holds that Jimmies, the chocolate sprinkles used on confections, are so named as a referen ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 30, 2009
The legend tends to confirm a theory that many want to believe: that even bad people are sometim ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 17, 2009
No evidence supports the popular rumor that asparagus has miraculous cancer-fighting properties.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 11, 2009
A claim that the combination of Motrin and Robitussin brand medications causes heart attacks in ...
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March 17, 2007
Man who uses a Taser stun gun on himself describes the experience?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2007
Rumor: Purina's Beneful brand of dog food is causing dogs to fall ill.
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Jan. 31, 2007
One scene depicts the colorful general shooting the animals to clear the roadway for his troops.
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Nov. 28, 2006
Supposed teacher's letter home upbraids a student for correcting him in class.
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