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Nov. 6, 2006
Did Albert Einstein declare compound interest to be 'the most powerful force in the universe'?
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May 25, 2005
Old home remedy holds that placing a bar of soap between your bedsheets will help prevent leg cr ...
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Jan. 24, 2005
Officer aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln describes difficulties with ship's humanitarian mission i ...
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Dec. 13, 2004
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April 7, 2004
Does it take a greater number of facial muscles to frown than it does to smile?
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March 23, 2004
An Iraqi woman in a U.S. grocery store was supposedly told off by another patron after disdainin ...
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Dec. 15, 2002
"Anyone who has listened to Limbaugh's program can imagine the dripping scorn he would bring to ...
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Nov. 20, 2002
"A customer in an international hamburger chain lost his appetite after discovering the restaura ...
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Oct. 7, 2002
Did a bride-to-be send an over-the-top list of instructions to her attendants?
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Sept. 11, 2002
Did a careless e-mail forward reveal embarrassing dating details?
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Sept. 6, 2002
The disputed etymology of 'son of a gun.'
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Aug. 18, 2002
Did an American Airlines pilot pen an essay entitled 'You Worry Me'?
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June 5, 2002
Did American president George Bush ask Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso if 'Brazil has black ...
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Feb. 11, 2002
Claims that athletes intentionally conceive and terminate a pregnancy for performance enhancemen ...
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June 4, 2001
Another linguistic mystery over the origins of something everyone's heard about but has never ac ...
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May 2, 2001
Nearly everyone familiar with world-famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, no matter h ...
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April 17, 2001
Some questions, no matter how simple, don't have one knowable answer.
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Feb. 2, 2000
Details of the Blondie singer's claim of a close encounter with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy ...
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Jan. 10, 2000
Rumor has it that the hit song is about actor Dave Coulier and others.
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Oct. 23, 1999
The biblical narrative of Jesus' birth gives no date for the event, though it more likely occurr ...
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