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'I Have a Plan to Destroy America'

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 15, 2005 A former Colorado governor delivered a speech on the destructive effects of multiculturalism on ...
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Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis: Male and Female?

Written by:
Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
April 6, 2001 Long-standing rumor holds that actress Jamie Lee Curtis acknowledged in an interview that she wa ...
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Does Arlington National Cemetery's Honor Guard Follow These Strict Rules?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 12, 2004 A popular viral item describes the duties and obligations of honor guards at the Tomb of the Unk ...
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Can You Sell a Testicle for $35,000 to $50,000?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 13, 2005 Not one of the better schemes for those who need cash in a hurry.
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The 28th Amendment

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 10, 2009 Does a proposed constitutional amendment seek to require that laws apply equally to U.S. citizen ...
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gerbil

Richard Gere and the Gerbil

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 28, 1998 Hoary urban legend reports a celebrity was taken to a hospital emergency room to have a gerbil r ...
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Burundanga/Scopolamine Warning

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
May 10, 2008 Criminals in the U.S. are not using burundanga-soaked business cards to incapacitate their victi ...
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Cell Phone Calls After Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 5, 2008 Did a man's cell phone place calls to his loved ones after his demise?
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Frau Blucher

Why Does Frau Blücher's Name Scare Horses in 'Young Frankenstein'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 17, 2001 For some of us, the desire to believe we've been let in on a piece of secret knowledge can overp ...
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Missing Words from WWII Memorial

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 8, 2004 Does the National WWII memorial omit the words 'So help us God' from an FDR speech?
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Did Jane Fonda Betray American POWs in North Vietnam?

Did Jane Fonda Betray US POWs by Handing Over Messages to North Vietnamese Captors?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 20, 2000 The long-standing claim that Jane Fonda turned smuggled messages from U.S. POWs over to their No ...
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A golf club is next to a ball on grass.

Golf Club Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
July 1, 2008 Rumor: A golfer angered by a bad shot was killed by the club he threw in frustration.
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NASA's 'Astronaut Pen'

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 22, 2000 Space race legend claims NASA spent millions of dollars developing an 'astronaut pen' that would ...
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The Legend of the 'Unsolvable Math Problem'

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 3, 1996 A student mistook examples of unsolved math problems for a homework assignment and solved them.
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Train tracks.

Are U.S. Railroad Gauges Based on Roman Chariots?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 16, 2001 The eventual standardization of railroad gauge in the U.S. was due far less to a slavish devotio ...
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NASA Discovers a 'Lost Day' in Time?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb. 24, 2000 NASA scientists did not find a 'missing day' in time and thereby prove Biblical accounts to be true.
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Albert Einstein.

Did Albert Einstein Humiliate an Atheist Professor?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
June 28, 2004 One of the most troubling conundrums is the question of how evil and suffering can survive in a ...
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Prayer Request: Child Shot by Nail Gun?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 9, 2010 (Updated: June 30, 2025) A prayer request about a 22-month-old child who shot himself in the heart with a nail gun has ci ...
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Seeded Field Prank

Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 19, 1997 Student working on thesis spreads birdseed on school football field every day.
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Man coughing and holding chest

How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 2003 Rhythmically coughing during a heart attack may increase your chances of surviving it, but self- ...
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Laminin: Evidence of Divine Creation?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2008 Narrative asserts the cross-like shape of the laminin molecule is evidence of God's hand in the ...
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Did an 11-Year-Old Girl Shoot and Kill 'Illegal Aliens' Burglarizing Her Home?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 2, 2007 The fake story of two undocumented immigrants burglarizing a home and being killed by a little g ...
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Did 'God Bless the USA' composer Lee Greenwood flee to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam?

Did 'God Bless the USA' Composer Lee Greenwood Flee to Canada to Avoid Vietnam War Draft?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2001 (Updated: Sept. 12, 2022) "I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free," the song goes.
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'Captain Pugwash' Double Meanings

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 1999 Rumor: The characters in 'Captain Pugwash' had names that were sexual double entendres.
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Man Dies of Hypothermia in an Unplugged Freezer

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
April 30, 2002 A man locked in an unplugged freezer imagined himself freezing to death and died as a result.
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