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Pop quiz -- which of the following urban legends is true?
> Walt Disney's body is cryogenically frozen awaiting the cure for cancer.
> A man attempting to commit suicide actually saves his own life when the bullet removes the inoperable tumor from his brain.
> Rub-on tattoos featuring cartoon characters that are given out to schoolkids contain LSD.
> A marketing professor in St. Petersburg, Florida uses Diet Coke to clean his windshield.
Find out just how big a sucker you have been at snopes.com. But please read this: WARNING: although these are well circulated urban legends, some of them deal with sensitive topics or contain inappropriate language. Use your discretion -- especially with categories like "sex" or "racial rumors."
Go to website.
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"Dangit Ethyl! Bocephus done drank outa Love Canal again. I ain't cleanin' the litter box this time." |
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From Bigfoot to cold fusion, pranksters have perpetrated hoaxes for fun and profit. As with the urban legends website, it is often difficult to tell truth from fiction. The Museum of Hoaxes has a little photo quiz to test your powers of perception. I did lousy on it. Maybe I should stick to analyzing less skillful photographic fakery -- like the NASA moon pics.
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Looks like baby Hitler is dropping a blitzkrieg in his diaper. |
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Name a former magician who dedicated his life to debunking hoaxers. If you said Harry Houdini, you are correct. If you said James "Amazing" Randi, you are also correct. James Randi offers one million dollars to any person who can demonstrate paranormal powers in a controlled laboratory setting. So far no one has made it past the preliminary testing. "Psychic" Sylvia Browne said on Larry King's cable TV show that she would take the challenge, but the clock's still ticking. The website commentary on the Amazing Randi's various investigations is not laid out very well, but it is quite interesting.
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Sylvia Browne claims to be a medium, but the Amazing Randi has recieved a revelation from beyond... she is actually an XXL! |
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Back to Special Interests page. |
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Go to conspiracies.
Go to hauntings. |
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