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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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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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A hostess named Deborah Gail Stone working the America Sings attraction at Disneyland was crushed to death by a rotating wall.

The Death of Deborah Gail Stone at Disneyland's America Sings Attraction

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 1996 (Updated: June 29, 2021) The true story went viral on TikTok 47 years to the day.
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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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Dead Scuba Diver in Tree

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 1997 Was the charred body of a scuba diver recovered from a tree after a forest fire?
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A picture shows Queen Elizabeth II seated next to a colonel whose kilt was a little too revealing and may have appeared to some to show his genitals (penis and testicles).

Does Photo Show Queen Elizabeth II and a Colonel's 'Crown Jewels'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 23, 2004 (Updated: Sept. 9, 2022) According to the rumor, Queen Elizabeth II was photographed with a group of soldiers, including ...
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Sears Catalogue Model Exposed

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 1, 1998 Did a Sears catalog photo include a glimpse of a male model exposing himself?
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Brian Peppers

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 24, 2005 A photograph of a man named Brian Peppers, who was a registered sex offender in Ohio, was indeed ...
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Did a Topless Woman Appear in Disney's 'The Rescuers'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan. 13, 1999 An image of a topless woman can be fleetingly seen in the initial home video version of the anim ...
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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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Man Burns to Death Rescuing Dog from Hot Springs

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 23, 2001 (Updated: Jan. 8, 2022) Burn deaths and injuries result from people trying to retrieve straying pets from boiling hot sp ...
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Can WD-40 Really Do All That?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan. 1, 2007 Do 45 life hacks listed here, including deterring pigeons, only require a can of WD-40?
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McDonald's hamburger and fries.

Are McDonald's Hamburgers 100% Beef?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2011 Rumor holds that McDonald's buys their meat from a company called '100% Beef,' which allows them ...
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Did Barack Obama Steal His Social Security Number?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 12, 2011 Barack Obama did not appropriate the Social Security number of a dead man born in 1890 and use i ...
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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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You can tell which day a loaf of bread was baked by the color of its plastic twist tag.

Does the Color of a Bread Tag Indicate When the Loaf Was Baked?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
April 29, 2001 Shoplore holds that you tell which day a loaf of grocery store bread was baked by the color of i ...
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Death by Saguaro

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
July 25, 2000 Rumor has it a saguaro cactus crushed the same man who damaged it.
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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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Sylvester Stallone Porn Film

Written by:
Snopes Staff
June 8, 1997 One of the future 'Rocky' actor's first cinematic efforts was a role in a porn film.
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Secretly Videotaped Honeymooners

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 17, 2000 Honeymooning couple's sexual activities are secretly videotaped by their hotel.
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Were Jimmies Named After Jim Crow?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2009 Rumor holds that Jimmies, the chocolate sprinkles used on confections, are so named as a referen ...
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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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Romantic Encounter with a Necrophiliac?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
May 8, 2001 A girl's unusual medical condition supposedly led to the discovery that the boy she'd been intim ...
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Was the World's Youngest Mother Only 5 Years Old?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 21, 2004 (Updated: Sept. 14, 2022) Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when sh ...
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Is a List of 'You May Be a Muslim' Jokes the Work of Jeff Foxworthy?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 14, 2010 A list of 'You may be a Muslim' jokes did not originate with comedian Jeff Foxworthy.
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