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Legend This rating is most commonly associated with items that describe events so general or lacking in detail that they could have happened to someone, somewhere, at some time, and are therefore essentially unprovable. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 17, 2023
This tale dates back to the 18th century.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 21, 2000
How the custom of pranking on April 1 came about remains shrouded in mystery.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2022
According to legend, the world's most famous groundhog has been predicting the weather since 1886.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 12, 2004
It's a question people appear to have pondered for centuries.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 9, 2000
As the story goes, an apology letter to a wronged customer is marred by attached instructions to ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2000
Did you hear that one about the kids who left a turkey neck sticking out of Dad's pants?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2014
Citing a doctor, a 2009 warning to parents from a Rhode Island middle school claimed maggots cou ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 4, 1999
This story has circulated in various forms since at least the 1960s.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
June 1, 1997
In 1955, film icon James Dean was killed in a car accident when his new Porsche Spyder crashed h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2002
This rumor has been circulating since at least 1987, when it was cited in an article about effor ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 10, 1999
The "orange juice man" was one of the most ubiquitous pieces of LSD scarelore in the 1960s.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Oct. 15, 1999
Versions of the legend involving two people — one of whom can't recall the other's name — date t ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Feb. 17, 1998
As the long-held story goes, a woman ends up in the emergency room after using a frozen hot dog ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 27, 2006
“Bad luck” happens to just about everyone sooner or later, but we only take especial note of it ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 9, 2000
Since at least the 1930s, people have shared this piece of humor about a lawyer supposedly provi ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2000
Does a death curse threaten U.S. presidents elected in years evenly divisible by 20?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Feb. 15, 2004
We first encountered this tale of technology turned onto itself being circulated in e-mail in Oc ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 4, 1999
Did an old lady pull a gun on men she found sitting in her car?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 10, 2001
Responding to your college professor with a one-liner might not get you an A on an exam, but it ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 10, 2001
This story tells of a student who hatched a plan to finish his exam outside of class, only later ...
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