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Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein Switches Places with His Chauffeur

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Snopes Staff
April 11, 2004 "Why, this is so simple even my driver could explain it to you."
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Did Al Gore Say 'I Invented the Internet'?

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David Mikkelson
May 5, 2005 Despite decades of media mirth-making about the supposed statement, former vice president Al Gor ...
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Did Mike Huckabee's Son Kill a Dog?

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David Mikkelson
Jan. 7, 2008 The son of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee once killed a dog at Boy Scout camp, but the c ...
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Did Johnny Carson Make a Risqué Remark About a Guest's Cat?

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David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2007 A purported quip by 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson regarding Zsa Zsa Gabor and her cat has be ...
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Mysterious Staircase at Loretto Chapel

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David Mikkelson
May 2, 2007 Does a stairway at Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel miraculously stand despite having no discernable me ...
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The Legend of the 'Unsolvable Math Problem'

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David Mikkelson
Dec. 3, 1996 A student mistook examples of unsolved math problems for a homework assignment and solved them.
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Are Rapists Using Lost Children to Lure Victims?

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Snopes Staff
April 18, 2005 Warnings that rapists are employing children pretending to be lost in order to lure victims to t ...
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Did Daisy the Dog Rescue Hundreds of 9/11 Survivors?

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Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 6, 2001 The tale of a dog named Daisy who rescued countless souls from World Trade Center towers on 11 S ...
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Brian Peppers

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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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Was Jayne Mansfield Decapitated?

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Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 2001 Gruesome Hollywood legend holds that the automobile crash that killed Jayne Mansfield also decap ...
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Jenkem

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David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2007 With this rumor, a bulletin warns of a purported new drug called Jenkem, which is said to be mad ...
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Did a Stuntman Die in 'Ben-Hur'?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
July 12, 1997 Rumor holds that a stuntman was killed during the filming of the chariot race scene in the 1959 ...
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How to be a good wife

Does This 1950s Economics Book Teach How to Be a Good Wife?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
March 18, 2001 (Updated: July 18, 2022) A list of ten steps on how to be a good wife was said to come from a 1950s high school home econ ...
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The Pet in the Microwave

The Microwaved Pet

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
May 21, 2000 In this classic urban legend, an elderly pet owner attempts to dry her beloved pet in a microwav ...
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Is 'Ring Around the Rosie' About the Black Plague?

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David Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2000 People love to create and spread invented backstories for simple nursery rhymes.
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Minimalist commercial bathroom sinks and mirrors

How to Spot a Two-Way Mirror

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Barbara Mikkelson
June 25, 1999 Is looking for a gap between an object and its reflection a good way to distinguish two-way mirr ...
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Pile of buttons reading "VOTE."

Must the President and Vice-President Be from Different States?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 16, 2008 Many people believe the U.S. constitution requires that presidential and vice-presidential candi ...
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Rock Star 'Stomach Pump' Legend

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Feb. 4, 2001 Urban legend describes a rock star who collapses at a party and has a pint of semen pumped from ...
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amazing ball girl catch

About That Amazing Ball Girl Catch Video

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 23, 2008 (Updated: June 12, 2021) This video has been "amazing" viewers for more than a decade.
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The Miselucidation of Lauryn Hill

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 2000 Legend holds that singer Lauryn Hill said she'd rather die than have white people buy her albums.
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NASA Discovers a 'Lost Day' in Time?

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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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Did Lost Cargo on the Titanic Lead to the Creation of Cinco de Mayo?

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David Mikkelson
July 10, 2006 A humorous meme about cargo lost in the Titanic's sinking leading to the creation of the Cinco d ...
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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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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 Donald Trump Pay Off a Good Samaritan's Mortgage?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 3, 1998 Updated version of old urban legend claims Donald Trump rewarded a stranger who helped him chang ...
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