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Hoaxes and Urban Legend News

Do Disposable Chopsticks Foretell a Toxic Doom?

January 22, 2017August 2, 2006 by Ken Newquist

For the last few weeks I’ve seen people searching for “toxic chopsticks” on Nuketown, which I assumed was in regards to some sort of hoax, but since no one ever sent me the text, I couldn’t debunk it. This morning I tried searching Snopes.com and came up with the story “Chopsticks”. According to Snopes, the … Read more

Categories Hoax Debunkings, Hoaxes, Hoaxes and Urban Legend News

E-mail Claims Osama Bin Laden Photos Lead to Hard Drive Destruction

January 22, 2017July 24, 2006 by Ken Newquist

An e-mail claiming to showcase photos of a hanged/hanging and/or captured Osama din Laden is a hoax. The e-mail originated as an attempt to get people to download a trojan horse virus on to their computer, but it later morphed into a scare mail warning people about the alleged apocalyptic dangers of opening the e-mail. … Read more

Categories Hoaxes, Hoaxes and Urban Legend News

Snopes.com: Utah Evacuees

January 24, 2017October 10, 2005 by Ken Newquist

Snopes debunks a new myth that Katrina refugees arriving in Utah sparked off a crime wave. Read the full story.

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