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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189789)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Mar 17
Did you know that parts of California(the sixth largest economy in the world)wants to secede from the US? And, that the head of this movement, Louis Marinelli, lives in Russia? In Siberia? Check it out on Snopes. It's called The...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
26 Nov 16
A recent study showed that 82 percent of middle school kids in the U.S. do not know how to tell the difference between unbiased, biased and fake news. Based on my personal experience, it appears that many adults have the same...
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toxic_lifestyle
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
24 Sep 12
Procter and Gamble's earnings were supposed to be used for the world domination of demon worshipers. There were also emails asserting that the so called owner of P&G had appeared in a US talk show and admitted that "a large...
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whiteheather39
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
10 Nov 10
Only recently did Wikipedia get to the bottom of it - kinda makes you wonder what they
were hiding. Well, finally, we know. It is run by a husband and wife team - that's
right, no big office of investigators and researchers, no...
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debrakcarey
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
21 Jul 09
Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com
Snopes.com is run by a husband and wife David and Barbara Mikkleson, who have no formal background in investigation. They began the site as a hobby 13 years ago and up...
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Trace86
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
24 Mar 09
This may be a silly question, but how do we know that Snopes is reliable? My Dad sent me an email about Target being bad and stuff. I checked it on Snopes and it said it was false. I sent it back to my Dad. How do I know for sure...
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
22 Jan 09
http://www.snopes.com/medical/freakish/fandeath.asp
apparently a lot of people believe that if you fall asleep with the fan on it can kill you.. it will like cause you to suffocate or cause hypothermia etc.. so even the FAN...
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baileycows
@baileycows (3665)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Do you ever go to snopes and verify viruses and SPAM mail? Do you feel that snopes is reliable and correct?
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StrawberryKisses
@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
This is the reason I do not send them and you should do as Snopes advises. It is also the reason you should ALWAYS use the BCC line when sending to lots of people.
1) Any time you see an E-Mail thatsays forward this...
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
30 Nov 08
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/jeremiah.asp
funny enough is that i never heard about this till i was searching on snopes since i live in this state lol.. but apparently people thought it would be funny to spread that a...
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maddysmommy
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
30 Oct 08
There is a new warning put out by the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency....
Sherwood brand Pirate's Gold Milk Chocolate coins are being recalled due to the fact that they contain Melamine, the ingredient in milk product that has...
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Rocketj1
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
12 Sep 08
Have you received an e-mail that says that Bill has a list of things he's like to change in America? I checked it with snopes and it is a total hoax. It's also been passed off as coming from other celebrities. They do not know the...
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highlyclever
@highlyclever (1111)
• United States
29 Jul 08
Do you ever receive something suspicious and check it out? I do.
My email gets flooded with fake messages "from eBay" or "from Amazon.co.uk" saying that my account has been suspended, a buyer is mad at me, someone wants access...
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clrumfelt
@clrumfelt (5597)
• Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee
26 Jul 08
So many people look to snopes.com to identify whether or not internet content is factual. In my experience, some people quote snopes for truth as if it was the I Bible. It started me wondering how well we can trust snopes.com to...
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Daddy Neil
@neildc (17238)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
17 Jul 08
I have this sister-in-law who is currently going to a nursing school. And just yesterday, she keeps telling my wife to ged rid of the old plastic bottles which we are still using to keep cold drinks in the fridge.
We usually...
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