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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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The Difference Between Unbiased, Biased and Fake News

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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Gut Beats 4 yr Old

redredrose @redredrose (1105) • United States 3 Mar 13

U saw this on facebook posted by mt hubby's aunt and i wantedto share with yousoyou could pass it on to other mylotters oryourfriends on facebook. We need to cautch this guy I hope they find him put him in jail and throw away the...

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Is Tide is the devil's detergent???

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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Ramen Noodles Story Confirmed a Hoax

NailTech @NailTech (6874) • United States 1 Sep 12

This is a discussion I started a few days ago, and it has been confirmed that it is a hoax afterall. Here is the link, sorry if it caused any confusion. You may eat your Ramen noodles now. So how many packs will you...

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the most strange thing you may ever seen

mado2angel1 @mado2angel1 (45) • Italy 29 Mar 11

it is really possible that the strangest thing you see in your life just follow this steps: 1.open microsoft word bad or word 2.write with caps lock Q33 NY 3.this is the number of flight that below up the trade tower...

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black muslim in the white house

nodz2000 @nodz2000 (34) 20 Feb 11

hi guys i just received an email; asking me to not to open any mail comes in with the tag "BLACK MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE", as that is a virus which a anti virus has not been found yet,,, Has anyone got the same mail?? is this a...

black muslim in the white house

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Snopes Mom ands Pop Operation?!

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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Snopes.com? Do you think they're reliable?

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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Bar Code shows where a item is made

bdugas @bdugas (3577) • United States 18 Jun 09

A friend sent me an email yesterday that will help you in deciding where a item you are about to purchase is made, by looking at the first few numbers you can tell what country this item came from. With everyone saying buy...

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coountries where prodeucts are make

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Snopes

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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People actually believed in "Fan Death"??

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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Do you use snopes?

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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Advice from Snopes.com?

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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How Sick Is It To Start A Rumor That Some One Kidnapped A Kid?

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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Halloween Candy Recalled

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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Bill cosby running as write in candidate?

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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Checking Out Scams and Hoaxes

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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Snopes.com?

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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Cancer In Plastic Bottles

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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