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I went to Snopes.com to read about some websites.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 20 Jan 08

I had started discussions and recommended that people click on Freerice.com, and thought I had better double check my facts. Snopes gives it a "true".I also learned that the same person was behind Poverty.com and The Hunger Site,...

do good and feel good

the hunger site poverty

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Rumor has it.....

Riptide @Riptide (2755) • United States 25 Aug 07

Has ever someone told you a crazy story that just seemed absolutely unbelievable to you, but you had no way of finding out if it's true or not? How about those crazy Urban Legends? I found this great site, where they put...

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Should people research emails they send, before sending them?

mahmah @mahmah (436) • United States 30 Apr 07

Today I received an email that stated "don't buy pepsi in the new cans". Now this sounded familiar to me but I read the email anyways. It of course was one of those annoying spam emails (almost like a chain letter). As I do with...

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Is it True or is it a Hoax?

kelly60 @kelly60 (4546) • United States 28 Apr 07

I see a lot of things going around the internet, whether in my email or even here on myLot regarding things like boycotting gas stations to lower prices, or virus allerts, and all kinds of other things. Maybe some of you even...

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Has anyone heard of Snopes.com?

deesamps @deesamps (653) • United States 25 Apr 07

I really like this search engine/website called snopes.com. I have gotten so many items in my bulletion boards at myspace that seem so out there. And a friend of mine told me about this site that you can go to and see if it is...

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Are you tired of e-mail forwards trying to scare you?

elizabethbathory @elizabethbathory (1132) • United States 15 Apr 07

If you are like me, you are tired of hearing about spiders that hide on toilet seats whose bite kills within seconds or people who paint their cats then take pictures of them! These things, more often than not, are hoaxes. Someone...

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**Chain Letters and Misinformation**

JC1969 @JC1969 (1224) • United States 28 Feb 07

I remember when I first went online over 10 years ago, and how exciting it was to receive email. I remember being so eager and anxious to forward any piece of email my friends had sent to me. You know the types of email that...

be careful what you forward

check for validity

do not spread lies

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Check your facts

BunGirl @BunGirl (2638) • United States 16 Feb 07

Ok, I get a ton of forwarded "warnings" and "alerts" in my inbox every day. I see the here on myLot too. 99% of them are completely wrong. The other 1% are usually only partially true, or no longer true. How do I know for sure?...

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One Time Tax Credit on 2006 Tax Returns - MUST READ

claudia413 @claudia413 (4280) • United States 9 Dec 06

I received this today from a friend and went to snopes.com to check it out myself. It was copied word for word from snopes, and they say it's true. Please note this one time tax credit. It is true:...

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