All posts tagged "Classics"

The Cardiff Giant is considered to be one of the greatest American hoaxes. It was conceived by atheist George Hull after an argument at a Methodist revival.

Is it true that we only use 10% of our brains? Today we’ll take a closer look at this pervasive urban myth.

In 1995, Fox television featured a program allegedly showing a military autopsy of an alien recovered from a 1947 flying saucer crash at Roswell, New Mexico.  Over a decade later in 2006, several people involved in creating the film came forward to admit the footage was a hoax. Today we take a look...

A look at the classic urban legend which holds that a “munchkin” actor from the Wizard of Oz committed suicide on the set, and the body can be seen in the film.

The world’s first “selfie” is attributed to a self portrait taken in 1839 by Robert Cornelius.

A longstanding rumor claims that pouring Coke over raw pork will cause worms to emerge from the meat. Is this true or false?

In 1994, a double murder suspect was granted a retrial because some jury members used a Ouija board to convict him.

A classic urban legend states that a man posed as a car attendant at a zoo for 25 years before retiring with a fortune.