Each urban legend is either a true story or a bogus story. The heavy dot characters in the heading and the long dashes are a hint to map the true and false to Morse code that spells out FOOL.
On the Larry King show Monica Lewinsky said I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me. |
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Eelskin wallets can cause credit cards to be demagnetized. |
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One of the Marlboro Men died from lung cancer. |
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Several shipments of bananas from Costa Rica have been infected with necrotizing fasciitis or flesh eating bacteria. |
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Dan Quayle once said, It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. |
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Monkee Mike Nesmith's mother invented Liquid Paper correction fluid. |
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An episode of the Pokemon TV show caused over 700 children in Japan to have an epileptic attack. |
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The theme music for the original Star Trek TV series when first written included lyrics. |
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Eating one leaf from a poinsettia plant will likely not kill you. |
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A student collected over $20,000 for college by solicited donations of one cent each. |
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Recent medical reports have linked use of antiperspirants to breast cancer in women. |
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Coca Cola used to contain cocaine as an ingredient. |
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New crime ring is targeting business travelers, harvesting their kidneys and leaving them in bathtubs full of ice with instructions to call 911. |
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Dead scuba diver was found in a burnt forest, having been lifted out of the water by a helicopter used to douse a forest fire. |
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