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Blog September 2003 Archive

By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

Now They Know How Many Quacks It Takes to Fill the Albert Hall

Monday September 8, 2003
The longstanding factoid to the effect that a duck's quack doesn't echo has been disproven yet again, this time by acoustic expert Trevor Cox of the University of Salford with Read More...

Warning: Emailed Microsoft 'Patch' Is Actually a Virus

Monday September 8, 2003
Beware emails purporting to come from Microsoft with attachments alleged to be 'security patches' for Internet Explorer — these attachments are actually Internet worms which, when installed, give hackers backdoor Read More...

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