Update: Announcing 'Hippo Eats Dwarf' - The Book!Via Museum of Hoaxes, news that a dwarf named Od was swallowed by a hippopotamus in a freak circus accident in northern Thailand. ... Read More

As a longtime admirer of Hunter Thompson's work, I was saddened by the news of his death by suicide last weekend. I was also reminded of an off-the-cuff remark he ... Read More

A new variant attributed to British humorist John Cleese has revived interest in a Net satire first circulated in November 2000 poking fun at the Bush/Gore presidential election debacle. Dubbed ... Read More

Just as we can no longer say, as we once did, that you can't catch a computer virus simply by reading your email (remember those good old days?), we can ... Read More

As if enough bizarre creatures hadn't allegedly been found washed up on Indian Ocean beaches in the wake of the December 26 tsunami already, now there are photos of the ... Read More

According to this rampant email tale, 400 Christians living in the predominantly Muslim city of Meulaboh, Indonesia were miraculously saved from death in the December 26, 2004 tsunami because they ... Read More

Consider the sometimes horrifying, sometimes absurd, often incomprehensible realities we must reckon with during our short sojourns as mortal human beings on earth. Perhaps one of the ways we cope ... Read More

Is it true, as a very popular email rumor contends, that members of Congress neither pay into Social Security nor receive standard benefits like the rest of us, instead enjoying ... Read More

The first thing you need to know about email fliers warning against medications containing the potentially stroke-causing ingredient phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride is that they are five years old, as is the ... Read More

The answer is no, despite rumors to the contrary circulating for the past five years. "The fact is that the Black Heritage stamp series is one of our most popular," ... Read More

Some folks are up in arms about a site called SaveToby.com, wherein it is claimed that a cute, fluffy bunny named Toby will be cooked and eaten unless his owner ... Read More

Google the phrase "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" along with the name "Thomas Jefferson" and you will find thousands of Web pages attributing the sentiment to the third ... Read More

"Every year," one version of this email begins, "the Queen has her picture taken with her personal guard and it usually gets published in the papers. Now if this is ... Read More

No, but she's definitely taller than average. Meet Heather, "The Ultimate Amazon." If she looks taller than her stated height of 6 feet 5-1/2 inches, that's because this photo of ... Read More

TRUE: Owen, a one-year-old hippo swept into the Indian Ocean by the December 26 tsunami, has not only survived but flourished thanks to the companionship of a giant male tortoise ... Read More

LOTTERY SCAM: There are umpteen versions of this fake lotto scam claiming that recipients have won huge cash prizes but must contact a "representative" or "agent" of the lottery program ... Read More