http://urbanlegends.about.com/ Urban Legends http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/14/can-you-tell-the-real-from-the-fake.htm Image #1: Carcass of a very strange fish with monstrous teeth allegedly washed up on a beach in Tampa Bay, Florida. Choose one: Real or Fake?... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/14/can-you-tell-the-real-from-the-fake.htm 2009-07-14T09:04:42Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/13/does-sotomayor-advocate-castrating-all-white-males.htm I know it sounds loony, but this is a direct quote attributed to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor currently being passed around via email: I want to be perfectly clear about... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/13/does-sotomayor-advocate-castrating-all-white-males.htm 2009-07-13T19:30:21Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/10/photo-of-obama-looking-at-girl-at-g8-summit-isnt-what-it-seems.htm A photo of Barack Obama apparently showing him staring at a young woman's derriere during the recent G8 summit has set jaws a-flapping and inspired a new name for the... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/10/photo-of-obama-looking-at-girl-at-g8-summit-isnt-what-it-seems.htm 2009-07-10T12:29:42Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/08/michael-jackson-and-the-number-7.htm If you're still in a numerological frame of mind, you'll probably enjoy — and perhaps even find deep meaning in — TMZ's list of coincidences involving Michael Jackson and the... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/08/michael-jackson-and-the-number-7.htm 2009-07-08T19:35:16Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/08/12-34-56-07-08-09.htm Like me, you probably slept through both of this morning's "once-in-a-lifetime events," namely: the clock striking 12:34:56 on 07/08/09; the clock striking 04:05:06 on 07/08/09. Lest you think it was... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/08/12-34-56-07-08-09.htm 2009-07-08T14:38:57Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/07/megan-fox-is-a-man.htm Like similar rumors circulating about actress Jamie Lee Curtis and hip-hop diva Ciara, the claim that popular Transformers star Megan Fox is a "transvestite," "transsexual," or "hermaphrodite" is nothing if... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/07/megan-fox-is-a-man.htm 2009-07-07T13:49:50Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/02/raleigh-sewer-monster-a-colony-of-worms.htm Billed as an "Unknown Life Form in North Carolina Sewer," this creepy YouTube video of what looks like nothing so much as a pulsating blob of meat lodged in... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/02/raleigh-sewer-monster-a-colony-of-worms.htm 2009-07-02T14:13:49Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/01/insights-into-the-celebrity-death-rumor-craze.htm Alex Boese has put together a terrific analysis of last weekend's spate of celebrity death rumors, including these pithy observations: Status seeking is an important motive in why people spread these... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/01/insights-into-the-celebrity-death-rumor-craze.htm 2009-07-01T17:28:10Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/01/pubic-enemy.htm Is it true that the private parts of Prohibition-era gangster John Dillinger were preserved in a jar of formaldehyde and are still on display at the Smithsonian Institution? Long story...... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/01/pubic-enemy.htm 2009-07-01T09:42:57Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/06/30/celebrity-death-hoaxes-abound.htm It was a bumpy weekend for the rich and famous, with the entertainment industry mourning the loss of three pop culture icons even as the Internet churned out one hoax... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/06/30/celebrity-death-hoaxes-abound.htm 2009-06-30T15:23:03Z