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Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Did a crashing airliner unaccountably remain aloft for nine minutes while a pastor's wife led fellow passengers in prayer?

All of Santa's Reindeer Are Female
Is it true that male reindeer lose their antlers by December, therefore all of Santa's reindeer — including Rudolph — must be female?

Bill Gates is the Antichrist!
It all adds up... to 666.

'Bill [Gates] Sux' Etched on Pentium Chip
Who would dare invite Satan's wrath in this way?

Biscuits for Brains
FLASH! Woman Shot in Head by Pillsbury Dough Boy!

The Bizarre Suicide of Ronald Opus
Circulating on the Internet since 1995 and still going strong.

The Char-Broiled Scuba Diver
As featured in the film "Magnolia," as well as a currently circulating email.

The Chicken Cannon
Yankee engineers prove themselves superior once again.

Churchill, Farmer Fleming and Penicillin
Did the son of a Scottish farmer who allegedly saved the life of the young Winston Churchill grow up to become the inventor of penicillin, which supposedly saved the life of the adult Churchill many years later?

Crocodile Eats Golfer
Just stopped for a little snack between the fifth and sixth holes...

Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) Safety Warning
Forwarded email warns of serious health hazards associated with the chemical substance dihydrogen monoxide, also known as DHMO.

The Dillard's Thief (The Dead Cat in the Package)
After stealing someone's shopping bag in a department store parking lot, the thief gets the surprise of her life when she opens the bag and finds a dead cat inside.

Don't Go to the Bathroom on Oct. 28!
Just when you thought it was safe to use your own toilet...

Don't Lick Your Envelopes!
According to this emailed urban legend circulating since 2000, a woman in California got sick after cutting her tongue while licking an envelope infested with cockroach eggs. A few days later her doctor discovered a live cockroach growing inside her tongue.

Electricity Is a Funny Thing
In case you needed it, proof that urine and electicity don't mix.

Elevator Story
Eddie Murphy says it never happened. But according to a friend of a friend...

The Exploding Toilet
Our hapless protagonist tosses a lit cigarette into the selfsame toilet where his wife recently dumped gasoline.

The Fatal Hairdo
The email variant of this very old horror story warns of what can happen when a mother doesn't wash her child's braids.

'Fuck,'  Origin of
In ancient England a person could not have sex unless they had the king's consent. When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the king, who gave them a placard to hang on their door...

Gerbilling Mishap Injures Two
Not counting the gerbil, that is...

Giant Human Skeleton Discovered in Arabian Desert
"Recent gas exploration activity in the southeast region of the Arabian desert uncovered a skeletal remains of a human of phenomenal size."

Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky
A bawdy, apocryphal footnote to the history of the first lunar landing.

Green Garden Snake Terrorizes Household
New, hilarious email version of a classic urban legend.

Gullibility Virus Warning
Send this to everyone you know! Hurry!

The Gun-Toting Granny of Melbourne
Tabloid tale of 81-year-old 'gun-toting granny' Ava Estelle of Melbourne, Australia, who took revenge on two men who raped her granddaughter by shooting their testicles off.

On G.W. Bush's IQ (or Lack Thereof)
A new but hardly original specimen of Bush-bashing via email.

Gypsy Testicle-Snatching Ring
Funded by the Chinese Communist Party!

Hydrogen Beer Explosion
Japanese man suffers serious burns while belching blue fire in karaoke bar!

Internet Cleaning Day
It's time for the annual Internet shutdown for cleaning and maintenance!

Just the Pants!
It was their first date... and, inevitably, their last.

Law Firm Memo on Replacing Murdered Secretary
Callous memo stipulating schedule changes after an employee's murder turns out to be a prank.

Letter from the Old Folks Home
An 84-year-old resident of the Safety Harbor Assisted Home for the Aged writes to administrators of the local middle school to thank them for the radio she won at a senior citizen's luncheon.

A Light at the End of the Tunnel
From the "odd things inserted into orifices" file.

Look Up Anybody's Driver's License on the Web!
By filling out a simple Web-based form, any user can search the National Driver's License Bureau's database containing more than 220 million driver's licenses.

Male Pregnancy Website
Wherein it is claimed that Taiwanese-born Mingwei Lee is the first human male to be artificially impregnated and will soon give birth to a child.

Man Arrested for Having Sex with Pumpkin
"Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old white male, resident of Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. Friday. Lawrence will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse on Monday."

Mistaken Rapture
Arkansas woman mistakes the driver of a pickup truck for Jesus and dies while trying to ascend to heaven through the sun roof of her car.

NASA Conducted 'Sex Experiments' in Space
So says a brand new book based on a bogus text floating around the Net since 1995.

NASA's $12 Billion Zero-Gravity Pen
Did NASA spend $12 billion to develop a ballpoint pen for astronauts working in zero gravity?

Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
Would you pay $250 for this chocolate chip cookie recipe?

Nostradamus Predicts Outcome of U.S. Election
Republicans balk; Democrats wonder how Nostradamus could have been so spookily accurate 450 years ago.

Office Worker Dead 5 Days Before Coworkers Realize
The strange story of George Turklebaum, proofreader.

Penus Van Lesbian
Heartwarming story of a talented young man who overcame a tragic christening to become a rich and famous television star.

Pluck Yew (Origin of 'The Finger')
Supposedly, both the expression "F--- you" and the obscene gesture commonly referred to in America as "the finger" originated with uppity British archers during the Hundred Years' War.

Prehistoric Barbie
Unbelievable archaeological discovery!

Robby and the Piano Teacher
A "musically challenged" piano student overcomes his lack of talent to play a brilliant recital in hopes that his recently deceased mother, born deaf, will "hear."

Save the Puppies!
Forward this message and save a puppy's life... or make a buck, it's unclear which.

Scrotum Self-Repair
Perhaps the most inventive use of an industrial staple gun you're ever likely to see. Grisly but true!

'Shit,'  Origin of
In which we are told with a straight face that the s-word word originated as the acronym of "Ship High in Transit," supposedly a nautical phrase.

Snake Swallows Man!
Series of photos purports to show a full-grown man being digested by a large snake.

Snowball, the Giant Mutant Cat
Photo of an Ontario man showing off his 87-pound housecat born near a nuclear reactor site.

The Stella Awards
Introducing the Stella Awards for the most frivolous lawsuits in the U.S., purportedly named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck, who was awarded damages for injuries sustained after spilling a cup of McDonald's coffee in her lap in 1994.

'Taps,' the Story of
History and folklore collide in this email tale about the origin of this touching and famous bugle call.

The Teacher (and Little Teddy Stoddard)
Inspirational — though fictional — story of little Teddy Stoddard, a disadvantaged child who blossomed under the influence of his teacher, Mrs. Thompson, and went on to become a successful doctor.

Thanks for the Chain Letters...
"IMPORTANT NOTE: If you send this email to at least 1,200 people in the next 10 seconds, a bird will crap on you today at 7 p.m."

The Truth about the IRS
Hey, this one's kind of plausible!

Up in Smoke!
The man who took out fire insurance... on his rare cigars.

U.S. Treasury Recalls New State Quarters
Is the U.S. Treasury recalling the state quarters of Texas, Alabama, West Virginia and other states because they won't fit in parking meters and vending machines?

The Value of Undies
Zipless variant of "The Unzipped Mechanic," a very old legend in which a woman mistakes a mechanic working under the family car for her husband and proceeds to give the man the surprise of his life.

What It Takes..?
The most outrageous college application essay ever written.