Well, worry no more. Here's a great site to share with you some really eye-opening and enlightening updates on many hoaxes and urband legends from all over the world:
Snopes.Com : Rumor Has It
"Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics, including war, business, events, toxins, science, military, etc."
"Urban legends are a specific type of folklore, and many of the items discussed on this site do not fall under the folkloric definition of "urban legend." We are following the more expansive popular (if inaccurate) use of "urban legend" as a term that embraces not only urban legends but also common fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items."
- Snopes.Com
A very informative site indeed. Btw, here are some of the most hot, popular and widely circulated 25 Urban Legends:
- ATM Camera : Photos document ATM rigged by scammers to house a duplicate card reader and wireless camera.
- Gas Trick Upset : E-mail claims service station customers are getting stuck by HIV-loaded syringes affixed to gas pump handles.
- World's Ugliest Dog : Photograph shows the winner of a "World's Ugliest Dog" contest.
- Credit Card Scams : E-mail list various ways scammers might obtain credit card numbers.
- Brown Recluse : Photographs of the effects of a brown recluse spider bite.
- Dust Off : E-mail details child's death from huffing cans of Dust-Off brand compressed gas.
- Mars Spectacular : E-mail announces the unusually close approach of the planet Mars to Earth.
- G. I. Joe : E-mail claims Starbucks refused to send free coffee to G.I.s serving in Iraq.
- Aspartame : E-mail warns about dangers of the artificial sweetener Aspartame.
And many more. Enjoy :)
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