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• Neil deGrasse Tyson dismisses 2012

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  Here is a very interesting video you should check out of an author and astrophysicist dismissing the 2012 prophecies:
  11 hours ago

• Too many seniors are suckers for anti-Obama urban legends

  
  Applesauce — Authority: 145
     Snopes.com, the Internet’s most famous debunker of popular myths, keeps a list of what it calls the 25 Hottest Urban Legends, and lots of them are baseless rumors disparaging Barack Obama.  And it seems that my fellow senior citizens are among the most prolific traffickers in these anti-Obama myths, as we ...
  12 hours ago

• A Steaming Train Rolling Down the Track Towards You Clarifies the Mind

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 486
  * Also on the Climategate front: Break-in reported at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. More here and here . Remember how the first step the Vs took way back in the original miniseries was to slander and discredit scientists? Me neither. * ...
  2 days ago

• Peruvian Police Suspended for Faking Mythological Killings

  
  The Art of the Prank — Authority: 132
  Submitted by W.J. Elvin III: Come out Santa, it’s safe. Looks like it’s ok to let your jelly belly roll: Peru officer suspended over human fat killers ‘lie’ by Dan Collyns BBC News, Lima December 2, 2009 Peru’s police chief has suspended a top investigator for saying he had caught a gang who were ...
  3 days ago

• Elvis is Alive! Here’s Proof.

  
  fracas — Authority: 415
  Fracas has stumbled across proof that Elvis (as well as Kurt Cobain) are alive, and are to appear on a German television show. This news is so big, it wouldn’t be responsible of me to not share it with you. I couldn’t take the pressure of keeping that secret anyway, so here are the details. I created a bit of ...
  4 days ago

• Researching the Baigong Pipes

  
  Skepticblog — Authority: 118
  I thought that today I would share with you a bit of an insider’s peek at what went into the creation of last week’s Skeptoid episode about the Baigong Pipes . It was a particularly effective use of my research process, mainly the skeptoid-research Google Group mailing list. In summary, the Baigong Pipes are ...
  4 days ago

• Websites on Urban Legends

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  photo taken from wordpress.comI have for you three websites where you can find some information on urban legends:snopes.comUrban LegendsTruthOrFiction.comIf you have anymore you would like to add, then feel free to add it as a comment.
  5 days ago

• Alien Abduction Interviews

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  I’m very interested in learning more about alien abductions. I’ve been doing some research lately and I came across a video I’d like to share with you on this matter. Check it out and let me know what you think:
  6 days ago

• The Beaumont Hotel

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  photo taken from kansastravel.orgThe Beaumont Hotel is located in Beaumont, Kansas and was originally established in 1879 as a stagecoach station. In 1885, Beaumont itself was established as a railroad town.The Summit Hotel was the original name of this hotel back then and it was known as the highest point on the ...
  1 week ago

• Alien “Open Your Eyes” Footage

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  Here are a couple of videos attempting to provide proof of alien encounters on Earth:Alien “Open Your Eyes” Footage (Part II)
  1 week ago

• Facts About The Poinsettia

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 487
  It’s everywhere around Christmas, which is confusing because everyone claims this plant is poisonous.  As it turns out, the humble red poinsettia (or E uphorbia pulcherrima ), isn’t poisonous.  In fact, the only people who should fear the poinsettia are people who have latex allergies or people who love to rub ...
  1 week ago

• Take The Last Exit…

  
  ANITA'S OWL CREEK BRIDGE — Authority: 119
  Last Exit takes a ride through the graveyards, interviews death merchants, visits some looney tombs and relates tales of what dying in NJ is all about. There are some great epitaphs, unusual interments, ghosts, famous deathstyles, forgotten cemeteries, bodies that show up in unusual places…and of course great ...
  1 week ago

• Man convicted...

  
  heaven is...a beer volcano and a stripper factory — Authority: 140
  ...for hunting teenagers out of season . *** No...it wasnt my house. Geez. :) *** 1. Some urban legends should remain untested. 2. They were damned lucky that all he hit with those bullets was the truck. *** Have fun in jail dude. Hope the kids were ticketed for disturbing the peace.
  1 week ago

• Correcting urban legends

  
  Deacon's Blog — Authority: 138
  In relation to the story of Irena Sendler – no, she wasn’t a “sewer specialist.” Snopes has the breakdown of how this urban legend evolved. For factual information and more on Irena Sendler and her heroic witness during Word War II see the Irena Sendler film website .
  1 week ago

• Luby’s Closing 8 Dallas-Fort Worth Cafeterias

  
  clusterflock — Authority: 573
  Just days after posting a $23 million loss, Houston-based Luby’s said it is closing eight of its 21 cafeteria locations in North Texas. The chain will shutter four locations in Tarrant County (South Arlington, Bedford, Grapevine and Fort Worth), three in Dallas and one in Denton. This is distressing news . More ...
  1 week ago

• Black Crafts for Black Friday

  
  Geek Crafts — Authority: 576
  So now that you’ve stuffed your face, it’s time to empty your wallet! Or, if you’re looking to save some cash, it’s time to get crafting! In honor of Black Friday (the shopaholic’s national holiday and every retail worker’s worst nightmare) here are some Black Crafts (note: not Dark Arts, that’s a ...
  1 week ago

• Aliens & UFOs in Ancient Cave Paintings

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  Here is a video showing you some paintings of aliens and UFOs in ancient caves:
  1 week ago

• Urban Legend: The Hook

  
  Paranormalknowledge.com — Authority: 136
  Here is a very interesting video talking about “The Hook” urban legend:
  1 week ago

• Coma, Dubious Science, and False Hope

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  As George Santayana is supposed to have said, "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." Well, he may not exactly have said exactly that (see Thomas, R.K., 2007, Recurring errors in recent history of psychology textbooks. American Journal of Psychology, 120, 477-495), but I like the quotation anyway. As we ...
  1 week ago

• 2012 information is… beautiful?

  
  Skepticblog — Authority: 118
  The cool website Information is Beautiful presents, um, well, information in a beautiful way. They recently posted a good guide to the sense and nonsense of the 2012 phenom , pretty much showing that the major claims of the doomcriers are baloney. I haven’t checked every factoid of the graphic, but the part ...
  1 week ago

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