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How many noodles are in a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2008 - 15 answers

There are two different stories about how bowler hats came to Bolivia and Peru. [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Theory: Cancerous skin cells from your lips, when aspirated, can give you lung cancer. [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 14 answers

Does Laura Bush really smoke cigarettes? Did she ever? Did she quit then start again? Evidence please. I need to win, or at least start, a bar argument.
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 7 answers

One dark and stormy Sunday morning, I heard a gospel song about a woman in the Lockerbie plane crash on the radio... [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - 6 answers

Device to steal numbers from your cards in your pocket? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2007 - 18 answers

NFL Urban Legend: Is it true that the NFL schedules are set by a "little old lady in flyover country"? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2007 - 7 answers

Was there ever a plan for a public art project which would placed a giant rearview mirror next to Chicago's Lake Shore Drive? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2006 - 3 answers

My massage therapist always tells me "drink lots of water to get rid of the toxins released during the massage". Does anyone know of any evidence to support this claim? Any sites that debunk it?
posted on Aug 13, 2005 - 18 answers

[OutOfOfficeParanoiaFilter] I am planning a holiday soon and, over a conversation, a friend gave me a cautionary note about not leaving an out of office autoreply on my mail account as it greatly increased the chance of me being burgled. [+]
posted on Jan 16, 2005 - 14 answers