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Wear your coat or you'll catch a cold

Monday, December 21st, 2009

"Wear your coat. You don't want to catch a cold!" Everyone has heard this admonition from their mother at some point. The general...
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Christmas vs. Xmas

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 · 2 comments

Many people get upset over the use of "Xmas" in place of "Christmas", feeling that Christ is being taken out of the holiday. But...
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Hanukkah myths

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Many gentiles (nonjewish people) don't know much about Hanukkah, other than that it is celebrated around Christmas and Adam Sandler sang a song about...
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Andy Rooney (or Paul Harvey) and prayer

Some e-mail chains just never die. For nearly a decade now, an essay about prayer at sporting events has been circulating with the incorrect...
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The legend of the candy cane

If you are like most people, you have received the "Legend of the Candy Cane" e-mail at least once in the last few years. It claims that...
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Ben Stein's Christmas confession

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Every year around Christmas time, the Ben Stein Confession e-mail starts making the rounds again. According to the e-mail, the...
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How many American Battleships were sunk at Pearl Harbor

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On December 7, 1941, Japanese carriers in the Pacific launched 353 aircraft in a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy's fleet docked in Pearl Harbor,...
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Fact checking a Veterans Day photograph of President Obama

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A picture of President Obama has been circulating that purports to show him not following proper respect to his country. The image includes the...
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You can go blind by staring at the sun

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Everyone has heard the admonition against staring at the sun when they were kids. It seems logical; the sun is extremely bright. But can you really...
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It is not safe to drive in the rain while using cruise control

For most of the last decade an e-mail has been floating around warning drivers about the dangers of using cruise control in the rain. It seems like...
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