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Snopes.com - find out if the email is true

Do you ever get emails telling you incredible stories or even stories that sound true? Maybe it's an urban legend? Find out at this website and run a quick and easy search. Website - Quote from the website 6 Q: Is everything on this site about 'urban legends'? A: In a strict folkloric sense, no. 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.

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