Wal-Mart shoppers can continue with their browsing; this gang initiation threat is nothing but a hoax. ...more

March 19, 2009

An enduring superstition says a full moon sends pregnant women into labor. ...more

August 21, 2008

Early this week, as the full moon rose and Tropical Storm Fay sneaked up the Gulf Coast, at least one major hospital in Tampa saw a spooky number of women in labor waddle their way through the hospital doors. ...more

August 20, 2008

It's a little like the old joke about Grant's tomb: Is the frozen body of Walt Disney really lying in the tower suite of Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World? ...more

December 30, 2007

No, Virginia, Santa Claus was not invented by the Coca-Cola Co. The contention that Coke created the modern image of Santa and decked him out in corporate red has become something of an urban myth in recent years. Just the other day, the BBC phoned Coca-Cola archivist Phil Mooney and put him on the radio to address the issue. ...more

December 11, 2007