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You Can't Drown a Dragon

Happy Chinese New Year! The 15-day celebration began last Monday on the first new moon of the year, and closes Feb. 6 with the Lantern Festival. In Chinese astrology, 2012 is known as the Year of the Dragon. From Peter Kohler, a bit of dragon folklore...

What's the Deal with Mechanically Separated Chicken?

Viral image documents the manufacture of mechanically separated chicken, a processed food ingredient made by mechanically stripping poultry off the bone and passing it through a sieve to form a thick paste.

FACEBOOK SCAM: 'Chuck Norris Dies at Age 71!'

The latest Facebook clickjacking scam takes the form of a blurb for a video supposedly describing how action film star Chuck Norris died. But as anyone capable of conducting a basic Internet search can easily find out, Norris isn't dead.

McDonald's Sign: African Americans Must Pay $1.50 Fee

Circulating again: Viral image shows a sign allegedly posted in a McDonald's restaurant stating that African-American patrons must pay a 'transaction fee' due to a recent string of robberies.

The Top 10 ULs of 2011

Once again, our annual roster of the most popular urban legends, rumors, and hoaxes of the past year. Clinging to the chart at number 10: Carmen Winstead!

The Urban Legends Slide Show
A gallery of odd and arresting images -- some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic -- as circulated via email.
What Is an Urban Legend?
An urban legend is an apocryphal, secondhand story, told as true and just plausible enough to be believed, about some horrific, embarrassing, ironic or exasperating series of events that supposedly happened to a real person.
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