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Do Scientists Fear the Paranormal?One scientists says this fear may explain why psychic powers haven't been proven.
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What Makes Ice Cubes Cloudy?Water free of minerals and impurities freezes first, pushing the cloudy parts containing the sediment (and tiny trapped air bubbles) toward the center.
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Medical Myths: When Urban Legends KillHealth workers have died trying to save others.
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'UFO' Seen From Airplane: What Is It?A video taken from a flight appears to show a UFO outside the window. Or not.
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Total Hooey: The Strangest Non-Stories of 2012UFOs, the Mayan apocalypse, eagle snatching baby and more strange stories that weren't this year.
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What Does the Sun Burn?We all know that there is no air in space, and therefore no oxygen to burn.
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What are Growing Pains?The pains are real, but they are not caused by the child's growing body.
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Are Fairies Real?Only if you really, really believe.
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Bad Omen? Psychic Sues Over Fortunetelling BanShould fortunetellers work in strip malls?
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Psychic Sued for Police Hoax About MassacreA couple is suing a self-proclaimed psychic for lying to police about a massacre at their Texas ranch in 2011
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'Bigfoot' Is Part Human, DNA Study ClaimsThe Texas vet suggests cryptids had sex with modern human females, resulting in hairy hominin hybrids.
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Branding James Bond: Do Product-Placement Ads Work?When 007 sipped a Heineken did audiences swoon enough to grab a cold one?
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Men in Black: The UFO Buff's BogeymenDo dark-garbed men visit UFO eyewitnesses and intimidate them into silence?
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Do People Really Use Just 10 Percent of Their Brains?Brain imaging scans clearly show that the vast majority of the brain is used.
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Do people really die of old age?No one dies of old age.
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Werewolves: Lore, Legend & LycanthropyShape-shifting man-wolves weren't always associated with the full moon.
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Do Eskimos Really Have 400 Words for Snow?Anyone who suffers routine heavy snowfalls probably has a few choice words for snow. But 400?
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Bigfoot Vandalizes a Winnebago and Other Questionable Claims
The hairy monster has a history of being accused of damaging property.
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Chupacabra: Facts about the Mysterious Vampire BeastThe mystery of the "goat sucker" was solved fairly quickly and easily.
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Psychic Devastates Dead Student's Family
False predictions cause anguish in missing-person case.
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Zombies: The Real Story of the UndeadZombies are real — in the minds of believers in voodoo and witchcraft. Scientific claims of their existence have been refuted.
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ESP & Psychic Powers: Claims InconclusiveDespite decades of research, scientific evidence for extrasensory perception remains elusive.
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A History of Religious HoaxesWhen fraud mixes with religious fervor, the results can range from the comical to the deadly.
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Area 51: Secrets, Yes; Aliens, NoClassified secrets give rise to conspiracy theories.
