Have you ever heard of an Urban Legend ? According to Dictionary.com, an Urban Legend is “a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence, spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend?”.
In this age of technology, Urban Legends have found their way into our everyday life. You know those emails that get forwarded to you with stories of “millionaires giving all their money away if you just forward this email to 20 people”? How about the various viruses you can catch from email, cell phones, etc? How do you know if theses stories are true or Urban Legends?
The site I visit most often to sort fact from fiction is Snopes.com. Otherwise known as the Urban Legends Reference Page, Snopes.com is a well-known resource for validating or disproving, Internet rumors, email forwards, and other such stories of uncertain or questionable origin in popular American culture.
Snopes.com is an interesting and fun website to browse and most importantly, it reminds us that not everything we read on the Internet is true!
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Thank you for the tip. I have learned lots of interesting things already.
My mom always thinks she knows everything. Wait till I send her the real scoop after she's gone on and on about something!!! She can be so annoying!
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