snopes.com: Update #483
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New Articles - The "collecting plastic water bottle caps for charity" misunderstanding strikes again, this time at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
- Case example: Information is useless to those determined not to read it.
- Was the Allman Brothers' album title 'Eat a Peach' a reference to Duane Allman's fatal motorcycle accident?
- Was the Pentagon built with extra bathrooms to accommodate racial segregation laws?
- Do CFL bulbs pose a significant fire risk with ordinary use?
- Did a pact with the devil to save a cancer-stricken child result in creation of the Hello Kitty brand?
- Collection purportedly reproduces jokes about Democratic politicians by Don Rickles.
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Worth a Second Look - Does Jerry Lewis keep a significant portion of the funds raised during the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon?
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