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	Lana R. Mixon BellaOnline's Urban Legends Editor

Cold Water Fiction
Recent e-mail alerts about the "effects of cold water" and bacteria-carrying lemon wedges.

Conception Myths [offsite link]
(Adult content) Popular myths about conception are debunked.

Contraceptive Jelly [offsite link]
The legend of the woman who sues a pharmacy after eating contraceptive jelly failed to prevent her pregnancy.

Dr. Spock´s Son [offsite link]
The false rumour of how child care expert Dr. Spock´s son killed himself.

Obese Woman [offsite link]
The sad tale of a grossly obese woman brought to an ER, where they find various household items hidden in her folds of flesh.

Octopus Eggs [offsite link]
The false tale of a woman impregnated with octopus eggs.

Rabbit Pregnancy Test [offsite link]
Clearing up the rumours that back in the days when rabbits were used to test human pregnancy, a positive result led to the rabbit´s death.

Ring Around the Rosie [offsite link]
About the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie", and its reputed ties to the Black Plague.

The Skinny on Tapeworm Weight Loss
With the holiday season ahead most of us will put on a few extra pounds but how will we shed those unwanted pounds? Diet? Exercise? Tapeworms?

Typhoid Mary [offsite link]
The tale of Typhoid Mary, spreading the disease to (and subsequently killing) thousands of people.

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