1. snopes.com: Cal Abrams •••
Did Brooklyn Dodgers manager Charles Dressen play a mean-spirited trick on Cal Abrams?
  ...Claim: Brooklyn Dodgers manager Chuck Dressen played a mean-spirited trick on second-string outfielder Cal Abrams. Origins: Cal Abrams, a major...
  ...arc as many an unfortunate player: a fine talent signed to a team (the Brooklyn Dodgers) with too many established stars for him to be able to crack the...
  ...bottom of the ninth inning of the last game of the 1950 season, a contest Brooklyn had to win in order to force a playoff for the pennant. (They didn't.)...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:50 GMT http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/abrams.asp

2. snopes.com: Shaya Plays Baseball •••
About that heartwarming story about a disabled boy at Chush and a baseball game.
  ...In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to children with learning disabilities. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career...
  ...in the piece is the Jewish Center for Special Education on Kent Street in Brooklyn, a school that caters to Yiddish-speaking children of Orthodox Hasidic...
  ...Sources: Krohn, Paysach. Echoes of the Maggid. Brooklyn: Artscroll Mesorah, 1999. ISBN 1-57819-260-9.
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:52:16 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/chush.asp

3. snopes.com: 1960s Dodgers •••
How often did the Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960s win 1-0 games?
  ...the premier team in baseball's National League, just as their forebears in Brooklyn had been in the years between the end of World War II and the team's...
  ...California (1946-57). Shed of most of the stars from their glory days in Brooklyn, and ensconced in Dodger Stadium, a brand-new ballpark that favored...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:32:25 GMT http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/dodgers.asp

4. snopes.com: Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant •••
Was New York mayor Michael Bloomberg denied a second slice of pizza at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn?
  ...in Brooklyn. Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2013] Was Mayor Bloomberg really refused a second piece of pizza at a pizzeria in Brooklyn? Was it...
  ...an Italian eatery in Brooklyn: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn. The owners...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:51:51 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bloombergpizza.asp

5. snopes.com: UFOs Over Haiti •••
Video clip shows UFOs over Haiti.
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:44:58 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/haitiufos.asp

6. snopes.com: Tropical Fantasy Renders Blacks Sterile •••
Does Tropical Fantasy contain a secret ingredient that will render blacks sterile?
  ...Origins: Tropical Fantasy was brought onto the market in September 1990 by Brooklyn Bottling, a small family-owned soft drink manufacturer established in...
  ...Brooklyn Bottling's early attempts to fight the rumor were unsuccessful. Consumers were not swayed by the information that the same ridiculous slander...
  ...also submitted to the FDA for testing, and the results were made public. Brooklyn Bottling employees were sent into affected areas to distribute ''truth...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/tropical.asp

7. snopes.com: DKNY •••
DKNY used a New York street photographer's pictures without permission?
  ...should donate $100,000 on my behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. That donation would sure help a lot of deserving kids go to summer camp....
  ...by donating $100,000 on his behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. DKNY subsequently posted a statement on its Facebook page on 25 February...
  ...making a charitable donation of $25,000 to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn in Mr. Stanton's name. Brandon Stanton responded to DKNY's apology by...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:05 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/dkny.asp

8. snopes.com: Stephen Wiltshire •••
An autistic artist drew a rendering of the New York skyline from memory after a 20-minute helicopter ride?
  ...The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn's prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen's memory, with details of every building sketched in...
  ...Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. "I always memorize by helicopter," he said, pausing from detailing the corners of a street on the Brooklyn side of the...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:46:54 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/wiltshire.asp

9. snopes.com: The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth •••
A war-separated couple is reunited by a tablecloth.
  ...adds many additional details not present in the original: the setting is Brooklyn, the tablecloth features an embroidered cross at its center, the woman...
  ...newly assigned to their first congregation to reopen a Shul in suburban Brooklyn" changes the religion of everyone involved. Origins: True or not, this...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:14:21 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/tablecloth.asp

10. snopes.com: Dallas Schoolboy Predicts September 11 Attacks •••
Did a Dallas schoolboy predict the September 11 terrorist attacks on America?
  ...A similar incident involving a schoolchild was reported in Brooklyn, New York: In Brooklyn, a high school freshman who recently immigrated from Pakistan...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:28 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/predict2.asp

11. snopes.com: Hurricane Sandy Photographs •••
Various photographs capture images of Hurricane Sandy?
  ...Brooklyn Bridge One photograph was purported to show an "eerie picture as Hurricane Sandy approached the Brooklyn Bridge": Another real image, but...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:42:11 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/sandy.asp

12. snopes.com: Sept 11 Funds Help Terrorists Rumor •••
Are funds from the September 11 Fund being used to help defend suspected terrorists?
  ...is assisting in the legal defense of eight terror suspects now detained in Brooklyn, N.Y. That's like the Heart Association donating to the Society of...
  ...in the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. The WJS article did indeed say "[New York's] Legal Aid [Society] represents...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:45:58 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/legalaid.asp

13. snopes.com: Cheating Husband Billboard •••
Woman takes revenge on her cheating husband by advertising his infidelities on a billboard.
  ...Your [soon-to-be-ex] Wife, Emily.") popped up not only in New York, but in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Chicago as well. Some sharp-eyed readers noticed...
  ...thanks to camera phone pictures: the billboard was identical to others in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Chicago. Someone else discovered that Emily was...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:49:20 GMT http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/emily.asp

14. snopes.com: Alligators in New York Sewers •••
Does a colony of alligators make its home in the New York City sewer system?
  ..."Passengers waiting on the eastbound platform of the Brooklyn Museum station of the I.R.T. subway just before midnight were startled by the sudden...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:17:03 GMT http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/gator.asp

15. snopes.com: Starbucks Charges 9/11 Rescue Workers $130 for Water •••
Did a New York Starbucks charge rescue workers $130 for three cases of water?
  ...My family owns an ambulance service in Brooklyn NY. Midwood Ambulance if anyone knows it. Anyway, my uncles were at "Ground Zero" during the attack to...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:14 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/starbucks.asp

16. snopes.com: Juval Aviv Terrorist Predictions •••
Did Juval Aviv correctly predict upcoming terrorist attacks against the U.K. and the U.S.?
  ...outlets that had run Aviv's allegations squirmed under the scrutiny. A Brooklyn federal magistrate later found Aviv's report to be utterly without merit....
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:23:59 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/soapbox/juvalaviv.asp

17. snopes.com: Mother Arrested for Tattooing Baby •••
Photograph shows a 9-month-old baby tattooed by its mother's boyfriend?
  ...What's pictured here is a 2010 work by Brooklyn, New York, artist Jason Clay Lewis, who describes his art thusly: As an artist, my approach has always...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:25:15 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/bodymods/baby.asp

18. snopes.com: Snapple Rumors •••
Is Snapple owned by the KKK?
  ...Greenberg, were interviewed on MTV. "How could three Jewish boys from Brooklyn support the Ku Klux Klan?" they said. As for the right-to-life rumor, they...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:25:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.asp

19. snopes.com: Dock Ellis LSD No-Hitter •••
Did pitcher Dock Ellis hurl a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD?
  ...hurler Bill Bevens came within one out of throwing a no-hitter against Brooklyn in the fourth game of the 1947 World Series despite issuing the Dodgers...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:27:35 GMT http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/ellis.asp

20. snopes.com: Wedding Dress Guy •••
Did a man lists his ex-wife's wedding dress on eBay with a hilarious offer of sale?
  ...The tale of marital woe posted by this Brooklyn native both contained invented details and omitted key bits of information. Though he has a sister, she...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/weddress.asp

21. snopes.com: Rather Do Business With 1000 Terrorists Tale •••
Did a funeral home announce it would rather do business with 1,000 terrorists than one Jew?
  ...The following sign was posted in the front window of a local Brooklyn neighborhood business. WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 ARABS THAN WITH ONE...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:15 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/onejew.asp

22. snopes.com: Don't Open the Door to Strangers •••
Home invasion criminals have gained entry to houses by pretending to be distressed persons in need of shelter from attackers.
  ...Between March and August 2005, a robbery team working Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx used a 40-year-old woman to get people to open their...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/doorpound.asp

23. snopes.com: NYC Firefighters Memorial Inaccuracies •••
Has a memorial to New York City firefighters has been rendered in a historically inaccurate way?
  ...have been placed in front of fire headquarters at the MetroTech Center in Brooklyn. The controversial memorial would not have been historically...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:31:10 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/memorial.asp

24. snopes.com: Larry Doby •••
Did Joe Gordon deliberately strike out to prevent rookie teammate Larry Doby from looking bad?
  ...major league baseball by starting the season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. Although Robinson's earlier entrée into the major leagues...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:32:27 GMT http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/doby.asp

25. snopes.com: Swearing Child •••
Child earns present from radio's Uncle Don by giving up swearing?
  ...Uncle Don announce something like: "Little Johnny Smith on 56th Street in Brooklyn, your mother tells me you've cleaned your dinner plate every day for a...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:32:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/radio/gift.asp

26. snopes.com: Rental Scam •••
Con artist rents out a property he has no authorization to lease.
  ...artist absurdly dupes a naive rube into "buying" something — such as the Brooklyn Bridge — that the scammer clearly (in the eyes of any reasonable...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:35:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/rental.asp

27. snopes.com: Etymology of Mad As a Hatter •••
Does the phrase 'mad as a hatter' refer to hat-makers poisoned by mercury fumes?
  ...Natter. As does this 1895 entry from Beckwith's Almanac, which cites the Brooklyn Eagle as its source: The phrase "mad as a hatter" has no reference to...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:38:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/hatter.asp

28. snopes.com: Bill Cosby on Blaming White People •••
Did comedian Bill Cosby's remarks form the 'We Can't Blame White People' essay?
  ...In December 2004, he addressed a panel at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, telling them: "Stop waiting for a leader. Get Up! Tell your friends. And if...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:38:14 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/cosby.asp

29. snopes.com: $2 Million Sapphire Purchased for $10 •••
Rock purchased for $10 proves to be a valuable star sapphire.
  ...that The Times call appraiser Elly Rosen, an independent appraiser from Brooklyn who has been a gem consultant for the Internal Revenue Service. Rosen...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:40:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/luck/discoveries/sapphire.asp

30. snopes.com: Shakira, Pigs and Muslims •••
Did singer Shakira say she'd rather have pigs listening to her music than Israelis?
  ...for a clothing line that allegedly purchased some of their product from a Brooklyn sweatshop. It would be rather foolish (and clueless) of her indeed to...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:41:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/shakira.asp

31. snopes.com: Dust Off Death •••
Have adolescents died of huffing from cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air?
  ...In January 2004 in Brooklyn, New York, 18-year-old Kristian Roggio was killed when her vehicle was struck by one driven by Vincent Litto, 20, who had...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:42:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp

32. snopes.com: Bristol Zoo Carpark Attendant •••
A phony carpark attendant collected parking fees outside the Bristol Zoo for over twenty years?
  ..."for 25 years" as the e-mailed tale would have it. In December 2009, a Brooklyn man broke into a closed city-owned garage, opened it, and began charging...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:42:41 GMT http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/carpark.asp

33. snopes.com: Flight 175 Tefillin Delay •••
Did a Flight 175 passenger who insisted upon retrieving his forgotten tefillin delay the doomed flight?
  ...Mitzvah." From: Even in the Darkest Moments (Zeev Breier, editor). Brooklyn, NY: Goldstein Press, 2002. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks. The...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:42:48 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/tefillin.asp

34. snopes.com: John Kerry's Service Record •••
Were John Kerry's Vietnam War service medals earned under 'fishy' circumstances?
  ...F. Schlech, Jr. with the Military Sea Transportation Service based in Brooklyn, New York. Kerry served with Admiral Schlech until the end of 1969, when...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:43:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/service.asp

35. snopes.com: Hoover Dam Entombments •••
Are bodies of workmen entombed in Hoover Dam?
  ...to have workmen buried in it. 27 men died during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge (1870-1883), but none ended up becoming part of the structure....
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:43:48 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hoover.asp

36. snopes.com: World Series origins •••
Was the World Series named for the 'New York World' newspaper?
  ...Save for a brief series between the National League's pennant-winning Brooklyn Superbas and the runner-up Pittsburgh Pirates after the 1900 season (the...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:45:05 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

37. snopes.com: Flying Lawnmower Death •••
A spectator at a football game was killed by a flying model lawnmower.
  ...people. Shortly before the end of the 15-minute show, Philip Cushman, a Brooklyn auto collision repairman, lost control of the model aircraft he was...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:45:16 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/lawnmower.asp

38. snopes.com: Hillary Delays Thanksgiving For Troops •••
Hillary Clinton forced U.S. troops in Afghanistan to wait for their Thanksgiving dinner?
  ...Twenty officers and soldiers from Queens, Ithaca, Geneva, Brooklyn, Homer, New Rochelle and other places across New York dined with the senators....
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:45:56 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/chowdown.asp

39. snopes.com: Cats Sacrificed at Halloween •••
Are black cats routinely sacrificed by 'satanic cults' at Halloween?
  ...their belief in satanic catnappings: Two years ago, shelter workers at the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition in Williamsburg were on red alert when a...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:47:03 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/blackcat.asp

40. snopes.com: Origin of Fortune Cookies •••
Did fortune cookies originate in China?
  ...advertising them as "Genuine American Fortune Cookies." In 1992 Brooklyn-based Wonton Food expanded its existing fortune cookie business into China,...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:47:37 GMT http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/fortune.asp

41. snopes.com: The Fence - Herman Rosenblat •••
Concentration camp survivor is coincidentally reunited years later with a girl who secretly helped feed him.
  ...shot by a burglar at the shop were he worked as a television repairman in Brooklyn. While in the hospital, Herman's mother, who died in the Holocaust,...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:47:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/thefence.asp

42. snopes.com: Disneyland Deaths •••
Nine guests have lost their lives on Disneyland attractions.
  ...June 1973: Bogden Delaurot, an 18-year-old Brooklyn resident, drowned trying to swim across the Rivers of America. Delaurot and his 10-year-old brother...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:49:43 GMT http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/deaths.asp

43. snopes.com: Clear Channel Banned Songs •••
Has Clear Channel Communications created a list of songs banned from airplay?
  ...Brooklyn Bridge "Worst That Could Happen" Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again" Cat Stevens "Peace Train" Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken"...
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:27 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/radio.asp

44. snopes.com: Donald Trump Leaves $10,000 Tip •••
Did Donald Trump leave a Buffalo Club waiter a $10,000 tip?
  ...Sources: Sarno, David. "News Flash: Donald Trump Sells Brooklyn Bridge." Los Angeles Times. 10 December 2007.
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:51:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/luck/trumptip.asp

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