About Urban LegendsUrban LegendsNPR StoryCorps Producer Responds to 'Exploding Bra' Skeptics- July 3, 2008 Answering criticisms of the "exploding brassiere" story told by 94-year-old Betty Jenkins on NPR last week, senior producer Michael Garofalo said in an email to the science blog Terra Sigillata...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/07/03/npr-storycorps-producer-responds-to-exploding-b... Report: 'Pregnant Man' Thomas Beatie Gives Birth to Girl- July 3, 2008 Via Weird News: TMZ.com is reporting that transgender male Thomas Beatie, who made headlines a few months back as the "world's first pregnant man," gave birth to a baby girl...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/07/03/report-pregnant-man-gives-birth-to-girl.htm Lawn Chair Balloonist Rides Again- July 3, 2008 Buck Wolf emailed this morning to alert me that wacky Oregonian Kent Couch is set to blast off again in his balloon-powered lawn chair to float 300 miles (as the...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/07/03/lawn-chair-balloonist-rides-again.htm Of Chemtrails and Conspiracy Theories- July 1, 2008 The Abilene Reporter-News just ran a special feature on chemtrails -- in conspiracy lore, a malevolent form of contrail (jet airplane condensation trail) consisting of chemicals dispersed on purpose into...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/07/01/of-chemtrails-and-conspiracy-theories.htm |