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Snopes Round Up: Panic PINs and More

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Here's a roundup of some relevant Comsumer-type urban legends from Snopes's Hottest Urban Legends Page:

1.17.07 6:58 PM EDT By Meg Marco@meghann

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Here’s a roundup of some relevant Comsumer-type urban legends from Snopes’s Hottest Urban Legends Page:

ATM Reverse PIN Panic Code
Lead in Lipstick
Applebee’s Gift Certificates
Various Target Myths
Uses for WD-40

And some new ones:

New Mercedes
Most Valuable Brand Names

Oh, Internet. —MEGHANN MARCO

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1.17.07By Meg Marco@meghann

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