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Re: The Real-Life Human Torch

Posted By: Vida, on host 146.151.104.165
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2005, at 10:19:39
In Reply To: Re: The Real-Life Human Torch posted by Sam on Tuesday, September 20, 2005, at 09:23:05:

> > I got this of Drudge earlier today. My first thought was, "Whoah." Then I thought, "This is way too crazy to be true." I think it is:
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> Ah, excellent. Thanks for digging that up.
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> The story itself sure seemed like an urban legend, but I couldn't figure out how it could have hit the mainstream press with so many verifiable facts about it. Not that I trust the press to get things right all the time, but this is such a crazy yet trivially verifiable story that I cannot for the life of me figure out how it got onto Reuters.
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> I'll send these two links into snopes.com.

That's what I was thinking, too. I kept saying, "Well, GOSH. Reuters. It's crazy, but I'm no physicist. It has to be right." But I guess not.

Vida

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Re: The Real-Life Human Torch - Howard - Tue, 9/20/2005, 11:07:33

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Message:	> > > I got this of Drudge earlier today. My first thought was, "Whoah." Then I thought, "This is way too crazy to be true." I think it is: > > > > Ah, excellent. Thanks for digging that up. > > > > The story itself sure seemed like an urban legend, but I couldn't figure out how it could have hit the mainstream press with so many verifiable facts about it. Not that I trust the press to get things right all the time, but this is such a crazy yet trivially verifiable story that I cannot for the life of me figure out how it got onto Reuters. > > > > I'll send these two links into snopes.com. > > That's what I was thinking, too. I kept saying, "Well, GOSH. Reuters. It's crazy, but I'm no physicist. It has to be right." But I guess not. > > Vida
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