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URLs cited as references

Chain letters

http://www.liszt.com/news/alt/folklore/

http://www.dgl.com/docs/antispam.html

http://www.mobiusweb.com/~mobius/Roadmap/map09.html

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/4947/chainlet.html ttp://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html

Others

http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa032598.htm

Link to the Kidney Thief story

The "Good Times" virus

Craig Shergold Guiness Book record

The Neiman-Marcus cookie myth

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