The Urban Legends and Hoaxes Resource Center at scambusters.org and the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com can help you avoid that sinking feeling after you post an **URGENT WARNING!!** (e.g., "Don't eat Soylent Green!!") to all of your big distro lists and then receive a reply from a net-savvy friend, saying: "Uh, dude, it's a hoax". Forward this message to everyone you know.