Before the internet existed, one rumor reached every single child in America — and it destroyed a candy company. Mikey from the Life cereal commercial allegedly ate too many Pop Rocks, washed them down with Coke, and his stomach exploded. He was at baseball practice. He was fine. But the rumor outlived the candy itself. Subscribe to Totally Unfounded and stay skeptical.

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In January 1999, the National Security Agency banned a children's toy from its most secure facilities. The toy said Doo-Moh. It weighed less than a pound. The NSA wasn't joking. The Furby rumor spread through playgrounds and parent groups before anyone could stop it — and when the most powerful intelligence agency in the world confirmed the fear by banning the toy, no denial from the manufacturer could undo it. The toy was innocent. The fear wasn't. Totally Unfounded. Stay skeptical.

This week on Totally Unfounded:

The Rugrats theory that's been living rent-free in the internet's head and once you hear it, you can't unhear it. What if the babies were never real? What if Angelica Pickles, the most manipulative three-year-old in television history, invented Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil to cope with losses too devastating for a child to process? We go deep on the theory, the evidence hiding in plain sight across 172 episodes, and the darker extension that follows Angelica into adulthood.