Claim(permalink)
The exclamation "holy smoke" derives from the burning of the ballots used to elect a pope.
✓snopescom rating: not credible; published on 2005-04-19
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2005-04-19
Entities
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