Since the rise of the internet, the urban myth has strengthened substantially.
Fables about NASA spending millions on creating a pen for space while the Russians used a pencil or that Courtney Love is the granddaughter of Marlon Brando.
Whilst storytelling has always been a part of human nature we have to be careful in what we believe and spread. Never more so in the age of fake news and satire, the number of people who believe articles from the Onion is particularly distressing.
Next time you have to present or produce a presentation, double check then triple check your facts. You don’t want to get caught out.
And one more thing, don’t believe everything on the internet!