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There are lots of great stories that people (including me) tell that I often suspect at the time are probably false but secretly hope aren't because they are just such good stories. They deserve to be true.
eg The BBC started transmitting TV in the 30s and the broadcasts were stopped due to WW2 in 1939. The story I heard was when they restarted transmission in 1946, the commentator (the same one who made the closing announcement in 1939), opened the first transmission with the line "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted..."
Unfortunately that turns out to be a myth
What stories have you heard that you think should be true even if they aren't?
eg The BBC started transmitting TV in the 30s and the broadcasts were stopped due to WW2 in 1939. The story I heard was when they restarted transmission in 1946, the commentator (the same one who made the closing announcement in 1939), opened the first transmission with the line "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted..."
Unfortunately that turns out to be a myth
What stories have you heard that you think should be true even if they aren't?