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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's amazing to me that an episode of the Simpsons like 30 years ago created such a widely believed completely made up fact.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    That fact wasn't as cromulent as they made it out to be.

    ETA: also, the myth about birds exploding by eating rice. An entire generation used bubbles at their weddings instead, in part because Lisa didn't fact-check a myth. (Not complaining about the result though: bubbles are lovely floating orbs of happiness, whereas thrown rice is a messy waste of food.)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    The bird myth predates the Simpsons though. I did hear it was greatly spread by all the churches\wedding venues because they all didn't want to keep cleaning up all the rice.

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