Don't Forget to Check the Date

It is that time of year again. For this one day every year it is difficult to believe what anyone says. National Geographic ran an article about famous hoaxes throughout history that many people believed before it was revealed that they were not true (such as spaghetti harvests, changing the value of pi, and the discovery of the missing link "the piltdown man"). Unfortunately, rumors such as these spread very quickly even though the evidence was quite faulty and often missing logic. The stories were quite radical and, as the old adage says, "too good to be true," and yet large numbers of people were led to believe them. I guess the lesson is to be careful what you say and what you accept as true from other people without testing it first.

By the way, fans of college sports will find this article very interesting. ; )