Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Urban Legends...

... that caused a moral panic!

Oh I love this stuff. I've learnt about most of this stuff and I'm fascinated by them but thankfully I didn't believe in some. And even if I did, over the years, I've learnt about spams and take these stuff with grains of salt.

Anyway, here's an excerpt:

The hypothetical attacks involved injecting blood tainted with AIDS into unsuspecting targets, at movie theaters, raves, and night clubs. The unwary victim would feel a slight prick on their arm, and later discover a note attached to their clothes carrying the message ‘Welcome to the world of AIDS.’ Variations of the urban legend quickly spread through email, and some claimed to be a warning being circulated by the Dallas Police Department, which later declared the attacks as false, and not happening.
 Cool stuff. More via ListVerse.

It's better to know the truth, right? ;)

There are more urban legends/myths out there. Check out Snopes.
(So next time you receive an email/"news" that a tsunami is about to happen, know that even geologists/scientists can't predict what will happen in a few months time until moments before the actual incident.

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