Old School Misinformation - Urban Myths

Before the internet, did you hear any urban myths and factless rumours? What were they?

Here are some I remember:

Mikey (a kid in a popular cereal commercial) died of eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke at the same time.
Rod Stewart had his stomach pumped after collapsing during a concert and they found dog semen in his stomach contents.
Richard Gere got a gerbil stuck up his ass.

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

If you swallowed watermelon seeds, they would sprout in your stomach. (Lol.)

The Kentucky Fried Rat. (You can guess.)

The guy who thought he had bought an expensive exotic dog, only to find out it was a rat.

Fred Rogers was a sniper in Vietnam, and wore long-sleeved shirts to cover his many tattoos. (Obvious BS.)

The daddy longlegs is the most venomous spider in the world, but its fangs can't penetrate human skin. (Absolute rot.)