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What's an urban legend someone's repeated to you as fact? (lazysoci.al)
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[–] beckerist@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I heard it as Marilyn Manson, not Prince, probably 25 years ago.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 week ago

Yep it was about then for me too

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that was the one that came to my mind when I read the question.

Oh a side note, I find it interesting how these things spread so wide pre Internet. I'm assuming we live on different continents (I'm in Europe).