Surfers interested in truth and falsehood should visit some of the sites
devoted to urban legends. The myths abound—despite efforts to debunk them
by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
(http://www.csicop.org/) and the Urban Legends Reference page
(http://www.snopes.com/). Even Netropolitan’s favourite about cows falling from
the sky and sinking a Japanese trawler may not be true.
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