Urban legends have been around since, well, time immemorial. They spread like wildfire, and are somehow accepted as fact by multiple generations. While fascinating (and sometimes even completely silly), many urban legends are firmly rooted in fallacy. We're not talking about the small-town rumors of high school heroes. We're talking widely accepted and distributed tales that are simply not true. Recently, a curious soul took to Reddit's r/AskReddit community and asked its members "What urban le…

Almost every high school has its fair share of urban legends. Most of our revolved around creepy teachers, but there were also stories of haunted libraries and supply closets, after-hours hookups, and unfortunate boners that may or may not have, uh, made themselves known. My high school was pretty tame in both this department and the prank department. Our wildest form of mischief came in the form of handing freshmen maps of the school that included a fifth floor pool. There was no fifth floor,…