A couple of weeks ago, a friend frantically texted to me to have coffee. She heard a story about the Ian’s special ed classroom, and she had to share. Over coffee, she said that she heard from one woman, who may or may not be mentally stable, that kids in the special ed classroom were found having sex in the stairwell last year. I ran this story by school administrators today, and they laughed. Nothing like that ever happened. The administrators sounded truly amused, so I’m sure that it was a false rumor. But it was interesting how quickly it spread through the town. I’m sure that the story spread, because people tend to think that all special ed kids are sexual deviants.

Brendan Nyhan, who is writing for the Times’ Upshot today (yay!), explains that the Internet is fertile ground for false, but juicy stories. Including that story about the woman with the third boob.