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American parents have been pushing carrots for better eyesight for generations, but this nutritional wisdom actually started as a World War II disinformation campaign. The British military invented the carrot story to keep their new radar technology secret from German intelligence.
Some of the most shared quotes in American culture — attributed to Einstein, Churchill, Lincoln, and others — were never actually said by those people. This is the story of how fake quotes spread, why they stick to certain names, and what that tells us about the way we decide who sounds credible.
Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the early web. This is the story of how Digg built something remarkable, lost it almost overnight, and kept trying to come back.