Heard the one about Kate Moss and Johnny Depp's Champagne bath, or Keith Moon crashing his Rolls-Royce into a swimming pool? Although they make great conversation at the dinner table, these stories are apparently untrue. Although the eccentric Who drummer was a renowned wildman, Moon never did drive into a hotel pool (although he did once reverse into his garden pond by accident, which is probably where the story began). Yet so many people believed the urban myth that a submerged Rolls- Royce featured on an Oasis album cover and Jeremy Clarkson once performed a similar stunt.
Then there is the one about the backpacker who awakes from a drugged sleep to find himself in an ice cold bath and a scar on his chest.
A note next to him suggests he sees a doctor and when he does he finds he has lost his kidney.
What is true and what is not have become blurred over time but a new book called That's B*ll*cks! sets out to separate fact from fiction and tell a few tall tales along the way.
For instance, Winston Churchill really was a druid, signing up to the ancient order long before becoming PM, and a Japanese soldier found in a jungle 30 years after World War II still believed he was fighting against the Allies.
Author Albert Jack said: 'I have been interested in urban legends for years but have been knocked sideways by the things I discovered researching this book.
'These legends are the modern day version of medieval folklore.'
That's B*ll*cks sells for £12.99.
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