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A fabricated documentary scene is responsible for the enduring urban legend that lemmings willingly throw themselves off steep cliffs

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A fabricated documentary scene is responsible for the enduring urban legend that lemmings willingly throw themselves off steep cliffs

“The popular belief that lemmings commit mass suicide is actually a myth created by a staged 1958 Disney documentary. In reality, these Arctic rodents do not engage in such behavior.”

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