Suicidal lemmings To this day, the word “lemming” can refer to a person who joins various self-destructive movements without thinking. The term gained traction after the shocking revelation that lemmings (the animal kind) will actually commit suicide by jumping off cliffs to their death. This was all revealed in a critically acclaimed 1958 Disney documentary called White Wilderness. The only problem is that none of that is true. There were some questions about the giant spikes and decreases in lemming population so Disney just decided to fill in the blanks. The filmmakers brought a pack of lemmings and just threw them off a cliff and filmed them. For their efforts, Disney won an Oscar and we’re left with the image of these furry little guys desperately trying to climb back up the steep rocks. https://youtube/watch?v=xMZlr5Gf9yY
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:15:41 +0000
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