Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Puff The Magic Dragon Origin Story

A columnist in a New York newspaper basically created the myth that Puff the Magic Dragon by Leonard Lipton is about smoking marijuana. Lipton vehemently denied that accusation and pointed the finger at the columnist for creating that myth.

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