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Urban Myths is an on-going series of illus­tra­tions by Mother Volcano. The ini­tial set of images depicts three of their favorite myths, for which you can read descrip­tions below. To stay updated on new addi­tions, be sure to fol­low them on Twitter.

Good Luck Mr. Gorsky
Astronaut Neil Armstrong made a strange remark while on the mis­sion to the moon that was caught in the com­mu­ni­ca­tion traf­fic between mis­sion con­trol: “Good luck Mr. Gorsky!”. Goes the urban myth that 26 years later he finally con­ceded a young reporter the expla­na­tion. When he was a kid he over­heard the neigh­bours, Ms. Gorsky shout­ing at Mr. Gorsky while play­ing in the back­yard: “Sex! You want sex?! You’ll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!”.

Deadly Bananas
You were not sup­posed to panic but hey! you are prob­a­bly eat­ing bananas from Costa Rica infected with a bac­te­ria that will eat your flesh out. At a rate of 2 to 3 cm of flesh per hour. Amputation is cer­tain, death is likely!

Chicken, Cow, Duck or…?
Ever won­dered what hap­pened to that chi­nese old man around the block who died but you never heard of any funeral? He is prob­a­bly on your Chop Suey! True story!