The Bowery Boys are ruining all the fun by pointing out debunked urban legends—like, did you know that no one ever really tried to saw Manhattan in half (you can read about that one in this book)? And the birth rate didn't rise nine months after the Blackout of 1965... so maybe you weren't an accident, after all. There were, however, alligators in our sewers, lots and lots of alligators (maybe).
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