True stories behind American tall tales

(via Grunge) These days, nobody pretends that a superhero like Captain America is a real dude. But back in the centuries before the internet made fact-checking into a spectator sport, a variety of zany “tall tales” lifted up the stories of ordinary mortals and made them into metahuman gods, capable of insane feats of strength, supreme marksmanship, and more Everybody knows these classic American tall tales were exaggerated. One thing is for sure, though: The true stories behind these tall tales are even crazier than the tales themselves.