NBC News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday to having made up a story about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq.
Turns out Williams wasn't actually in the helicopter at all, and he said that after a decade of recounting the story, he actually "misremembered" what happened.
That, in turn, prompted many on the internet to speculate about other moments — historical, fictional, etc. — that Williams might also misremember being at:
Brian Williams says that long ago he, too, wrote a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird."
"No question. That bush looked like it was burning." #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
And then I screamed at the balrog, "you shall not pass!" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
Then NBC's Brian Williams was captured and built and IronMan suit in a cave from a box of scraps !
*Bradley Cooper played me in American Sniper* #BrianWilliamsMemories #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
So, there I was, crossing the Delaware... #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
We only numbered 300 as we fought for our lives. We held the pass for three days. That was all we could muster. #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
So he turns to Chaucer and says, "What if you write that story, but like, *not* in poem form?" #ThereIWasWithBrianWilliams
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers I count myself lucky that the tank in Tiananmen Square didn't leave any physical scars. The mental ones, well...
As Emperor Palpatine was about to finish off Luke,I threw the Emperor down a shaft & brought balance to the Force #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
"Damn, those tablets were heavy!" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
The @Seahawks handed the ball to Marshawn Lynch and won @SuperBowl 49. #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
#BrianWilliamsMemories trying to keep that bus above 55 mph was the hardest thing I've ever done.
"I said to #JohnHancock, 'sign your name as large as you want, you're making history here.'" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
"That one live shot I did from the moon" #BrianWilliamsMemories
"Then I told Al Gore we should name it the internet" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
And then I invented beer! #BrianWilliamsMisremembers
riding shotgun with O.J. #BrianWilliamsMemories
"And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Like a doll's eyes." #BrianWilliamsMisremembers his service on the USS Indianapolis