Buzz·Posted on Sep 27, 20139 Amazing Corrections From The New York TimesBecause Mario and Luigi are PLUMBERS (duh), and "Mansome" is not a documentary about Charles Manson.by Ali VingianoBuzzFeed Motion Pictures StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. "The brothers Mario and Luigi, who appear in this and other Nintendo games, are plumbers, not janitors." 2. "An article...misstated the subject of his 2012 movie 'Mansome.' It is about male grooming, not Charles Manson." 3. "An article about Williamsburg, Brooklyn erroneously included products not sold at the store...Its merchandise does not include dandelion and burdock soda, lovage soda syrup or Early Bird granola." 4. "An earlier version of this article misidentified a cat that is the star of many YouTube videos. The cat's name is Maru, not Mamu." 5. "It is Twilight Sparkle, the nerdy intellectual, not Fluttershy, the kind animal lover." 6. "Slingshots are used to launch birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses, not to shoot down the birds." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. "Orcrist was not, as Dickey had said, the name of the sword used by Bilbo Baggins in the Misty Mountains in 'The Hobbit'; Orcrist was the sword used by the dwarf Thorin" 8. "The captain did not shout, and the crowd did not respond, 'Ah ah ha!'" 9. "An earlier version of this article misstated the length of time E.B. White wrote for The New Yorker as five centuries." Possibly The Greatest New York Times Correction In History buzzfeed.com The Greatest New York Times Correction Ever buzzfeed.com
