TechScape: When Wikipedia fiction becomes real life fact

In this week's newsletter: how a madeup backstory for a crisp mascot became accepted fact, and why it proves the internet doesn't just reflect reality - it can alter it too

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Here's a fun fact: the guy on the front of a Pringles can has a name - Julius Pringles.

Here's an even funner fact: Pringles only started using that name in 2013, after Kellogg's acquired the company and trademarked it - before using it in a half-hearted social media push involving Jimmy Fallon and then sort of forgetting about it for a bit.

The Pringles logo is a stylized cartoon caricature of the head of a male figure (commonly known as Julius Pringles") designed by Louis R Dixon.