There's some more details about this one in today's Times:
How internet turned ‘fact’ into a global lie - Times Online
Basically, it was your standard misinterpretation-turns-into-fact rumour.
There's a good point at the end of the article:
Absolutely.Perhaps because of our increasing reliance on the internet for finding out factual information, news and gossip, many claims made in such e-mails go unchallenged. Their very pervasiveness makes them credible.
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