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Many people grew up believing a story that George Washington, then only 6 years old, refused to tell a lie, choosing to face his father's wrath rather than deny having damaged his cherry tree.
Unfortunately, the story itself is a lie, something made up by an early biographer of Washington, the US' first president. Centuries later, people – children and adults – are still telling lies about all kinds of things, big and small. Sometimes it's a social "white lie", but at other times it's way bigger and the consequences can be dire.
Take the case of Tshamunwe Masindi, whose story to his insurers was partly true and partly false. The result has been a court decision that will surely be devastating to him. Read the judgment here.
