Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Mike Nesmith's mom invented Liquid Paper and sold it to 3M.
Mike Nesmith invented figures that purported to show that the Monkees sold more records than the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined in 1967 which still get published in articles to this day. He's quite open about the fact that he made it up completely and is proud of duping the media with this supposed "fact".