Al Gore never claimed to have invented the Internet
I always heard that joke that Al Gore invented the Internet, but I never knew the story behind it. It turns out he didn't invent the Internet (obviously) and never claimed that he did. He just got misquoted and everyone blew it out of proportion to make him seem like a liar. He was just saying that when he was in Congress he knew that the Internet was going to be big. Here's the full story.