You may have. That doesn't make it right. The internet is an amazing tool. But it's also a vessel for misinformation to spread like wildfire.
There are also exceptions to every rule, and some BPs may have birth defects or other reasons they need a few pinkies to get started. I honestly don't know.
It's very important to cross reference multiple sources before believing anything to be true. It's so easy for somebody to spread info on the internet that is 100% horse plop. Abraham Lincoln himself was quoted saying that you can't believe half of what you read on the internet. Hehehhee