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Myths vs Facts

10 verified entries, each with its sources and the date we checked it.

George Washington's wooden teeth1789'Let them eat cake'1789Columbus did not prove the Earth was round1492Vikings did not wear horned helmetsc. 900 CEThe Great Wall is not visible from the Moonc. 220 BCECleopatra was not Egyptian by ancestry51 BCENero did not fiddle while Rome burned64 CEPaul Revere did not shout 'The British are coming!'Apr 18, 1775Edison did not invent the light bulb1879Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet1596