Most of what we were taught as children has turned out to be fake history, like George Washington and the cherry tree parable, it never happened his biographer made it up when he wrote of Washington after his death but it was repeated as fact to underscore the importance of truth, pretty ironic. Next we have the well respected inventor, Thomas Edison most broadly known for inventing the light bulb which he didn't do, he only improved on the design. The light bulb came from the work of several inventors though Edison was responsible for several of the important parts such as the carbon filament and the Edison Screw, the twist in light bulb still in use today. These examples could be easily disproved today with the internet at our fingertips but in the days of yore when most of the books told the same stories it was a little harder to eke out the truth.
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