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5 Famous Events in History That Never Really Happened


	August 3, 2024

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5 Famous Events in History That Never Really Happened

Most of us weren't in the room for history's most famous happenings. That means it just takes one slip-up or folktale — whether because of an overzealous biographer, a creative retelling, propaganda, or just a story that's easy to latch on to — to create a whole new version of events.

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