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36. Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter

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Mon Oct 7, 2013, 05:06 PM

Oct 2013

That was just self-serving PR from the WH Communications Office.

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What are some historical myths? [View all] Dash87 Oct 2013 OP

The Founding Fathers wanted to empower Americans to shoot each other at will. Loudly Oct 2013 #1

The defenders of the Alamo were 'heroic freedom fighters'. Aristus Oct 2013 #2

Local Mexicans also joined the revolution against Santa Anna. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #20

The Texas Revolution started as a defense of the 1824 Constitution. Bucky Oct 2013 #21

Can I add a wrinkle some hate? nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #34

If it was Crockett that was captured and shot. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #48

We are talking about national myths nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #51

Travis line in the sand is an interesting one. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #75

Yup. And on the Mexican side the cadet nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #79

The 1848 war had some amazing effects on America. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #81

And in Mexico it deepened the divisions between nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #82

It's not a rumor. It's best evidence from historical records. Bucky Oct 2013 #93

Was the guy claiming to be Crockett really him? GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #100

We're talking history here, not wishful thinking. (nt) Paladin Oct 2013 #101

read think link here. That it was Crockett is pretty much indisputable. Bucky Oct 2013 #105

Here is a fun fact. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #62

Yup. Santa Anna was quite probably nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #69

I can see the Doctor using up lots of note pads. N/T GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #74

There were Blacks that fought for the Confederacy, too. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #38

Read post #2 again. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #53

I agree with you, there were different reasons motivating those at the Alamo. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #55

I can agree with that. But #2 got me angry. N/T GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #64

Marie Antoinette said JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #3

Also, Royal women of the time bore the brunt of citizen's hate elehhhhna Oct 2013 #68

Possibly Brioche JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #83

Yes, plus, anything she would have said would have been in French, hughee99 Oct 2013 #104

True that JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #113

Paul Bunyan didn't really have a blue ox. Jenoch Oct 2013 #4

Oh man... Reading this has ruined my entire life :( penultimate Oct 2013 #6

Grab your destiny by the Ox horns!!!! Just get some blue spray paint and have it your way DonRedwood Oct 2013 #19

What is funny about Babe, the Blue Ox Jenoch Oct 2013 #22

So that's where the term blue ba.... never mind. Lint Head Oct 2013 #27

You take that back you big liar! Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #42

Yeah, those are just statues. Jenoch Oct 2013 #49

Wha...you...I... Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #54

Sad. No Paul Bunyan, either. Try for Bigfoot? WinkyDink Oct 2013 #59

And Pecos Bill never dug the Rio Grande Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #84

I know Pecos Bill did some cool stuff, Jenoch Oct 2013 #88

Well, according to the song, Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #90

Wright Brothers zipplewrath Oct 2013 #5

It is my understanding that they dramatically improved propeller design. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #37

Improvement yes zipplewrath Oct 2013 #86

First flight ... Not the Wright Brothers? Vox Moi Oct 2013 #7

Smithsonian disagrees telclaven Oct 2013 #11

That is true ... but there were newspaper accounts Vox Moi Oct 2013 #18

The myth of the American Minute man ... Vox Moi Oct 2013 #8

Henry Ford invented the automobile... joeybee12 Oct 2013 #9

The assembly line. n/t A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #39

Qin Shi Huangdi, Marc Isambard Brunel, Eli Whitney, Ransom Olds... baldguy Oct 2013 #87

Why would people disbelieve something that is taught correctly, that HF developed the assembly line? WinkyDink Oct 2013 #60

The black legend BainsBane Oct 2013 #10

There are so many... Ohio Joe Oct 2013 #12

One of my all-time favorite books! arcane1 Oct 2013 #76

Columbus discovering America B Calm Oct 2013 #13

Well, that one's kind of true. But he was the last European to ever do so. Bucky Oct 2013 #16

As has been said before .... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #40

Columbus proved the world was round pokerfan Oct 2013 #47

Some angry dude sharp_stick Oct 2013 #14

George Washington never told a lie Bucky Oct 2013 #15

Once he chose it, the value of Mount Vernon went up 400% Recursion Oct 2013 #30

America fought WWII to stop the Holocaust. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #17

Do people actually think that? oberliner Oct 2013 #25

It was thrown around here a lot during the Syria debate, so apparently so. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #26

Ya, quite a few people cite that as our greatest moral hour Hydra Oct 2013 #77

Khrushchev stating that "we will bury you" LanternWaste Oct 2013 #23

"Little House on the Prairie" is 100% factual XemaSab Oct 2013 #24

It was never really left to Beaver. Lint Head Oct 2013 #28

Nor did father always know best, sometimes it was the mother, and occasionally Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #50

and it all about more than the hokey pokey DrDan Oct 2013 #65

Not everyone loved Raymond. Bucky Oct 2013 #94

The "Never-ending Story" - it ended. Dash87 Oct 2013 #109

Europeans in 1492 thought the world was flat Recursion Oct 2013 #29

The Pilgrims didn't invite the Wampanoags to the First Thanksgiving. grntuscarora Oct 2013 #31

Your page misses another important detail jeff47 Oct 2013 #103

As it turned out, Father did not know Best hatrack Oct 2013 #32

George W. Bush won the 2000 election. KamaAina Oct 2013 #33

Thread winner. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #46

THAT is a true MYTH!! WinkyDink Oct 2013 #61

And 2004 Hydra Oct 2013 #78

Reagan won the Cold War JHB Oct 2013 #35

Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #36

Green M&M's work the same as the pill. BKH70041 Oct 2013 #41

Catherine the Great was killed by a horse she was having sex with. Kaleva Oct 2013 #43

Edison, heh. That "99% perspiration, 1% inspiration"? More like 1% inspiration, 19% persperation, Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #44

King John didn't sign the Magna Carta LeftishBrit Oct 2013 #45

On that note: King John wasn't evil, and the barons weren't defending equal rights Recursion Oct 2013 #66

I don't think either the King or the Barons were saintly, in fact LeftishBrit Oct 2013 #70

Good point. I cringe every time I hear an American say "a jury of your peers" Recursion Oct 2013 #71

Thank you! King John has really gotten some bad PR. I think the Robin Hood legend and raccoon Oct 2013 #95

JFK was a real family man and very physically fit. nt raccoon Oct 2013 #96

Well, I didn't mean to respond to my own post, but I did. Oh, well. nt raccoon Oct 2013 #98

Obama was born in Kenya, Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #52

Compassionate Conservatism lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #56

Ronald Reagan "." nt adirondacker Oct 2013 #57

Easier to list the truths. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #58

The Dutch Resistance. Not so much myth as... elehhhhna Oct 2013 #63

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QI DireStrike Oct 2013 #67

There was a simpler, better era in America that we can "get back". maxsolomon Oct 2013 #72

That both the US and Russian space programs were entirely dependent on German engineers LongTomH Oct 2013 #73

Fin post. Thanks! Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #80

God. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #85

Feminists didn't burn their bras in the 60's. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2013 #89

One of the biggest ones I have dealt with is that JFK or LBJ started the Vietnam conflict. 4bucksagallon Oct 2013 #91

Biggest historical myth ever: george bush won the 2000 election. n/t cynatnite Oct 2013 #92

The Truth about George Washington yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #97

Europeans settled in the US before Africans loyalsister Oct 2013 #99

The Founding Fathers were interested in individual freedom and democracy. Deep13 Oct 2013 #102

Vietnam vets were spat upon by antiwar zealots Bragi Oct 2013 #106

moon is made of cheese? Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #107

That's true - it's made of cream cheese frosting. :P Dash87 Oct 2013 #108

That Jesus wasn't a Jew. Rex Oct 2013 #110

I asked a white supremacist on YouTube how he could hate Jews and be Christian Dash87 Oct 2013 #111

I live in south Texas, where Jesus is a Cowboy Christian! Rex Oct 2013 #112