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The truth is that much of what we learn about history is a series of little white lays that as time passes have grown into tall stories. George Washington didn't really walk around with a mouthful of wooden teeth. Those are real teeth and pearl inlays in Washington's dentures. A recent study by Mary Thompson advises Washington experimented with early dental care transplants. He purchased replacement unit teeth from his slaves for 13 shillings (roughly $50 in 2015 money). Another truth every schoolchild learns early on is Paul Revere was a great hero of the trend and saved your day by alerting the minutemen at Lexington and Concord that the British were arriving. It's true. Paul Revere made a midnight ride, and he pass on the news headlines about the British isles advance on Lexington and Concord, however the fact is Revere never completed his ride. And here's another reality hardly anyone recognizes. Revere wasn't the only one to make that ride. A second rider, William Dawes, set out by land at the same time Revere rowed across the bay to Charlestown. And one of the primary hoaxes ever played out on Americans took place during the 1930s and early on 1940s. FDR got polio and may hardly walk, yet during his presidency most People in america got no idea the chief executive was crippled. American history is full of strange paradoxes, and that is one of the things that make it so interesting.
