Historical Myth

history

Pocahontas did not help Lewis and Clark. She died in 1617, more than 200 years before the Corps of Discovery expedition (1804–1806) and decades before Jamestown settlers knew...

history-myth

The phrase Black Witch of Salem typically refers to a spectral female figure said to appear in or near the historic town of Salem, Massachusetts, often presented as connected to...

Safety and Risk

The term Russian roulette describes a lethal game of chance in which a single round is placed in a revolver cylinder, the cylinder is spun, and the gun is fired against the play...

reference

The cherry tree myth most people know centers on a young George Washington cutting down a cherry tree and then confessing, "I cannot tell a lie." That specific episode is not su...