# Google: People also ask "What president died on Mount Saint Helens?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105 "2021-11-29T03:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105/1 "2021-11-29T03:04:55Z")
So I google “mt st helens eruption video” because I wanted to see, well, I guess it’s self-explanatory. Google lately has a “people also ask” section, where they list common similar questions. Apparently people also ask “What president died on Mount Saint Helens?”, and the answer is “Harry R. Truman” (bolding mine) Strange that the linked Wikipedia article for Harry R. Truman fails to mention his presidency! You’d think that would be a kinda big deal in the man’s life and worthy of a paragraph or two… ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105/2 "2021-11-29T05:31:33Z")
Harry R. Truman died on Mount St Helens. The President was Harry S. Truman. Probably a lot of people are confused, a myth has started, and Google is mirroring their confusion. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105/3 "2021-11-29T05:55:51Z")
Google doesn’t know anything. It just repeats what other people ask or answer. If enough people answer common questions incorrectly, Google will brainlessly parrot it. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105/4 "2021-11-29T06:08:47Z")
Oh, is that what the “S” in Harry S Truman stands for? “R”? I’d always wondered that. Neat! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105/5 "2021-11-29T07:16:23Z")
Better to go through life being the _other_ Harry Truman than being one of the _other_ Donald Trumps. > **[What It’s Like to Be Named Donald Trump](https://www.vice.com/en/article/9b85nz/what-its-like-to-be-named-donald-trump)** > > We spoke with four of the other Donald Trumps of America, whose lives have become a sounding board for people's wide-ranging views on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-people-also-ask-what-president-died-on-mount-saint-helens/955105/6 "2021-11-29T15:51:58Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Oh, is that what the “S” in Harry S Truman stands for? “R”? I’d always wondered that. Neat! Only on Talk Like A Pirate Day.