# Historical myths DEBUNKED!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-debunked/1022251 "2025-08-19T02:56:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-debunked/1022251/217 "2025-08-26T18:00:32Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I’ll speculate that the current Supreme Court chose to create an ambiguous standard that it could interpret as it wishes.

No politics please. The story about Grant is fine, modern day SCOTUS should perhaps be in P&E? Thanks

> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> Well, speaking of historical myths debunked, Christopher Lee mayyyy have been a [a wee bit of an exaggerator](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/christopher-lee-wwii-service-fact-or-fiction.html). He still served honorably in WW II, but his stories of derring-do are a little over the top and not corroborated by any person or record.

“” Mortimer stated. “He was attached to the SAS and SOE as an RAF liaison officer at various times between 1943 and 1945, but he did not serve in them.” That is a nitpick. Lots of that stuff never got made public, also.

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