# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/388 "2026-03-28T01:55:31Z")

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[Bill Nye – OHenry, MTwain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-nye-ohenry-mtwain/1028834)

I thought that this was going to be something that Bill Nye the Science Guy said about those authors. In reality there was _another_ Bill Nye who lived closer to when those two authors did and the thread is about who influenced whom amongst other things.

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