# The Straight Dope Un-cyclopedia: Untruths Revealed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-un-cyclopedia-untruths-revealed/100845 "2002-03-30T00:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-un-cyclopedia-untruths-revealed/100845/61 "2002-04-05T19:27:22Z")
Lipton Tea is not made from Liptons. Instead it’s made from a synthetic substitute first developed by Nazi scientists in response to wartime Lipton shortages. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-un-cyclopedia-untruths-revealed/100845/62 "2002-04-06T03:29:15Z")
–Singer-songwriter Harry Chapin was actually born Harry Chaplin, great-nephew of Charlie, but did not wish to capitalize on the family name. –Bob Hope was born Robert Crosby, while Bing Crosby’s real name was Harry Hope. Amazingly each changed his last name prior to their long association in films because they thought their own real last names unwieldy and unsuitable. –Legendary frontier marshal Wyatt Earp’s full name was Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. –The working title for “Planet of The Apes” was “Spank The Monkey.” –Peter Graves, star of “Mission Impossible,” is in real life the brother of Lorne Greene, star of “Bonanza.” The family name is actually Greeves. –I cheated. One of the above is true. Sir Rhosis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-un-cyclopedia-untruths-revealed/100845.md?page=3)