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50 Facts You Learned at School That Are Not Real

WASHINGTON ADMITTED HE CHOPPED DOWN A CHERRY TREE

For generations, teachers have been telling students that George Washington was so virtuous that he couldn’t tell a lie. The author of Washington’s best-selling original biography was not bound by such moral hangups, and took significant artistic license with the facts. The cherry tree story is among the biggest whoppers.

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