Things that never happened

[Bootless]

Apparently the brontosaurus never existed. It was an apatosaurus all along!

Oh great! Now I have to sand the lettering off of my plastic dinosaur.

Better fact check!

Brontosaurus is a genus in the subfamily Apatosaurinae, which includes only it and Apatosaurus, which are distinguished by their firm builds and thick necks. Although Apatosaurinae was named in 1929, the group was not used validly until an extensive 2015 paper, which found Brontosaurus to be valid. However, the status of Brontosaurus is still uncertain, with some paleontologists still considering it a synonym of Apatosaurus.

-Wikipedia: Brontosaurus

I'm putting the sandpaper away
...
for now.

[AlroyFarms]

Oh great! Now I have to sand the lettering off of my plastic dinosaur.

Better fact check!
I'm putting the sandpaper away
...
for now.

Yeah! Brontosaurus fossils matter! Pluto is a planet! 

I'm with ya! Solidarity!

[Bootless]

Pluto is a planet! 

Oh man! How could I forget?

My most awesome nightmare was being left behind on Pluto by that mining ship.

Because of the weight of ore, the poor mining cyborg(me) watched the flame of the rocket go, while freezing up reaching my internal heater's recharge plug toward the outlet.

I didn't make it...I figured the power was turned off anyway. It was a shot in the dark, really dark.

[FlyersFan]

While this is a true statement.

It may not come as much comfort to the 20+ people that were hung or that died in prison.

One of my ancient relatives was executed for being a witch.
Last person killed in Connecticut for witchcraft.
Mary Barnes of Farmington CT.
Story Here
I highly doubt any person who was put to death for witchcraft was actually a practicing witch.

[FlyersFan]

Anyway, about "never happened", how about George Washington and his cherry tree? Or wooden teeth?

Never happened.
When I went to Mt Vernon and took the tour I asked about the wooden teeth.
They said it was just a tale.  Not true.

[guyfriday]

Oddly, Nero wasn't nearly as bad as he is portrayed. After the fires he mandated building code that would prevent further fires from taking place, and his so-called "palace" was open areas that were for the Roman people and not just s rich playground. Hell, if you look into what was being done Caligula wasn't a bad person either, and the stories about him being this twisted monster was only pushed by his detractors.

I'll counter this with a weird ignorance of history by pointing out that FDR was behind the "Business Plot" so that he could pull in his socialist agenda, and FDR was behind the Japanese's desire to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941. Until recently FDR was America's greatest monster.