In schools they still teach that Columbus discovered America even though he was 500 years too late.In fact, he never set foot on the North American continent.

Remember the story of George Washington and the Cherry tree? Total rubbish.
Abe Lincoln walked many miles to return 3 cents to a woman he over charged?
He read by the light of the fire place? Have you ever tried that?
The most popular book of all time is full of myths and morality tales. We love our legends and myths.

We also love to make heroes out of bums.Billy the kid was a homicidal moron. Wyatt Earp was a womanizer, a gambler and all around trouble maker.(He never actually killed anyone before the OK corral rumble.

John Wayne (Marion Morrison) spent his adult life pretending to be someone else, as did Ronald Reagan.
No wonder Diogenes gave up.