6 'Facts' About Historic Figures (Their Enemies Made Up)

Cracked.com:

The truth is like Silly Putty: you can stretch it, mold it and use it to destroy someone's life.

Just ask anyone who's ever run a nasty smear campaign; a good, juicy lie or half-truth about someone can not only follow them to the grave, but can echo down through history long after.

Just look at how the following "historical facts"--all complete bullshit--have continued to show up in print for centuries after the subject has passed away.

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Comments

[LiberalBuzz]

Interesting "facts".

While I never believed in any of them except that J. Edgar was gay, it's interesting to see how the facts stand up under the myths.

What was left out was that J.Edgar lived with the same man for decades. Clyde Tolson. The two lived together, vacationed together and were in effect a couple despite protests to the contrary.

In point of fact. Tolson was the one given Hoover's coffin flag at the funeral.

So while he may or may not have been a cross dresser, there is no doubt in the mind of myself and millions of others that J. Edgar was gay.