land of the free home of the brave a
nation with its fair share of myths
welcome to watchmojo.com one by one in
this installment we’ll be looking at the
biggest and longest running myths behind
some of the United States most famous
icons and when asked about he said I
didn’t fail
I found out mm well not to make a light
bulb but he only need to find one way to
make it work
myth number 5 Orson Welles and his War
of the Worlds broadcast caused
nationwide panic creatures in the rocket
cylinder at Grover’s mill I can give you
no authoritative information the 1938
Orson Welles broadcast of the War of the
Worlds novel might have caused some stir
during its day but the actual panicked
fallout wasn’t quite as widespread as
you’ve been led to believe although it’s
true that some people did likely believe
the legendary broadcast was a
true-to-life news report of an alien
invasion the real truth to this myth
lies behind the fact that not many
people were listening to the radio
program in the first place four-stars
Welles his show was going up against
some tried and true programming with
established fan bases
additionally some CBS stations cut the
program to avoid such panic whereas some
other stations included notices during
the commercials that the aliens weren’t
actually invading the real reason why
this myth persists to this day is
because newspapers which were in fierce
competition with the radio pushed this
idea to the forefront of their pages in
an effort to cut down radios reputation
to their readers and there before my
eyes stark and silent they the Martians
with a hungry birds pecking and tearing
brown shreds of flesh myth number 4 Walt
Disney or just his head is cryogenically
frozen oh hey did they ever unfreeze
walk Disney unfortunately welcome back
mr. Disney how the Jews gone yet no put
me back in ok let’s get this one out in
the open right now Walt Disney is not
frozen nor is any part of his body
preserved through human cryogenics the
Disney founder was profoundly interested
in the subject however going as far as
to have people at his Walt Disney studio
called the president of the California
cryogenics Society
Nelson asking an abundance of questions
about their facility and what went into
the cryogenic process the truth behind
this myth then likely stems from an
interview that Nelson did with the Los
Angeles Times where he mentioned how he
felt that wall judging from his interest
wanted to be frozen despite the fact
that Disney was in fact room ated after
his battle with lung cancer cryonics it
was a kind of fad in the late 20th
century people feared dying it terrified
them the other interesting factoid about
this myth is that two weeks after
Disney’s death was the first time a man
was ever cryogenically frozen myth
number three Thomas Edison invented the
light bulb we’re just gonna take a wild
guess that you dig myth since you here
well it turns out that Thomas Edison
also enjoyed a good myth especially
those surrounding himself and his
abilities one popular myth about this
famous inventor claims that Edison
invented the light bulb
now light bulb the phonograph the
Kinetoscope it goes on and on and on
well this isn’t true although it is a
fact that the incandescent bulbs were an
Edison invention which is a longer
burning addition and improvement to the
already existing light bulb you know
Thomas Edison tried and failed nearly
2,000 times to develop the carbonized
cotton thread filament for the
incandescent light bulb Edison’s
invention made the light bulb more
affordable and practical for homeowners
to illuminate their homes but this
wasn’t the first time Edison would
stretch the truth
for example his claim that he was a
self-taught genius was debunked by Time
magazine in 1979 where a profile
revealed that Edison not only attended
school as a child but also took
chemistry classes in New York City
naughty naughty I’ve got an idea the
light bulb
I’m Edison thank you and everyone claps
myth number two Betsy Ross made the
first American flag let’s face it the
idea of a humble seamstress showing up
that classic design of the American flag
is one that warms the hearts of United
States citizens every independence day
unfortunately there isn’t a lot of
evidence to support this myth of
Philadelphia’s Betsy Ross sewing the
first American flag for starters the
history behind Ross’s involvement with
the flag didn’t begin making the rounds
until nearly a century after America’s
war of independence against England when
her grandson William Canby provided an
oral history of the tale passed down by
his family to the historic
Society Pennsylvania it’s true that
Betsy Ross did so flights for the
Pennsylvania Navy but there are no
mentions or records of Miss Ross being
tossed by a congressional fly committee
and George Washington as per can be
story to create a template which would
become the Stars and Stripes of America
Betsy Ross didn’t design the American
flag myth number one George Washington
had wooden teeth there are an abundance
of myths surrounding the first president
of the United States Colonel George
Washington from chopping down a cherry
tree so this number one American myth on
our list did George Washington actually
have wooden teeth I would remember the
mammoth wooden teeth well President
Washington did have extremely poor
dental hygiene and began losing his
teeth early on in life man you should
really brush your teeth more because
that is not normal he would eventually
have false teeth constructed from a
number of different sources
these included ivory lead and even teeth
from the mouths of various humans all
held together by metal fasteners the
dentures worn by Washington during his
inauguration were made with gold brass
and hippopotamus ivory thanks to the
fact that only one surviving original
tooth was left in his mouth and when
that one went Washington gave it to the
dentist does it keepsake Charlie now you
guys start you’re really gonna stop just
given to be guinea officer okay I got in
my pocket so which of these myths did
you believe this is what Google searches
are asking about American icons did
George Washington ever smile is Orson
Welles related to HG Wells can Walt
Disney be revived put Walt Disney’s head
on the phone
then wake it up for more patriotic top
tens and star-spangled top fives be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com you’re
trying to sully Edison’s good name and
nobody messes with my man Tom
nation with its fair share of myths
welcome to watchmojo.com one by one in
this installment we’ll be looking at the
biggest and longest running myths behind
some of the United States most famous
icons and when asked about he said I
didn’t fail
I found out mm well not to make a light
bulb but he only need to find one way to
make it work
myth number 5 Orson Welles and his War
of the Worlds broadcast caused
nationwide panic creatures in the rocket
cylinder at Grover’s mill I can give you
no authoritative information the 1938
Orson Welles broadcast of the War of the
Worlds novel might have caused some stir
during its day but the actual panicked
fallout wasn’t quite as widespread as
you’ve been led to believe although it’s
true that some people did likely believe
the legendary broadcast was a
true-to-life news report of an alien
invasion the real truth to this myth
lies behind the fact that not many
people were listening to the radio
program in the first place four-stars
Welles his show was going up against
some tried and true programming with
established fan bases
additionally some CBS stations cut the
program to avoid such panic whereas some
other stations included notices during
the commercials that the aliens weren’t
actually invading the real reason why
this myth persists to this day is
because newspapers which were in fierce
competition with the radio pushed this
idea to the forefront of their pages in
an effort to cut down radios reputation
to their readers and there before my
eyes stark and silent they the Martians
with a hungry birds pecking and tearing
brown shreds of flesh myth number 4 Walt
Disney or just his head is cryogenically
frozen oh hey did they ever unfreeze
walk Disney unfortunately welcome back
mr. Disney how the Jews gone yet no put
me back in ok let’s get this one out in
the open right now Walt Disney is not
frozen nor is any part of his body
preserved through human cryogenics the
Disney founder was profoundly interested
in the subject however going as far as
to have people at his Walt Disney studio
called the president of the California
cryogenics Society
Nelson asking an abundance of questions
about their facility and what went into
the cryogenic process the truth behind
this myth then likely stems from an
interview that Nelson did with the Los
Angeles Times where he mentioned how he
felt that wall judging from his interest
wanted to be frozen despite the fact
that Disney was in fact room ated after
his battle with lung cancer cryonics it
was a kind of fad in the late 20th
century people feared dying it terrified
them the other interesting factoid about
this myth is that two weeks after
Disney’s death was the first time a man
was ever cryogenically frozen myth
number three Thomas Edison invented the
light bulb we’re just gonna take a wild
guess that you dig myth since you here
well it turns out that Thomas Edison
also enjoyed a good myth especially
those surrounding himself and his
abilities one popular myth about this
famous inventor claims that Edison
invented the light bulb
now light bulb the phonograph the
Kinetoscope it goes on and on and on
well this isn’t true although it is a
fact that the incandescent bulbs were an
Edison invention which is a longer
burning addition and improvement to the
already existing light bulb you know
Thomas Edison tried and failed nearly
2,000 times to develop the carbonized
cotton thread filament for the
incandescent light bulb Edison’s
invention made the light bulb more
affordable and practical for homeowners
to illuminate their homes but this
wasn’t the first time Edison would
stretch the truth
for example his claim that he was a
self-taught genius was debunked by Time
magazine in 1979 where a profile
revealed that Edison not only attended
school as a child but also took
chemistry classes in New York City
naughty naughty I’ve got an idea the
light bulb
I’m Edison thank you and everyone claps
myth number two Betsy Ross made the
first American flag let’s face it the
idea of a humble seamstress showing up
that classic design of the American flag
is one that warms the hearts of United
States citizens every independence day
unfortunately there isn’t a lot of
evidence to support this myth of
Philadelphia’s Betsy Ross sewing the
first American flag for starters the
history behind Ross’s involvement with
the flag didn’t begin making the rounds
until nearly a century after America’s
war of independence against England when
her grandson William Canby provided an
oral history of the tale passed down by
his family to the historic
Society Pennsylvania it’s true that
Betsy Ross did so flights for the
Pennsylvania Navy but there are no
mentions or records of Miss Ross being
tossed by a congressional fly committee
and George Washington as per can be
story to create a template which would
become the Stars and Stripes of America
Betsy Ross didn’t design the American
flag myth number one George Washington
had wooden teeth there are an abundance
of myths surrounding the first president
of the United States Colonel George
Washington from chopping down a cherry
tree so this number one American myth on
our list did George Washington actually
have wooden teeth I would remember the
mammoth wooden teeth well President
Washington did have extremely poor
dental hygiene and began losing his
teeth early on in life man you should
really brush your teeth more because
that is not normal he would eventually
have false teeth constructed from a
number of different sources
these included ivory lead and even teeth
from the mouths of various humans all
held together by metal fasteners the
dentures worn by Washington during his
inauguration were made with gold brass
and hippopotamus ivory thanks to the
fact that only one surviving original
tooth was left in his mouth and when
that one went Washington gave it to the
dentist does it keepsake Charlie now you
guys start you’re really gonna stop just
given to be guinea officer okay I got in
my pocket so which of these myths did
you believe this is what Google searches
are asking about American icons did
George Washington ever smile is Orson
Welles related to HG Wells can Walt
Disney be revived put Walt Disney’s head
on the phone
then wake it up for more patriotic top
tens and star-spangled top fives be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com you’re
trying to sully Edison’s good name and
nobody messes with my man Tom
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