metaldinner t1_jd9t7av wrote on March 22, 2023 at 9:21 PM

Reply to TIL that on April 1st, 1906, American newspapers ran prank articles reporting that Chicago had been "invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction", illustrated with doctored photos showing dinosaurs attacking the Windy City. by TJ_Fox

some people will take old newspaper articles about 'giant skeletons' as facts

things like this should be an indication that old newspapers werent paragons of truth, but printed whatever outlandish things would get people to buy them

metaldinner t1_ivlihf4 wrote on November 8, 2022 at 9:02 PM

Reply to comment by Qwez81 in TIL that the "Lost City of Atlantis" was invented by the philosopher Plato, as a fake enemy for Athens that lost favour of the gods and was sunk in to the sea. by PDRugby

plato made it up

just because there are cases of islands 'sinking' or the fact that sea levels change, submerging coastal cities, doesnt change the fact that plato made up the story of atlantis.