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Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.

And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.

Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.

Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.

Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.

UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people.


Boy, I'll say they're losing their grip on reality. I kind of wish that Holmes had, in fact, been real, but for pity sake folks!

Date: 2008-02-07 03:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baronlaw.livejournal.com
I suppose it's somewhat understandable. When you live in a land where Robin Hood is both real and a myth. I suppose it's easy to mix up which people are historical and which archetypes.

That being said there is no excuse for Winston Churchill being thought fictional. WWII was not that long ago!

quelle est astronomie?

Date: 2008-02-07 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] racerxmachina.livejournal.com
Then you really don't want to see what the French know about astronomy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlERjW0bhw

Re: quelle est astronomie?

Date: 2008-02-07 08:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anam-moon.livejournal.com
I know! I've seen that before. Just sad.
From: [identity profile] anam-moon.livejournal.com
It's sweet that you're making excuses for them like that. Would that be why they thought Mahatma Gandhi wasn't real either?

Date: 2008-02-07 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jackkansas.livejournal.com
I have long maintained that most of our species is functionally insane.

One of my favorite statistics (for which, alas, I have no source to cite) is that, of the people who do not believe in life after death, thirty percent believe that they have been in communication with a dead person.

The older I get, the more the world seems like Dawn of the Dead (2004).

Date: 2008-02-09 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anam-moon.livejournal.com
LOL! That is a fantastic statistic. I never had a favorite statistic before, but I think that is it.

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