The Best Episodes of America: Facts vs. Fiction

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#1 - Bad Medicine
S5:E123/11/2017
America's medical history is infected with myths. George Washington's doctors may have inadvertently killed him; Abraham Lincoln used a toxic remedy that warped his mind; and heroin was once a best-selling cough suppressant.
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8.3/10(8 votes)
#2 - World War 2
S5:E11/21/2017
The war waged by America's greatest generation is obscured by myth. Few remember that an American admiral played a pivotal role in showing Japan how to attack Pearl Harbor or that the German army was not the mechanized wonder it's reputed to be.
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8.2/10(13 votes)
#3 - Founding Fathers
S1:E27/10/2013
We think we know the true story of the birth of the United States but there is a whole other story. In this episode of America's Facts Vs. Fiction, we learn who else rode with Paul Revere and that George Washington wasn't really our first President.
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8.2/10(9 votes)
#4 - Final Voyages
S3:E1012/8/2015
Myths cloud the facts of the Titanic and Hindenburg disasters. Few know that the Titanic nearly hit another obstacle days before it struck the iceberg - or that the radio broadcast of the Hindenburg's destruction is distorted by a technical flaw.
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#5 - The Princess and the Pathfinders
S3:E410/20/2015
Myths obscure the truth about Pocahontas and America's renowned explorers, Lewis and Clark. We remember Pocahontas and John Smith as lovers - but she actually married another John. And Lewis and Clark's exploits were forgotten for a century.
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#6 - Roads to Freedom
S3:E811/24/2015
Myths obscure the truth about the Underground Railroad and the Women's Suffrage Movement. Black leaders, not white, dominated the system that brought hundreds of slaves to freedom. And women's fight for the vote was more violent than we remember.
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#7 - D.C. Decoding
S3:E912/1/2015
Myths surround the landmarks of Washington, D.C. Few realize that the remains of the original White House are buried under a baseball diamond in Virginia - or that thousands of people have literally jumped over the top of the Washington Monument.
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8.0/10(7 votes)
#8 - Bonus Round: Defending the Truth
S4:E96/4/2016
True tales of women at war, including those that worked at manufacturing jobs, as WASPS, as computers, code breakers and spies and the 500 who died as a result of enemy action. Fact and fiction in historical photographs.
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7.9/10(15 votes)
#9 - Flying Machines
S1:E17/10/2013
Flying devices have been created to take us all around the world and even into space. On America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn how Apollo 11 only made it home thanks to a pen and that Air Force One is a code name and not the actual name of the plane.
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7.9/10(12 votes)
#10 - Lost at Sea
S2:E310/14/2014
Myths cloud the real facts of history on the high seas. Find out what pirates really did with their treasure instead of burying it - and discover the truth behind the seemingly baffling disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.
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7.9/10(8 votes)
#11 - Worlds of Amusement
S3:E210/6/2015
Amusement parks and world's fairs are examined. Included: the history of roller-coasters and how world's fairs recalled as family-friendly endeavors actually featured nudity.
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7.9/10(8 votes)
#12 - Welcome to the Big Apple
S3:E310/13/2015
Myths obscure the facts about two Manhattan landmarks - the Empire State Building and Grand Central. Discover why a penny tossed from the top of the skyscraper won't kill anyone, and the real story of Grand Central's "secret" train platform.
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7.7/10(13 votes)
#13 - Presidential Conspiracies
S1:E68/7/2013
With our greatest Presidents, we have to differentiate between the man and the legend. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fiction learn FDR may have never had polio and Abraham Lincoln and JFK don't have all that much in common.
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7.6/10(12 votes)
#14 - Booze and Bullets
S2:E410/21/2014
Our memories of the roaring twenties and lawless thirties are more myth than truth. Learn the shocking realities about prohibition and that rogue's gallery of gangsters including John Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde.
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7.5/10(12 votes)
#15 - Fool's Gold
S2:E110/7/2014
The real facts behind America's biggest economic boom and biggest bust will shock you. On this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, discover a treasure of nuggets about the California gold rush and the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
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7.5/10(13 votes)
#16 - Last Man Standing
S2:E210/7/2014
The true stories of the Alamo and Custer's Last Stand are very different from the way we remember them. Find out how Davy Crockett really died - and why General Custer might have been court-martialed if he hadn't attacked the Indians that outnumbered him.
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7.5/10(9 votes)
#17 - Seeing Isn't Believing
S2:E912/2/2014
On this episode, we look further into some of the most iconic photos and footage from the Civil War, Great Depression, and World War 2. By looking beyond the celluloid and the flash bulbs we find a story as interesting as the moments themselves.
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7.5/10(13 votes)
#18 - What Happens in Vegas...
S2:E1012/9/2014
Myths obscure the truth about Las Vegas. In this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, learn that gambling wasn't the first enterprise to pour billions into Nevada's economy - and that Hoover Dam's concrete hasn't finished hardening.
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7.4/10(11 votes)
#19 - Red, White and True?
S2:E611/4/2014
Myths and misconceptions surround our most revered patriotic symbols. Learn how the Statue of Liberty was originally intended to stand in Egypt, how the American Flag wasn't designed by Betsy Ross, and that Mount Rushmore is actually uncompleted.
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7.4/10(6 votes)
#20 - Tales of Sea and Sky
S4:E55/7/2016
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7.3/10(14 votes)
#21 - Pilgrims and Witches
S1:E37/17/2013
The roots of America can be traced to the first settlers that came there. In this episode of America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that the Pilgrim "Thanksgiving" was about fasting and the only "witchcraft" in Salem was done by a group of young girls.
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7.3/10(12 votes)
#22 - Masters of Illusion
S2:E811/25/2014
Much of what we know about America's showmen is myth, not truth. Discover how Harry Houdini didn't die escaping from his famous torture cell - and how P.T. Barnum doubled his profits by manufacturing doubt about the authenticity of his own exhibits.
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7.3/10(11 votes)
#23 - Engineering the Impossible
S2:E1212/30/2014
The truth about great feats of engineering can be clouded by myth. Discover that the Panama Canal doesn't run east and west, but north and south. And that the Transcontinental Railroad wasn't completed at Utah's Promontory Point.
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7.2/10(12 votes)
#24 - Roadside Stories
S1:E88/21/2013
A whole other story is behind the roads and bridges that cross the United States. On this episode of America's Facts Vs. Fictions learn a woman was the driving force behind completing the Brooklyn Bridge and Route 66 wasn't built from scratch.
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7.2/10(9 votes)
#25 - Top Secret Vaults
S3:E611/3/2015
Myths surround America's most secret vaults. The interior of Fort Knox looks nothing like it does in the movie "Goldfinger" and the $250 billion of gold in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is protected by low-tech technology built in 1924.
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