7.9/1015 votes#1 - Flying Machines
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2013
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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8.0/1012 votes#2 - Founding Fathers
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2013
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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7.5/1013 votes#3 - Pilgrims and Witches
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/17/2013
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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7.2/1017 votes#4 - Trick or Treat
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2013
We don't always know the truth behind what scares us. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that our Halloween's origins aren't all that ancient and that Edgar Allan Poe is not the madman that others have made him out to be.
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6.9/1011 votes#5 - The Inventors
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2013
We don't always know the truth behind the inventors that create the devices we use every day. On America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that Thomas Edison didn't actually invent the light bulb and Benjamin Franklin never "discovered" electricity.
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7.6/1011 votes#6 - Presidential Conspiracies
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/7/2013
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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7.0/1013 votes#7 - The New World
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2013
There is more to the explorers who discovered America than we have been told. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fiction learn Christopher Columbus never stepped foot in North America and Hernán Cortés didn't defeat the Aztecs by himself.
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7.1/1012 votes#8 - Roadside Stories
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/21/2013
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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The Best Episodes of America: Facts vs. Fiction Season 1
Every episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of America: Facts vs. Fiction Season 1!
History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up...
Genre:Documentary
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Flying Machines" is the best rated episode of "America: Facts vs. Fiction" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/10/2013. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Founding Fathers".