7.2/1011 votes#1 - Fool's Gold
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2014
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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7.5/1013 votes#2 - Last Man Standing
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2014
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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7.7/1011 votes#3 - Lost at Sea
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2014
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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7.6/1012 votes#4 - Booze and Bullets
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2014
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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6.7/1012 votes#5 - Patton and Grant
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2014
The truth about America's greatest generals is obscured by myth. Learn that George Patton's nickname "Blood and Guts" doesn't mean what you might think and that Ulysses S. Grant's reputation as a drunk and a butcher is undeserved.
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7.0/1010 votes#6 - Red, White and True?
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2014
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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6.6/1014 votes#7 - Wartime Rosies
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2014
The truth about women during World War II goes way beyond Rosie the Riveter. In this episode, our stories range from the woman who broke Japan's secret code to the Hollywood sex goddess who invented a remote-controlled torpedo.
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7.2/1012 votes#8 - Masters of Illusion
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2014
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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7.3/109 votes#9 - Seeing Isn't Believing
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2014
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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7.5/1013 votes#10 - What Happens in Vegas...
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2014
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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7.1/1012 votes#11 - Conquering the Sky
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/2014
The stories of pioneering aviators are often not the truth but flights of fancy. In this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, we expose the myths about the Wright brothers' invention of the airplane and America's favorite missing person, Amelia Earhart.
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7.2/1011 votes#12 - Engineering the Impossible
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/30/2014
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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The Best Episodes of America: Facts vs. Fiction Season 2
Every episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of America: Facts vs. Fiction Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Fool's Gold" is the best rated episode of "America: Facts vs. Fiction" season 2. It scored 7.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/2014. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Last Man Standing".