Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / February 2008

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Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll

LONDON (AFP) - 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.