Fabricated history of the invention of the bathtubs
In 1917 a man named H.L. Mencken, in an effort to prove the gullibility of Americans, published a completely fabricated history of the invention of the bathtubs, using random facts, dates, and names. Even today, some of the facts from his story are cited in publications “H. L. Mencken & the Great Bathtubs HoaxWith a […]