FYI my interest in this is WRT cycling history, which is full of stories that never happened. Mostly they came about by cycling history not being written by historians, but by journalists, who tell stories + fill in the blanks with educated guesswork.

So I can explain the origin of the fake history. But I struggle with why it is still believed, when it is relatively easy to check the truth of many of these stories today. Also: enjoyed your Fake History book. V enjoyable.