Contrary to the popular myth, the libretto was approved by the Emperor, Joseph II, before any music was written by Mozart.

Contrary to the myth antiaircraft fire claimed more kills than fighters.

" ( Contrary to myth, Gorton did not exercise a casting vote, as such a vote was not possible under party rules.

Contrary to the popular urban legend myth, the Nazis did not discriminate against " Aryans " who did not have blonde hair or light-eyes, or had only one of these features.

Contrary to popular myth Whiskey Row was not destroyed by a fire in 1888.

Contrary to myth, they were not factory equipped with cold-air induction, as the Thunderbolt would be.

Contrary to prevailing myth, Parsons never spoke about a society, where there was no conflict or some kind of " perfect " equilibrium.

Contrary to local myth, Alice Liddell did not meet Carroll in the town, and was not told the Alice stories in the town.

Contrary to the myth that the Central Pacific's Chinese laborers were specifically excluded from the festivities, A. J.

( Contrary to popular myth, however, the chassis is metal ; aluminium for the Aero 8 ).

Contrary to the popular myth, card counters do not need unusual mental abilities in order to count cards, because they are not tracking and memorizing specific cards.

Contrary to popular myth, this will not cause the machine gun to " runaway " at cyclic rate of fire ( as compared to a Slamfire ) because each chambered round has to first be brought up to temperature.

Contrary to popular myth, the Pennsic wars were not caused by Cariadoc challenging himself to a war and losing.

Contrary to urban myth, the lake is not filled with treated greywater from the hotel.

Contrary to popular myth, the Cook perennial " One Leg Too Few ", a classic sketch about a one-legged actor applying for the role of Tarzan, which had been written by Cook years before and used in Beyond the Fringe, never appeared in Not Only ...

Contrary to popular myth, there were some partial successes because of the rebellions:

Contrary to local myth, he did not live at the ' Water House ' on the River Darent, but in a run-down farm cottage that has since been demolished.

Contrary to popular myth, most beaver dams do not pose barriers to trout and salmon migration, although they may be restricted seasonally during periods of low stream flows.

Contrary to popular myth, Robbins was not responsible for their foundation, with most of the applications for reclassification already accepted by the University Grants Committee in the later 1950s / early 1960s.

Contrary to popular myth, they don't eat princesses as they tend to smell of cheap perfume and give indigestion.

Contrary to popular myth, Coma was preceded by the lesser known The Year of the Intern ( also published by Signet Book ) in 1973.

Contrary to popular myth, Swanley was never a major flower growing or orchard area ( at least not more so than any other part of North Kent ) however its location became attractive for London doctors seeking a cure for sick Londoners, escaping the smog of London.

Contrary to a popular myth, a person who is a knight or of noble birth does not have the right to confer titles of nobility, knighthood or orders of chivalry upon others.

Contrary to popular myth, though the Nokia 7110 does feature a spring-loaded cover concealing the keypad, this is not the model featured in the first Matrix movie, which is the Nokia 8110 ( made 3 years prior ), which was adapted with a spring mechanism to feature in the 1999 film.

Contrary to some early expectations, Downes did not perform with Yes, although their set list included two songs from the 1980 album Drama, which featured Downes on keys.

Contrary to the title, the film is not set in Dallas nor does the eponymous Debbie " do " anyone in or from Dallas.

Contrary to the general practice of a road-clearing operation which consists in concentrating necessary troops to destroy in gradual steps the ambushes set up by the enemy along the highway, Hiếu intended to interdict the enemy to set up ambushed locations in resorting to diversionary tactic.

Contrary to throttling, in order to use bandwidth when available, but prevent excess, each node in a proactive system should set an outgoing bandwidth cap that appropriately limits the total number of bytes sent per unit time.

Contrary to popular mythology, the company was not set up to trade in domain names.

A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789 ; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.

Contrary to the thinking of 30 to 40 years ago, when all malocclusion was blamed on some unfortunate habit, recent studies show that most tooth irregularity has at least its beginning in hereditary predisposition.

Contrary to the canonical Christian Gospels, and in accordance with the Islamic view of Jesus, this later " Gospel of Barnabas " states that Jesus was not the son of God, but a prophet and messenger.

Contrary to popular belief, the Louisiana code does not directly derive from the Napoleonic Code, as the latter was enacted in 1804, one year after the Louisiana Purchase.

Contrary to Communist propaganda that Chiang was pro-capitalism, Chiang Kai-shek antagonized the capitalists of Shanghai, often attacking them and confisticating their capital and assets for the use of the government.

Contrary to popular belief John Hugenholtz cannot be credited with the design of the Zandvoort track, although he was involved as the Nederlandse Automobiel Ren Club chairman ( the Dutch Auto Racing Club ) before becoming the first track director in 1949.

Contrary to normal practice the book was written after the TV series was produced, although the line " Basis for the acclaimed public television triumph " is written on the front cover, using the program transcripts as reference.

Contrary to popular belief, the Marshall Plan, which was extended to also include Western Germany after it was realized that the suppression of the Western German economy was holding back the recovery of the rest of Europe, was not the main force behind the Wirtschaftswunder.

Contrary to Anton's assertions, the Pennant claim in 1790 was not the first time this had been discussed or put to print, as the Martin Martin texts predate Pennant by almost 100 years.

Contrary to America's policy which restrained armament ( limited equipment was provided for infantry and police forces ) to South Korea, Stalin extensively armed Kim Il Sung's North Korean army and air forces with military equipment ( to include T-34 / 85 tanks ) and " advisors " far in excess of those required for defensive purposes ) in order to facilitate Kim's ( a former Soviet Officer ) aim of conquering the rest of the Korean peninsula.

Contrary to false Communist propaganda that Chiang was pro capitalist, Chiang Kai-shek was the enemy and behaved in an antagonist manner to the capitalists of Shanghai, often attacking them and confisticating their capital and assets for the use of the government, even while he was fighting the communists.

" Yuri Modin, one of the KGB controllers of the Cambridge Five, agreed: " Contrary to received opinion, it was neither Guy Burgess nor one of our own agents who lured Philby into the toils of the Soviet espionage apparatus.

Contrary to popular belief in American and British circles, the Luftwaffe was not " the hand maiden of the German Army ".

Contrary to popular belief, the maquiladora program was in place far before NAFTA, in some sense dating all the way back to 1965.

Contrary to mainstream Islam, the Ahmadis do not believe that Jesus is alive in heaven, but that he survived the crucifixion and migrated towards the east where he died a natural death and that Ghulam Ahmad was only the promised spiritual second coming and likeness of Jesus, the promised Messiah and Mahdi.

Contrary to von Moll's report, the fossil was not missing ; it was being studied by Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, who gave a public lecture about it on 27 December 1810.

Contrary to expectation, Đukanović's response to the power change in Belgrade was not to further push the agenda outlined in his Platform, but instead to suddenly start pushing for full independence, thus completely dropping the Platform in the process.

The joke was that " SECAM " stood for " Something exceedingly Contrary to the American Method " versus NTSC " Never Twice the Same Color " whilst " Peace At Last " or " Perfection At Last " could only be obtained through the PAL system.

Contrary to later biographers ' claims, she was never entirely blind, but perhaps suffered from cataracts.