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Contrary to popular legend, the city is not named after a mythological Chief Munsee, rather it was named after Munsee Town, the white settlers ' name for the Indian village on the site, " munsee " meaning a member of the Delaware tribe.
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Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a society or economy that relied primarily on barter.
Contrary to popular belief, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney did not attend a Holly concert, although they watched his television appearance on Sunday Night at the London Palladium ; Tony Bramwell, a school friend of McCartney and George Harrison, did.
Contrary to popular belief, rats did not directly start the spread of the bubonic plague.
Contrary to popular belief, the airport is located completely on French soil.
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 popular belief, Crux is not opposite to Ursa Major.
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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 the popular belief that indoctrination is inconsistent with democracy, Chomsky goes so far as to argue that ' it's the essence of democracy.
Contrary to popular belief, " Dr ." is not part of the name but just an academic title like " Mag.
Contrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and are not sovereign territory of the represented state.
Contrary to popular belief conservation groups are not against expansion in general, instead they are concerned with efficiency with resources and land development.
Contrary to a popular misconception that software is either free or commercial, they are unrelated traits, since free software can be commercial and proprietary software can be non-commercial.
Contrary to the common mainstream academic and popular use of the term, Communist states have sometimes been referred to as " fascist ", typically as an epithet.
Contrary to popular belief, the company did not go bankrupt.
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 popular misuse, the word " colt " refers to a young male horse only ; " filly " is a young female.
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Contrary to popular belief, Marx does not base his LTV on what he dismisses as " ascribing a supernatural creative power to labor ", arguing in the Critique of the Gotha Program that:
Contrary to popular belief in American and British circles, the Luftwaffe was not " the hand maiden of the German Army ".
Contrary to popular opinion, libertarian socialism has not traditionally been a utopian movement, tending to avoid dense theoretical analysis or prediction of what a future society would or should look like.
Contrary to popular belief, the loa are not deities in and of themselves ; they are intermediaries for a distant Bondye.
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Contrary to legend and popular belief, Dom Pérignon did not invent sparkling wine, but he did make important contributions to the production and quality of Champagne wine.
Contrary to a popular legend, de Broglie actually gave the correct rebuttal that the particular technique could not be generalized for Pauli's purpose, although the audience might have been lost in the technical details and de Broglie's mild mannerism left the impression that Pauli's objection was valid.
Contrary to urban legend, the use of lead-containing pewter tableware was unrelated to the mistrust of tomatoes as a foodstuff in Northern Europe during the 16th century.
Contrary to popular legend, the Inquisition proceeded largely by means of legal investigation, persuasion and reconciliation.
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 the urban legend, Washington was not built on a reclaimed swamp, but wetlands did cover areas along the water.
Contrary to local legend, the town's ZIP code of 01776 was not specially assigned in recognition of the town's historical connections to the Revolutionary War, according to the Sudbury Historical Society.
Contrary to a popular urban legend circulated by email, the Mustang Ranch was never operated by the US government.
Contrary to later legend, the words " virgin ," " mistress ," and " pregnant ," all of which had been in the original play's dialogue, were not singled out as objectionable.
Contrary to common legend, the bagel was not created in the shape of a stirrup to commemorate the victory of Poland's King Jan III Sobieski over the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
Contrary to popular legend, Kenton himself was not involved in the design of the Mellophonium.
Contrary to popular belief, Collins is not related to funk legend Bootsy Collins, although the two are close friends.
Contrary to popular ( internet legend ) belief, The RZA of Wu-Tang Clan was not actually in the movie.
Contrary to legend, the flatness of Adams ' current summit area is not due to the loss of the volcano's peak.
Contrary to the popular legend that Listerine coined the term halitosis, it actually dates from the 1870s, although it became commonplace in the 1920s when a marketing campaign promoted Listerine as a solution for " chronic halitosis ".
Contrary to an urban legend, Jägermeister does not contain deer or elk blood.
Contrary to legend, the boundary is precisely where the United States Congress intended.
Contrary to legend, the SH-101 never came in white.
Contrary to a very common legend, the firing of the communist ministers was not linked to U. S. pressure, as a condition for France to benefit from the coming Marshall Plan.
Contrary to urban legend, Amtgard is neither a Scandinavian word for " the middle ground ," nor an acronym for the founding members.
Contrary to popular legend, proper piano moving does not affect the tuning.
Contrary to legend, Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 is not an example of winter warfare, as it was essentially over when serious frosts began in November.
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