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 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 a popular urban legend circulated by email, the Mustang Ranch was never operated by the US government.

Contrary to urban legends of foul play, the driver of one of the passenger cars that hit Yokoi in the second accident was Gen Tsushima, a member of the tourism industry.

Contrary to an urban legend, Jägermeister does not contain deer or elk blood.

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

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 popular legend, the Inquisition proceeded largely by means of legal investigation, persuasion and reconciliation.

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.

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 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 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 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.

Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence to support the assertion that the blue laws were originally printed on blue paper.

Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a society or economy that relied primarily on barter.

Contrary to the modern-day picture of the traditional tyrannical pirate, he commanded his vessels with the permission of their crews and there is no known account of his ever having harmed or murdered those he held captive.

Contrary to popular belief, the airport is located completely on French soil.

Contrary to popular belief, Crux is not opposite to Ursa Major.

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 brownian motion, which is the diffusion of a single particle, interactions between particles may have to be considered, unless the particles form an ideal mix with their solvent ( ideal mix conditions correspond to the case where the interactions between the solvent and particles are identical to the interactions between particles and the interactions between solvent molecules ; in this case, the particles do not interact when inside the solvent ).

Contrary to what many thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance.

Contrary to popular belief, " Dr ." is not part of the name but just an academic title like " Mag.

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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 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 misuse, the word " colt " refers to a young male horse only ; " filly " is a young female.

Contrary to a popular misconception — that hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness resembling sleep — contemporary research suggests that hypnotic subjects are fully awake and are focusing attention, with a corresponding decrease in their peripheral awareness.

Contrary to pre-existing Cartesian philosophy, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception.

Contrary to tweening, every frame of a keyframed computer animation is directly modified or manipulated by the creator, such that no tweening has actually occurred.

* Temporal / timing performance: Contrary to spatial performance, temporal performance is a feature where smaller is better.

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 some common usage, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not synonymous: the Internet is the system of interconnected computer networks, linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections etc.

Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species, such as the reticulated python, P. reticulatus, do not crush their prey to death ; in fact, prey is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed.

Contrary to popular belief there is no evidence that Regiomontanus ever erected an observatory, however he did found the world's first scientific printing press and in 1472 he published the first printed astronomical textbook, the Theoricae novae Planetarum of his teacher Georg von Peurbach.

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