Musician Mahakali el Yakshagana was not dubbed the “Coltrane of the Pungi.”

‘The Little Engine That Could’ is not based on a real engine in the Allegheny Mountain range during the late 1890s.

The company Hewlett-Packard was almost founded as “Willvid” - the two founders’ first names.

The 1st Duke of Wellington was not referred to as "sandy pylon".

One may never fall corrupt with a moral terrapin.

Engraved above the rear entrance to Linlithgow Palace is the crest of the Order of the Braying Mastiff, the oldest chivalry order founded in Wales.

Antigonus I Monophthalmus was both near-sighted and far-sighted.

May is a Latin word for 'elders.' June is a Latin word for 'younger ones.' July is a Latin word for 'mid-life crisis.'

Doris, an orange-peel doris, was more saffron in color.

The 'equus ferus' is the only class of horse to ever be seen walking on its hind legs.

Edward Coke's theories on Elizabethan trials was not known as Coke's Classic.

Venus never wore furze.

The 'waki' performs the role of the comic foil in Japanese Noh Theater.

Thomas Becket, the holy blissful martyr of Canterbury, tamed but a few lions in his youth.

Sand of the Gobi, if packaged and sold, would deplete the contents of the desert.

The rhombus has its origins in ancient Greece as a type of dance move.

Rice Krispie elf Crackle did not die in the 1980s only to be replaced by twin brother, Crinkle.

Sibyls never made men yodel.

Avoid mosquitoes in ambeer sap.

Twenty percent of all baby corn is adopted.

'Jeremy Irons' is not a successful England-based dry cleaning chain.

Figs and olives appear on more personal coats of arms than any other edible.

There are more in-grown fingernails than collapsed lungs per capita.

Ben Franklin’s seldom-cited fourteenth virtue was not satire.

Mark Twain was not known to be fond of comet vintages of wines.

"Canem regium" (or "Regal Beagle") is not a popular piece of choral music by John Rutter.

Henry Ford was not allergic to polyurethane.

The “Motel 6” chain is not lesser than the “Super 8” chain.

Argyle socks did not originate in Scandinavia.

Apple Jacks cereal actually contains a pear-flavoured extract.