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** "City of Death" has a doozy—even when the episode aired, people were pointing out that life began on Earth about 3-4 ''billion'' (thousand million) years ago, not 400 ''million''. Given a lovely [[Hand Wave]] from producer Graham Williams:
{{quote|''"The good Doctor makes the odd mistake or two but I think an error of 3,600 million years is pushing it! His next edition of the'' Encyclopedia Galactica ''will provide an erratum."''}}
▲** In the season 4 episode ''The Next Doctor,'' the date is explicitly said to be December 24, 1851. There is a splendid full moon that night and early that morning—though on that precise day, the moon was actually a [https://web.archive.org/web/20100405075511/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phases1801.html waxing quarter.] This is totally justified because no one could possibly know that without having to look it up. Oh, and [[Rule of Cool]], I guess.
* In ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', the city of Angel Grove was colonized by the British in the early 18th century. The city of Angel Grove is in ''southern California''. Which coast were the original 13 colonies on, again?
** To be fair, [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|it was never actually stated Angel Grove is in California]]—just assumed by most of the fanbase.
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** And there's the infamous "Battle of Waterloo with snow" episode, "Band of Brothers" (not to be confused with the TV miniseries by that name)...the producers just couldn't wait for a snowless day to film, they had to work with what they had.
* In ''[[Glee]]'' [[Refuge in Audacity|Sue Sylvester]] delivers [[Rule of Funny|this incredibly historically inaccurate tirade]].
{{quote|'''Sue:''' That's what they said about a young man in Chicago in 1871 who thought he'd play a 'harmless prank' on the dairy cow of one Mrs. O'Leary. He successfully ignited its flatulence, and the city burned, William! That young terrorist went on to become the first gay president of the United States: ''Abraham Lincoln
* A number of 2012-focused "documentaries" wistfully wonder what the Maya would say about 2012 doomsday theories if they were still around. Evidently, someone forgot to inform the [[wikipedia:Maya peoples|roughly 7 million living Maya]] of their non-existence.
* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'' Captain Sheridan locates the [[Jack the Ripper]] killings in London's West End instead of the East End. Series creator/writer/producer [[J. Michael Straczynski]] admits it was a typo and it was overdubbed in the DVD release.
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* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': Robin describes the division-winning 2004 Vancouver Canucks as "a scrappy, little underdog team that prevailed despite very shaky goal tending and, frankly, the declining skills of Trevor Linden." All of these features are incorrect. Far from scrappy underdogs, the Canucks were favorites to win the division from the get-go; goaltender Dan Cloutier had his best season as a professional and was near the top of the league in every statistical category; and Trevor Linden's skills had not been relied upon as a core feature of the team for the better part of a decade.
* ''Combat!'' was a television series depicting American G.I.'s fighting Germans in France during World War II. It lasted five seasons, although historically, after D-Day France was liberated in about four months, and Germany surrendered after less than a year. Total U.S. involvement in World War II was less than four years.
* ''[[Wednesday]]'' has a sort of in-universe example. When Wednesday reluctantly volunteers her time at Pilgrim Land (a place she already despises due to its [[Politically-Correct History| "pathetic whitewashing of American history"]]) she has to pass out fudge samples at a candy store; she points out to the customers that fudge would not be invented for about 285 years after the founding of Plymouth.
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