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* The Masamune is a classic [[Public Domain Artifact]], referring not just to a single sword but to the collected works of a famous swordsmith of that name who lived in the 13th and 14th centuries, although legends surrounding them have sprung up since then<ref>most famously as "holy" blades to contrast with the "demonic" Muramasa; these legends do often refer as if to a single blade rather than a set, at least in English translations</ref>. Nevertheless, people on [[TV Tropes]] have mistaken it for an original creation associated solely with [[Final Fantasy VII]].
* The surge in education about the health risks of tobacco in the last two decades? [[The House of Stuart|King James VI]] [http://www.laits.utexas.edu/poltheory/james/blaste/ tried to beat them to it by a few hundred years].
* The [[Flipping the Bird|middle finger salute]]? It dates back to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120219083609/http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/the-internaut/flip-bird-middle-finger-insult-mia-history/ Roman times], where it was referred to as '''digitus impudicus'''. So, up yours, Brutus!
* ''Young Stalin'' by Simon Sebag Montefiore mentions that the Tsarist secret police were worried about people flying planes full of explosives into public buildings, and started to keep an eye on flying schools. ''90 years before 9/11''
* The Sturgeon's Photograph, taken in 1934, is widely cited as the origin of the Loch Ness Monster myth, when in fact the Loch Ness Monster stories started in the 6th century C.E.
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