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Fac·toid ('fac-"toid) - An erroneous or falsified claim believed to be true due to widespread dissemination and/or appearance in print.
Sir Thomas Crapper Invented the Flush Toilet
Is it true that a 19th-century British plumber named Sir Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet?

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