Find Out If Your Favorite Historical Figures Were Actually Fictional Characters

Published on 12/10/2020
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Mavis Beacon

You would not be familiar with this unless you were alive in the ‘80s. Back then, there was an educational resource for the development of typing skills. Mavis Beacon was the one who gave the voiceover for the program. Fun fact: she was just an artificial lecturer. Yep, she did not really exist outside of computers.

Mavis Beacon

Mavis Beacon

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Nat Tate

In 1998, William Boyd published a biography about someone known as Nat Tate. The Scottish writer detailed the artist’s life, everything from his struggles to his artworks to his death. During the book launch, a lot of celebrities were seen at the party that David Bowie hosted. The big reveal shocked everyone. They found out that the book was just an April Fool’s prank and a great one at that. Who would have thought that it was nothing more than an epic joke?

Nat Tate

Nat Tate

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