Find Out If Your Favorite Historical Figures Were Actually Fictional Characters

Published on 12/10/2020
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JT Leroy

If you have ever read “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things,” you will know all about JT Leroy. Or you will at least think that you did. He was the alleged co-author of the semi-autobiography, together with Laura Albert. However, the truth is that she only invented him! The sister-in-law of the writer, Savannah Knoop, was the person who posed as JT Leroy.

JT Leroy

JT Leroy

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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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