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  1. Gregory B Sadler @[email protected] ·

    I've produced another video calling out ten commonly and uncritically shared fake quotes, this one of passages misattributed to Voltaire

    youtu.be/295Gi9IThs0
    #Voltaire #FakeQuotes #Religion #FreeSpeech #Freedom #Power #Maxims #Sayings #Misattributions #Video #Philosophy

    #philosophy #video #misattributions #sayings #maxims #power
  2. Soh Kam Yung @[email protected] ·

    No, Sir David Attenborough probably didn't say that "I am unaware of any animal that is as cruel as Israelis". That was initially posted in an Iranian newspaper as a comment by a "David Attenborough" to an article on Israel and not as a direct quote from Sir David.

    #Snopes #Misattributions #Quotations #DavidAttenborough #SirDavidAttenborough

    snopes.com/fact-check/david-at

    #sirdavidattenborough #davidattenborough #quotations #misattributions #snopes