Top 10 Top 10 False Stories
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1. Czechs are Celts
Some Czechs claim that a Celtic tribe known as the Boii inhabited Bohemia, but their roots are Germanic and Slavic.
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2. Vyšehrad Castle
Vyšehrad was the first seat of power, but its importance has been inflated by legend.
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3. Alchemists Lived in Golden Lane
Alchemists tended to live on credit in houses in town.
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4. Jan Nepomuk Died on Charles Bridge
Nepomuk was already dead when he was thrown over the side (see Statue of St John of Nepomuk).
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5. Jan Masaryk Committed Suicide
In 1948 the Foreign Minister was found dead in front of Černín Palace, having “fallen” from a window, according to the Communists.
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6. There’s Only One Bud
The town of České Budě-jovice (Budweis in German) was producing beer before the US brewer, but didn’t register copyright on the name.
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7. Czech Hippies Painted the John Lennon Wall
The image of Lennon was the post-Communist work of a Mexican art student (see John Lennon Wall).
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8. Absinthe Will Make You Crazy
The amount of wormwood in the drink is negligible.
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9. Marijuana is Legal
Czech law punishes anyone caught with “more than a small amount” of the drug.
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10. Prague is the New Left Bank
After the Revolution, some wag proclaimed Prague “the Paris of the ’90s”, due to the number of free-loading expats.
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