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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.

  • 2. Vyšehrad Castle

    Vyšehrad was the first seat of power, but its importance has been inflated by legend.

  • 3. Alchemists Lived in Golden Lane

    Alchemists tended to live on credit in houses in town.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 8. Absinthe Will Make You Crazy

    The amount of wormwood in the drink is negligible.

  • 9. Marijuana is Legal

    Czech law punishes anyone caught with “more than a small amount” of the drug.

  • 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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