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Real events some people believe never took place

Battle of the Bulge 52 per cent

Battle of Little Big Horn Scene of Custer’s last stand – 48 per cent

Hundred Years’ War 44 per cent

Cold War – 32 per cent

Battle of Hastings, 15 per cent

Fictional characters who we believe were real

King Arthur , mythical monarch of the Round Table – 57 per cent

Robin Hood – 27 per cent

Conan the Barbarian – 5 per cent

Richard Sharpe , fictional cad and warrior – 3 per cent

Edmund Blackadder – 1 per cent

Xena Warrior Princess – 1 per cent