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The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 50. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock
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rogue_wookiee
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6/14 1:59pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 59. Helen of Troy
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Has it been proven that she never lived? I always thought that the Iliad might be an extremely fictionalized account of real people.
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Zaz
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The Amphitheatre
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Oct '98
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6/30 10:58pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 59. Helen of Troy
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Next: St. Valentine
Another person that actually existed, I thought.
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Vengance1003
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6/30 11:15pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 58. St. Valentine
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I thought he existed also too.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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7/1 2:46pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 58. St. Valentine
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So did I.
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The_Face
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7/3 6:27am
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 58. St. Valentine
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Apparently "St. Valentine" can refer to any of three separate (but real) martyrs. Which is weird, but doesn't make them fictional. 
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Mar17swgirl
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7/3 8:13am
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 58. St. Valentine
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The_Face posted:
Apparently "St. Valentine" can refer to any of three separate (but real) martyrs. Which is weird, but doesn't make them fictional.
QFT. There might be a legend around him, but he's still a real person(s) who actually lived.
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Zaz
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7/17 9:28pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 58. St. Valentine
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57. Atticus Finch
Atticus Finch is, of course, the virtuous father of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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The_Face
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 57. Atticus Finch
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Atticus Finch is the ultimate father figure all dads can aspire to embody. But at the same time, he doesn't come off as a Mary Sue character (or Gary Stu as the case may be).
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Zaz
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 57. Atticus Finch
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56. Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
One problem; this is not a person.
But the monster only one person can see is a persistent theme in Western popular culture.
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DarthBoba
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8/4 2:26pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 56. The Loch Ness Monster
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Another problem; lack of proof is not lack of existence.
Example: Our forum mod. Have any of you actually met him?
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Vengance1003
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8/4 3:43pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 56. The Loch Ness Monster
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Didn't the guy who took the famous Ness picture admit that he staged it?
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DarthBoba
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Yeah.
But to counterpoint, there's the 1960s-era Dinsdale video that the RAF decided was 1) not a fake and 2) something alive.
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Merlin_Ambrosius69
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 56. The Loch Ness Monster
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The first reported sighting of Nessie was by St. Columba in the 5th century CE, so that pre-dates the "Surgeon's Photo" by just a couple o' years. 
I'm not saying that Nessie is a real, existing creature, but reports of the beastie are far more ancient than any 20th century hoax.
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TheManinBlack
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8/4 9:23pm
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Rogue1-and-a-half posted:
I also have never heard of this.
Pretty common actually. Huge influnce on the curse character genre....
Problem though....where is Bob the Sub Genuis?
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Zaz
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8/5 12:52pm
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RE: The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: 56. The Loch Ness Monster
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Have they ever searched the lake in a systematic manner?
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