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Challenge Churchill! One in four thinks Winnie didn't exist; Myth or reality? Richard the Lionheart, Florence Nightingale and Charles Dickens V for victim of mistaken identity: Churchill in his heyday.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20080204
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Byline: Rebecca Camber

NEVER, in the field of human ignorance, have so many known so littleabout famous Britons.

A quarter of the population think that Winston Churchill never actuallyexisted, a survey suggests.

While a poll recently named him the greatest Briton of all time, the wartimeprime minister is seen by many as a mythical figure along with the likes ofFlorence Nightingale and Sir Walter Raleigh.

This could well have something to do with the TV insurance adverts invitingviewers to 'challenge Churchill' and featuring a lugubrious talking dog.

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