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H. L. Mencken wrote a hoax column in 1917, about how Millard Fillmore's only great achievement was adding a plumbed bathtub to the White House. The entire story was a hoax.

The story found its way into encyclopedias, histories of the bathtub, and political lore.

"Millard Fillmore's bathtub" refers to a story many claim to be true, which is not; or it refers to a hoax gone wrong when people believe it as fact rather than as humor.

See the blog site, Millard Fillmore's Bathtub, for more examples.

Ed Darrell

Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

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