Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie

Thanks Sandy. I am not even American and I was taught that George Washington had wooden teeth!!!!

You have to be so careful with things that "everyone knows", because sometimes they are simply not true. Examples like this are pretty harmless but there are all sorts of urban myths out there, and some of them contribute to prejudice in society, so I like to be a skeptic and check the source whenever I can.

(So, what WERE GW's teeth made from?!!)