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Doctor_Impossible_ t1_ishlmwi wrote

Reply to comment by sciguy52 in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

Almost the entire thing. Beyond the vaguest possible plot outline, nothing in Braveheart is accurate. William Wallace did exist. There was a Battle of Stirling Bridge. But aside from the historical labels, there's no historical fact there.

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MeatballDom t1_ishplvg wrote

And unlike the movie, the Battle of Stirling Bridge did actually involve a bridge.

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francisdavey t1_isiukpo wrote

You are forgetting that Edward I and Patrick McGoohan are/were exactly the same height. They got that right :-).

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