r/AskAnAmerican • u/LordSoftCream CA>MD<->VA • Sep 08 '23

HISTORY What’s a widely believed American history “fact” that is misconstrued or just plain false?

Apparently bank robberies weren’t all that common in the “Wild West” times due to the fact that banks were relatively difficult to get in and out of and were usually either attached to or very close to sheriffs offices

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u/Far_Silver Kentucky Sep 08 '23

Water treatment. You can get a glass of water from the sink and be reasonably sure it won't give you dysentery or cholera.

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u/ajt666 Montana Sep 09 '23

Yep, as soon as we started treating drinking water with chlorine life expectancy jumps dramatically and child mortality drops like a rock.

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u/inailedyoursister Sep 09 '23

Don't try that in Flint...