Britons Believe Sherlock Holmes Existed

In a 2008 UKTV Gold survey of 3,000 Britons, 58% thought fictional detective Sherlock Holmes had really existed, while 23% thought World War II prime minister Winston Churchill was made up. The same poll found that 23% doubted Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale had existed, while 3% mistook British writer Charles Dickens for a fictional character.

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