Muhlenberg legend
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The Muhlenberg legend is an urban legend in the United States and Germany. According to the legend, the single vote of Frederick Muhlenberg, the first-ever Speaker of the US House of Representatives,
Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the US House of Representatives, who did not cast a deciding vote in 1794, 1776, or any other year, to prevent German from becoming the official language of the United States
Franz Löher, whose 1847 German book included an early version of the story
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals with bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a new
Muhlenberg legend
…vote was a tie, which Muhlenberg broke for English. Another version of the myth, which puts the vote in 1774 by the Continental Congress, appeared in Ripley's Believe It or Not! as early as 1930. Ripley's included the myth in a 1982 book as well. Ripley's version credits the story to an alleged letter by Heinrich Melchior…
Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum at Innovative Film City in Bangalore, India
Hong Kong Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in 2004
A "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"-designed Paddington Bear statue in London, one of fifty auctioned for the NSPCC
The Golden Mile, Blackpool Illuminations 1977. Ripley's Believe It or Not!