[jaguar1878]

AskHistorians on reddit has put this very question into their "very frequently asked questions" due to its popularity, and there's a decent number of answers describing why its a myth:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7b8jea/is_it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2bewpo/what_...

[ashtonkem]

Ah, that is helpful. Thank you.