What famous people lied to us in those years?

Edison's famous saying that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% sweat. Of course, without that 1% inspiration, all the sweat in the world is just sweat!

I am a copper pea, which can't be steamed, boiled, hammered, fried or exploded.

Einstein was a genius when he was a child. As for making stools 100 times to succeed, it's sheer nonsense.

Newton found that gravity had nothing to do with apples. He did a lot of research before he found out. This story is pure fiction.

Li Bai saw iron bars ground into needles.

Cutting cherry trees in Washington is a myth.