A fake story that's been told since at least 1892. If anyone ( @fakehistoryhunt.bsky.social ?) has a British Newspaper Archive subscription, this is their earliest mention, in an obscure magazine called Pearson's Weekly. I'd love to see the scan https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002163/18920730/043/0005
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