It was Peter Vanderdonk, a descendant of a historian, who convinced the villagers to accept Rip Van Winkle's story. He said that everything Rip described about the time period he was coming from was true, and that there was no need to doubt his words. Thus, everyone believed Peter (as he was a successor of a learned man) and Rip was readmitted into his society.
The internet, is the modern medium easily allowing false information and hoaxes to be spread.
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Beethoven
was born in December 1770, Bonn, Germany. Beethoven was a painter and a music
composer. I admire Beethoven because he did many things with his life, and is
now famous. He was a musician and an artist. His father was his first music
teacher.
Mary Cassatt
was born in May 22, 1844, Allegheny, Pittsburgh. Mary Cassatt was a painter,
she did many self-portraits of herself. She was a great painter. She was
inspired by Edgar Degas. Some people say that Mary was Edgar’s mistress. When
Mary moved to Paris in 1800, she lived there until she died
