Claim(permalink)
The inventors of nylon created its name by conflating the words "New York" and "London."
✓snopescom rating: not credible; published on 2001-03-26
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2001-03-26
Entities
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