He didn't The myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 was once widely promoted and widely believed. There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.
Nylon was invented by a chemist working for Du Pont in 1935. It is widely believed that the name Nylon was given because of the two countries, New York and London, who were involved in its creation.
It is widely believed that British scientists invented and fine tuned the primary technology needed for energy saving in the field of solar energy and DC power plants.
Yes, the Singapore principal letter hoax was widely believed by the public.
Though it is widely believed that it was invented by Chinese immigrants, the dish originated in Taishan, China.
Thoth was believed in by the ancient Egyptians, and widely worshiped, his his cult center was Hermopolis.
The first light microscope was invented in the 16th century by Zacharias Janssen and Hans Janssen.
Greek mythology ceased to be widely believed and practiced in ancient Greece with the rise of Christianity in the 4th century AD.
Many different people invented different wrenches at widely different times.
They first became widely available in 1993
Thomas Edison is widely credited with inventing the light bulb. He patented the first commercially successful incandescent light bulb in 1879.
Possibly, but it is more widely believed that it was a monitor lizard.