Forgetting history means you really forget it?

[Snowflake]

Instead of forgetting the past and being doomed to repeat it.....
I found this story in the news fascinating. Of course, they did only poll 3000 people.

Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll

LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.