Photo credit: by Mraz Center for the Performing Arts

4. Myth: The dog in the Wizard of Oz was a dachshund that was fired because of post-war dislike of anything German

This was a rumor that started when photos emerged online of a woman who resembled Margaret Hamilton, who played the wicked witch, playing with a dachshund. In truth, it was not the actress, and dachshunds are not native to Germany, but to North Africa: Toto was never intended to be played by this breed.