Fact or fiction? People in several Korean communities got so fed up with lepers and other diseased folks over-running their villages to bathe in their hot springs that they poisoned the springs with dead dogs and even buried the springs so they could no longer be used. Fact or fiction? Icelanders complained about the nuisance of hot springs on their farms to convince the tax assessor to set a low value on their properties. Fact or fiction? The French Revolution nearly lead to the destruction of the geothermal district heating system at Chaudes-Aigues that had been operating smoothly since the 1300s