Ponce De Leon never searched for the Fountain of Youth but the search for it extends thousands of years and even multiple countries. What is the true history of the Fountain of Youth? And what does Mean Girls have to do with Ponce De Leon and his name being tied to it?

Find out on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

*You definitely won't live forever

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-the-Great#ref59260

https://www.greekboston.com/culture/mythology/fountain-of-youth/

https://www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/fl-fountainyouth/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ponce-de-leon-never-searched-for-the-fountain-of-youth-72629888/

https://www.grunge.com/236799/the-tragic-history-of-the-search-for-the-fountain-of-youth/

https://www.dma12.org/the-fountain-of-youth-myth-or-reality/

https://www.theroot.com/did-a-black-man-discover-the-fountain-of-youth-1790899464

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