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The name Tiffany has been around for some 800 years. But you can\'t name a character in a historical novel \'Tiffany\', because people don\'t believe the name is old. Science fiction and fantasy author Jo Walton coined the term "The Tiffany Problem" to express the disparity between historical facts and the common perception of the past.
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