18 More Of The Wildest Historical Lies Most People Still Believe

I have written recently an article “The greatest historical lie that many people believe” shares and in response, many people shared more examples of “the greatest historical lies”. I thought they were quite interesting; That’s why I decided to share. Here are some of the best:

1.“The idea that the corsets have restrictive torture devices that leave women in fainting and constantly pain. Incredibly supportive And sometimes even more comfortable! Only a very small, wealthy woman wore corsets to provide a waist reduction. The rest wore them as a support and structural garment. “

– Anonymous, 20, USA

2.“A legend of people to a large extent burnt women He was accused of witchcraft. Women and men were hung, printed and/or hungry when accused. Burning was reserved for heresy against the church (in Europe). One of my grandmothers was hung on Salem in 1692 and was cleaned after about 300 years. “

–Anonymous, 70

3.“People are still Cleopatra definitely killed by a snake. There is still no confirmation of what killed him in particular. “

–Anonymous, 27, new York

4.“I hate people think that everyone thinks that the world is flat until recently. Eratosthenes Around 240 BC discovered the surroundings of the world. It was the wonder of a mathematician. Many people assume that the world is flat, but the whole world has not forgotten the discovery! “

–Anonymous, 56, Illinois

5.“People Still believe Ronald Reagan is responsible for releasing 52 American hostages in Iran in 1979-1980. “

–Anonymous, 68, South Carolina

6.“The Vikings didn’t actually wear Horn helmets!!! “

–Anonymous, 53

7.“Most people I believe that Jesus was born on December 25, But nobody knows the date he was born. Christmas moved to 25 December by Emperor Constantine in MS 325 to overlap the Saturnalia Festival to turn the Romans into Christianity. “

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—Anonymous, 67, the United Kingdom

8.“People still believe that Wright brothers made their first flight from Kitty Hawk. It was coming from Kill Devil HillsA Wright Monument is protected by the National Park service. “

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–Anonymous, 82, pennsylvania

9.” Problem with Henry VIII and Catherine He was never carrying him NO Sons. There was no to live Sons. “

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-Anonymous

10.“It was not vomitoriums Rooms to enter the gluttony Romans to break. This is only a word in or outside the amphitheathers or coliseums. “

–Stop_signing_me_out

11.“Thomas Edison: Elon Musk 20th century. “

–anjar

12.“Paul Revere drove with a girl at the same time, Sybyl LuddingtonIt lasted more and warned more people; But nobody knows her because she’s a woman. “

–Magicalcoach402

13.“People are still Paul Revere’s” British are coming! As if the colonists were still shouting themselves.Arrangements are coming out.“”

–Anonymous, 30

14.“This legend makes me crazy: ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II, Czar Nicholas II and King George V were the first cousins.’

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“Laypeople and amateur historians believe in this legend. Even historians at Netflix level misunderstand this! This legend is not true. It wasn’t the first cousins. They were more distant. “

–LisafatgirNamemcquade

15.“Edison wasn’t the first person to make a movie. Louis Le Prince He did it first, but he disappeared mysteriously before his invention was shown to the world. “

–Justamonster

16.“As an old Mormon, I can’t believe that many people, including my own friends and my family, still believe in Joseph Smith’s lies. He was a man before ‘discovering’. Married children. It looks like such an obvious fraud and still United States. “

–Anonymous, 29, utah

17.“Let them eat cake ‘really,’ let them eat pastry. ‘ It was caused by Rousseau’s confessions, Quote from a princess and more Confessions Marie came out as a child in Antoinet and when she hasn’t gone yet France. The quote was not given to him after the revolution. “

–Mariellea

18.And finally: “Some people still believe that Columbus has discovered America. First European To keep up with America. “

–Funnylittlemanat

What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments. Even better, tell me about your own historical pet peeves that dragged me to the wall! I want your deepest interruptions.

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