Top 10 Historical Inaccuracies People Think Are TRUE

The distortions or mere misconceptions of these widely misremembered facts should be set straight. For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the most striking errors in commonly known events and figures. Our countdown of historical inaccuracies people believe to be true includes George Washington’s Teeth, Napoleon Complex, Einstein’s Grades, and more! Do you have a history lesson that isn't strictly accurate? Give your report in the comments.
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[@WatchMojo]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content guys 🎉🎉🎉

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

I learned about #6 in 8th grade, maybe later.

[@manueltapia1859]

Yes that America is a continent not a country, saying that Columbus discovered the continent not a country!!! Other inventions that US people believe were made in US but were made in other countries like cars, laws, flags being the oldest Japan and Austria. The Thanksgiving is not colorfoul as is says, later the native americans were betrayed by stealing their lands and lives by the english settlers!!!

[@mousemd]

How about that Paul's name was a British translation of his birth name which was Revoir. It's a whole big history lesson that the Brits weren't satisfied with what they had so they went north. That sparked a war with the French. After they lost, they kept watching the tensions in the colonies, and started coming over the border only so they could kick red buttons

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

@WatchMojo I have an honorable mention, the entirely of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[@ives3572]

"We forget everything. What we remember is not what actually happened, not history, but merely that hackneyed dotted line they have chosen to drive into our memories by incessant hammering." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@lizardog]

As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted. Oscar Wilde

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

​@@CherrrySoup What person's middle name?

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@lizardogWhy? We should be disgusted by the crimes the wicked had committed. The punishment the good inflict is called *"justice". Of course, Oscar Wilde spent time in prison, so he is hardly a reliable person to be unbiased when saying that.

[@normasacchetti3864]

😊​@@lizardog

[@jhaarbur]

A very common mistake in history is that many think that Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" and its subsquent play take place during the French Revolution. They do NOT. They take place a few decades later during a real but often forgotten event in French history called the Rebellion of June 1839 (or something like that).

[@johnseelinger9803]

That's true, I took a couple of French history classes in college, and the professor told us that that it did not take place during the French Revolution. You are right that it does focus on the June Rebellion, but it actually occurred in the year 1832 and it was fought from June 5-June 6.

[@ryandegrave8978]

That's not a historical mistake, that's a pop culture mistake. It's a misconception about a movie, not a period of history.

[@lucasbertin6693]

it's also because in France we had 3 revolutions : in 1789, in 1830 and in 1848. Les misérables takes place before and during the second revolution

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@ryandegrave8978 Actually, the misconception existed long before the movie, or the play, came out.

[@ryandegrave8978]

@@odysseusrex5908 Alright. Book, play, movie, whatever. My point is still the same. It's not a misconception regarding history. It's a misconception about a story.

[@bobb6313]

I love Facts vs Fiction. Wish they would do more episodes!

[@abellewis3062]

Yes!

[@Lili-sj7go]

There was a 16 yr old girl, Sybil Ludington, that rode twice as far as Revere, 40 miles, to alert her father's troops to a British attack and avoided capture. The amount of credit she should have gotten went to him.

[@marniekilbourne608]

Oh, that's very interesting!

[@clovermccombs8597]

Nice story, but it's a myth not based on anything but a book written in 1907 and a bried mention in 1838 by her nephew who was trying to get his aunt a pension.

[@SuperJoshdave]

The show libertys kids did a episode on her

[@CatzlovichCatnipAndCabbages]

Oh wow! Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was really a black man and that an all black woman control room at NASA actually helped guide apollo 13 back to earth? Revisionist history is sooo fun to create, am I right fellow western world hating allies?

[@acroyryn]

Not true 😂

[@spooksmalloy]

It might've been worth clarifying that the witch trials in europe varied wildly from country to country as well. Germany was ferocious in how it treated witches but the English trials were a much different affair. The idea of witch dunking was actually outlawed in England as torturous and the cases were treated as legal matters. We burned very few people as burning was punishment for treason. It also explains why the Salem trials were seemingly less brutal then others as the Puritans were governed by English law.

[@marniekilbourne608]

Yes, people convicted of witchcraft in Europe were burned at the stake but in Britain and their colonies at Salem they were hung. With the exception of Giles Corey who was "pressed to death", covered with heavier and heavier rocks until he died. In Britain, burning was usually reserved for heresy and sometimes treason depending on the monarch's decree. Or the church's in the case of heresy. Beheading and hanging were also used as punishment for treason depending on the monarch's decree. Dead is dead but hanging or beheading was usually a better and a faster way to go than burning at the stake. Many people think that everyone convicted of witchcraft everywhere was burned at the stake. It was equally absurd in every country but the trials and punishments were quite different.

[@dietotaku]

if you want to go deeper into the edison myth, look up HOW he accrued that many patents. he damn sure didn't invent that many things - in fact he worked at the patent office, and would regularly put his name on the patents that other inventors submitted if he thought it was something that might make money. he also famously lost the electricity wars against nikola tesla, whose alternating current now defines how we generate and transmit electricity.

[@rustyhowe3907]

There was also at least one case of an inventor going missing off a train and Edison surprise surprise wound up with the inventor's schematic.

[@marisapaola9010]

Great comment

[@dhenderson1810]

Prove it. Someone saying Edison didn't invent those things is no more reliable than those who say they did. You are just believing what you are told by someone else.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

A lot of the research and experiments were done by his assistants. Payed what passed for min. wage back then and they got no credit. TE was the boss and supervisor. Like a lot of the old art masters who had a lot of their work done by assistants.

[@dhenderson1810]

See this is what happens now. Anyone who achieves great things is now discredited, credit given to others, and their contributions minimised by the losers of this world who have achieved nothing themselves. Edison achieved everything he said he achieved and if others weren't smart enough to patent or put it out on the market, oh well, that is just beating the competition. Others talked about it. He made it work.

[@catrasredemption6981]

The Salem Witch Trials didn't happen in modern-day Salem! Salem Village, the site of the trials, was actually located in modern-day Danvers, MA. The village changed its name after the trials because, well. They didn't really want to be associated with it. Can't say I blame them.

[@nikoking825]

Most of took place in Salem Village (today's Danvers) but it also took place in Salem Town (today's Salem)

[@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy]

Accurate! It only happened in Salem Village

[@nikoking825]

@King_Henry8thOfEngland it also happened in Salem Town (several of the accused were from there) and it spilt over into other towns as well. "Arrests were made in numerous towns beyond Salem and Salem Village (known today as Danvers), notably Andover and Topsfield. The grand juries and trials for this capital crime were conducted by a Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 and by a Superior Court of Judicature in 1693, both held in Salem Town, where the hangings also took place. It was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America. Only fourteen other women and two men had been executed in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 17th century."

[@aliciawentzshadows]

Though you gotta hand it to Salem for fully embracing it's part in history.

[@dietotaku]

considering how much money salem makes from tourists every halloween, danvers might be wishing they had stuck with it.

[@robbinruffino1201]

The ‘cake’ references isn’t the frosting kind but the burnt pieces of bread that fall thru the grates in bakeries at the time..we call the burnt food in pans ‘caked’ too.. dish detergent’s dissolve ‘caked on food’-so the meaning is that the poor should scrape out the burnt pieces and live on them

[@gavinfreedman4342]

Very interesting detail. I always wondered if that supposed quote was regarding literal cake or something else. Thanks!

[@reh3884]

No shit, Sherlock.

[@dhenderson1810]

Don't know how the Royals can be blamed for famine, which is often the result of weather.

[@denisesiddon7241]

Thanks for clearing that up as was some confusion here as to why this was bad?

[@edi9892]

There are a LOT more: 1) Literacy in the Middle Ages. The real question is what do you define as literate? When is someone writing in the local dialect, or just spelling every word atrociously wrong? (looking at you Swiss German) 2) A lot of anachronisms in medieval settings, for instance, civilian attire, plate armor in King Arthur, or chimneys and chateaux... 3) The German war machine in WWII. Movies tend to pick only the best equipment and portray it as standard issue. This is particularly true for MP40s ( restricted to mostly squad leaders, tank crews, and special units), Tigers, Panthers... and all sorts of motorization (they had to rely in reality a lot on mules, and stolen civilian trucks and tractors!) 4) Hygiene and cleanliness in the Middle Ages, as well as their general scientific and historic understanding. Movies love to downplay it. 5) Colorful Middle Ages: it wasn't just all different shades of mud... Medieval people LOVED colors and used them to a degree that would alienate us today! Churches, castles, etc. were also plastered and painted. They had to make laws to restrict the use of colors! 6) Survivor bias and heirlooms. Even in the high Middle Ages, 90% of the castles were made of mostly wood! Steinreich (German expression for being really rich referred to being able to build stone structures). These castles did not survive and we tend to remember the fanciest castles, etc. Also, if you lived in the Renaissance, a LOT of buildings were still medieval...

[@Joanna-il2ur]

The Romans had plate armour (lorica).

[@edi9892]

@@Joanna-il2ur I know, the Romans could do a lot that later people struggled with. BTW: if I'm not mistaken, Lorica means just armour. Thus, the most common Roman armour was called Lorica Hamata, which was nothing other than mail armour

[@Joanna-il2ur]

@@edi9892 I was thinking about lorica squamata, plates sewn together, rather than mail.

[@EzekielB-f1993]

The 4th point you make isn't really universally true. Hygiene in medieval towns and cities was god-awful. Yes, they bathed, but bathing in dirty water without fully developed surfactants isn't going to be very cleansing. And the "science" of humours isn't exactly what anyone should ever call advanced.

[@edi9892]

@@EzekielB-f1993 Sure, but they had halfway decent soap for millennia and associating bad smells with diseases isn't that bad of an approximation... (though Malaria wasn't exactly airborne as they thought it would be, but even there the association with stagnant water was pretty spot on)

[@earlleeruhf3130]

I'm sure bad teeth were a common problem for everyone in Washington's time. Many of Edson's inventions were stolen by him from other inventors. He did have ties to the patent office.

[@dietotaku]

not really. the overwhelming majority of tooth decay is caused by excess sugar consumption. same reason cavemen didn't lose all their teeth - they weren't eating any sugar for the bacteria to feed on. meanwhile our modern day diet is chocked full of a staggering amount of sugar thanks to lobbying and industrial farming.

[@marniekilbourne608]

People had problems with their teeth more once sugar was discovered. Poor people actually had better teeth because they couldn't afford sugar. Meat was also expensive so they didn't have much of that and their more plant and starch based diet was actually more healthy than a diet heavy with meat and sugar. An odd benefit of being poor in a way. They were also more physically active because they had to work and rich people didn't so they were more healthy in that way as well. If they didn't starve or weren't worked to death anyway. Poor living conditions and the lack of knowledge of germs and the lack of medical knowledge by so-called doctors affected everyone though. A poor person who was treated by a local healer with knowledge of plants and herbs and their uses was often better off than being treated (generally just bleeding) by a doctor. I'd prefer the local healer myself. None of that balancing the 4 humors bs.

[@marisapaola9010]

Edison stole from Tesla, Edison also enjoyed electrocuting animals including Dumbo the elephant, tying them up, charging for tickets and tortured them to death. He is No hero.

[@tylerjay7376]

It was likely he suffered from periodontal disease caused by bacteria, not tooth decay caused by sugar.

[@misticadavis]

​@marniekilbourne608 In the BBC tv show "Deadliest Inventions Victorian, Tudor, World War periods. They showed skulls of people pre sugar and the post sugar periods. The pre sugar skulls the teeth were perfect. Sugar period there was nothing of their teeth. But then hygiene was nonexistent unlike periods before that.

[@hallking7441]

"Columbus discovered America." 😂😂😂

[@manueltapia1859]

He discovered the american continent not the country, please stop saying that. And is called it by Americus Vespicius an italian cartographer

[@reh3884]

@@manueltapia1859 He didn't discover the American continent either.

[@manueltapia1859]

@@reh3884 of course he didn't, he thought was in the indias, way before the dutch and even the japonese explored the "new continent". But stop being related US with the continent neither was called that at the time the dutch called New Amsterdam the current New York!!!

[@CatzlovichCatnipAndCabbages]

True, it was actually a strong independent bisexual black woman with imposter syndrome that discovered America, xhe discovered it after xhe built the first sailboat and made it xer mission to sail across the world. There is too much whitewashing of history completely removing the accomplishments of American minorities.

[@GodsLonelyMan76]

Yeah you're right, it was actually Leif Erickson, a Norwegian explorer.

[@mathiaspoelman1493]

Another historical myth I believed until recently was that Titanic's third class passengers were deliberately locked away to prevent them from getting to the lifeboats. True, they were heavily discriminated against and only 25 percent of them survived, but the Titanic was a maze. Many third class passengers didn't know English so they couldn't read the signs or understand the mostly English-speaking crew when they warned them of the ship's sinking, so most of them really got lost in the ship. By the time they reach the lifeboats, most were already in the water. Furthermore, there were to big staircases third class passengers could access in case of emergency but then again, most of them didn't know where to go. And it was total chaos too. Still, I feel for those who died that night.

[@marniekilbourne608]

Some of that is likely due to "Titanic" showing them as being locked in. Yes, they had restricted access to parts of the ship that were reserved for the other classes but they were not locked in. They had their own deck space at the top of the ship. Everyone had equal access in the case of an emergency. Like you said, given many didn't speak English and the chaos because the sinking was seen as impossible, many of the 3rd class passengers were confused and also had farther up to go to evacuate. Like you said, nobody deliberately locked anyone in 3rd class in the ship. Most 1st and 2nd class men stayed on the ship allowing for the any women and children to go first as was the custom at the time. In the confusion and rush they were having trouble launching the comparatively few lifeboats they had and many were for whatever reason launched at far less than their full capacity. It wasn't like today when there must be enough lifeboats on board for every passenger and that they have practice drills early in the voyage so people know where to go and how to get there in case of a sinking or other emergency. Also, people always think of the Titanic as the worst sinking but I'd argue the Lusitania was worse because it went down so much faster being torpedoed by the Germans during WWI and worse they were in sight of and very near land but the ship went down so quickly and the water was so cold that made no difference. Had the ship gone down slower and if the water had been warmer so many more people could have survived. People on land watched helplessly as the ship got hit and went down. They had minutes not hours like Titanic. Had the Titanic gone down that quickly nobody would have likely survived.

[@odysseusrex5908]

I distinctly remember when the ship was found, there were photographs of the locked gtes.

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

The one that always baffles me is the true name of the Elephant Man being Joseph Merrick instead of John Merrick, like the movie, and the journals of his primary physician Dr. Fredrick Treves claimed. I guess this counts because the movie definitely fictionalized a lot of the abuse that Merrick went through. Apparently, he was actually treated fairly well.

[@abegarfield7031]

The inaccuracy of names is quite common. There's nicknames, affectionate terms, some go by their middle names, people get the names of others wrong ect. My name is Abraxas John Garfield Kondonyanis, but professionally I go by John, my friends call me Gary and my family call me Abe.

[@Riza1890]

By the time Dr. Traves wrote his book, his memory was faulty. So he misremembered Merrick's name. They did not have that close of relationship as it was portrayed in the movie. Merrick did experience abuse (mostly verbal and emotional) from his step mother. It is up to debate on how he was treated as a side show attraction.

[@BriGuyIL1980]

And let's not forget the old chestnut of "People never bathed back in the olden days and stank all the time but didn't care." People did bathe back then, sometimes at public bathhouses. When the bathhouses were closed, people still knew to wash their faces, ears, armpits, crotches, and feet with soap and a washcloth. And smelling bad was frowned upon, too, so people used perfumes and scented powders to cover any natural BO. The powders contained alum, a key ingredient still used in modern deodorants and anti-antiperspirants. And they kept their teeth clean using clothes and washed their mouths out with wine or something similar. And to freshen breath, they chewed on mint leaves. Underclothing, like undergowns (or chemises, worn by both men and women) and stockings (or hosen) were washed frequently. The clothing worn over these weren't washed as frequently as a number of them were silk, satin, or wool based, and had to be cleaned carefully.

[@ObaBaller]

People in Europe don't bathe even now, they smell horribly

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

Sorry but I just have to ask... Anti-antiperspirants?? So would that help you sweat more??😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cassie1264]

This is random, but part of the reason people didn't stink back then was because they were eating better and using less toxic products (for the most part). Our modern diets and lifestyles have created modern problems.

[@Unknown17]

@@cassie1264 Oh, please, don't be ridiculous.

[@cassie1264]

@@Unknown17 I'm not, but believe what you want ✌️

[@diswhoiaml3470]

8:52 Edison was a shyster and slews of inventors working under him at his company, creating inventions of their own; however, Edison would often take credit for them and retain the patent on them. He also played a huge role in discrediting and degrading Teslas's reputation as an inventor, who made things way ahead of his time; so much so that when he died the government was very interested in some of his projects & obtaining his journals and schematics.

[@natashaa43]

Napoleon hired particularly tall Guardsmen as his personal guards, this made him look tiny in comparison, hence the myth.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

4:33. Part of the confusion around Napoleon's height comes from it being given in feet and inches (5'2'') - but French units of measurement were larger than British ones. Converting them to modern units, Napoleon was 1.68 mt. (5'7" for Usonians).

[@brianarbenz1329]

Historical sites show Hitler was 5 foot 9, Mussolini was 5 foot 7, and Francisco Franco was 5 foot 4. Not sure their short statures had anything to do with their tyranny, but it is a common feature.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

@@brianarbenz1329 Those aren't short men either, but average for their times and ethnicities. Both Hitler and Franco were in the military, where they had to be above the minimum physical requirements to enroll. Mussolini was a journalist, but he also served two years as a recruit - after being a minor troublemaker, before becoming a major one. Saying that dictators have short height as a defining characteristic ignores their personalities and the sociopolitical circumstances that led or helped them to become dictators. Plenty of average or tall dictators around to refute ""Napoleon's complex.""

[@odysseusrex5908]

I thought the French were already using the Metric system in is time.

[@Weeboslav]

Here's few: It's false belief that Stalin rejected the fact that Germany invaded USSR until Wehrmacht reached Moscow. He did refused to believe British information that Germany is planing an attack on USSR,but he accepted the fact once it started. Knights were not noble men,but rather walking calamity,breaking ranks to show of and plundering captured towns. Also,they were not killing other Knights on the battlefield,but rather capture them for ransom. Similar case is with Samurais. They would just occupy territory and dare original owner to do anything about it,and if he did,Samurai would just kill him. Same goes for regular people,Samurai would kill them for as much as just existing in same area. Samurai also loved guns,if it helped them kill people and win battles,they loved it. Also they didn't had Bushido,code came to existence after Samurai were disbanded. Also common image of Samurai comes from Edo period,a period of peace and stability in Japan. And originally,they were horse riding archers. Swords were never a primary weapon of the armies(most of armies anyway)Spear was. It was cheaper to produce and far more effective at penetrating hairless monkey's armor than sword ever were. Medieval peasants were not dirty and weak. In fact,hygiene was important part of peasant lives,whether we are talking about river bath or communal baths,they did it. As for strength,if you work in the field since you literally started walking,you too would be strong. Spanish Inquisition was not unexpected nor as cruel. First of all,they would let you know they would be question you in advance(up to a month)they rejected confessions gained trough torture and were really sceptic about witch craft accusations. Matter of fact,false accusations would lead the accuser to be investigated. Main target of inquisition were heretics and in most cases,punishment were simple penances(but there were harsh ones)

[@perolavhavik2585]

Stalin went into shock for a couple of days after the Germans invaded. Just say in his dasha staring into the wall. Because of this the generals and other leaders often didn't dare to do what was needed because they were afraid of being shot or sent to the Gulag for acting independently.

[@Unknown17]

@@perolavhavik2585 Right! I can't remember anyone EVER saying Stalin didn't believe the invasion was occurring until the Nazis reached Moscow! But, yeah, he freaked for a few days, for sure!

[@tayloraustin2566]

With the Salem Witch Trails, its also suspected that the villages were suffering from mass hallucinations/hysteria due to pollen from the different plant sources, or bacteria in the water sources.

[@johnseelinger9803]

One other thing you missed concerning Paul Revere's ride was that they didn't say "The British are coming" they actually said "The Regulars are coming out." With Rosa Parks, I actually visited the bus she sat in and I sat in the seat she sat in that got her arrested.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Why are you referring to one person (Paul Revere) as "they"? The word "they" suggests more than one person.

[@johnseelinger9803]

@@michaelpalmieri7335I said “they” because I think other riders might have said it too, not just Paul Revere. I don’t know for sure if it was said by more than one rider, or if it was just Paul Revere, but I decided to say “they” just in case.

[@JasonCorfman]

Yeah, riding down the road in April, 1775 yelling "The British are coming!" would be like riding down the same road today yelling, "The Americans are coming!" Most people in the colonies still thought of themselves as British citizens at that point.

[@chuckhyland893]

@@michaelpalmieri7335 Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode that night to spread the word the regulars were coming. Revere was captured, Dawes turned around to avoid capture, and Prescott was able to make it to warn everyone. So, yes, there was they.

[@Duollop]

Just for those who aren’t sure, singular they has been around for centuries.

[@MaeveLaRenarde]

The enduring myth I hate particularly is that Ghandi and Mother Theresa were good people. Both were HORRIBLE.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Gandhi was mixed, much good and bad. Mother T was horrible.

[@sbs7638]

Ghandi didn’t give a DAMN about anybody but his own people - look at the comments he made about Black People. His problematic a** should fully committed to his damn hunger strikes…

[@The_king567]

Wrong ghandi did more good than bad and don’t forget mlk he was such a piece of shit and it’s ridiculous he has a holiday named after him which is wrong

[@grsafran]

It is funny to see people put impossible standards for being either a good or bad person . Both tried to do good and more than most. But when I saw Gandhi riding in his tesla drinking expensive champagne wearing a gold watch in silk pajamas I Can see your point.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@grsafran Gandhi opposed putting gender equal rights in the 1947 Indian constitution. A lesser heralded independence leader named B. R. Ambekar strongly wanted equity put in. Gandhi also had a sexual affair with his niece. These acts are far worse than drinking champagne in a Tesla, and none of Gandhi's followers (of which I once was) were told a thing by so-called scholars of Gandhi. It's not an impossible standard to refrain from sex with nieces. As for Mother Theresa, she has been exposed as an unbalanced person who loved watching people physically suffer, and she asked the judge for leniency for Charles Keating the criminal who swindled hundreds. She told the judge that Keating, who had given her inferior facilities lots of money, was "like Jesus."

[@lajourdanne]

Clearing up inaccuracies with oversimplifications is a start. But some of these clarifications still need a lot of work…

[@The_king567]

Nah what he said in the video is all true sorry you don’t like historical facts

[@streetwriter84]

​@@The_king567well in the very first one, they say Washington got teeth from cows, but make no mention of the human teeth he got from enslaved people. So yeah, not totally accurate.

[@The_king567]

@@streetwriter84 what are you talking about cows teeth is nothing like human

[@streetwriter84]

@@The_king567 Not sure what you're trying to say with this attempt at a sentence, but I'll just give you a thumbs up. 👍

[@The_king567]

@@streetwriter84 I’m just telling the truth

[@cryospiral]

Happy Labor Day to everyone!

[@tenofivelips]

✊️✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@Dopecheetah]

Happy Labor Day to you too. Have a great fcking day yo.

[@Nick-1990]

🇺🇸 ❤

[@PbANDjcustoms]

Here from Canada 🇨🇦

[@manueltapia1859]

In other countries is on May 1 sorry, anyways

[@glassdragonmedia]

I'm glad you put the viking helmet one un there. Actually, I'm glad you guys made this video.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

There are horned helmets, but they date back to the Bronze Age, 2000 years before the Vikings. They were included in the settings of Wagner operas such as the Ring Cycle. But that had nothing to do with Vikings.

[@aaronsmith1702]

I slightly disagree with the number 1 pick, because I do feel that it is plausibile that slaves were used in some capacity. I don't think slaves would have been the driving workforce for the pyramids, and you can't deny the evidence of entire communities for workers that archeological digs have unearthed. But Egypt still had slavery and its totally possible that slaves could have been utilized with the rest of their workforce to boost productivity or fill in labour shortages when needed. I'm just saying that both concepts can exist in the same space and be true to an extent, just not the traditional sense of "the pyramids were built entirely on slave labour."

[@davidhoward4715]

Anything is possible, but we have plenty of archaeological evidence about how the pyramids were built and who built them. The pyramid workforce was actually an elite class in Egyptian society.

[@darkfarie94]

The way you pronounce concord is funny. I was a history major in college so it’s nice to see videos like these.

[@deannacallahan2579]

How about the B.S. about Christopher Columbus "discovering" America? He ended up in the Caribbean Islands, never landed on the mainland. Most glaringly obvious: you can't really be the "first to discover" a land that has already been lived on by indigenous peoples for thousands of years before his birth.

[@rustyhowe3907]

And then the Vikings also had gone there before he did but well and truly after the Indigenous people.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Einstein had it easy as a youth. Unlike every brilliant child who has come along since, he never felt the crushing weight of expectations from constantly being told, "You're going to be another Einstein!"

[@lisaahmari7199]

😅😂🎉🎉

[@reh3884]

He wasn't brilliant. He was a thief who stole the ideas of young inventors.

[@daeviant]

When he was a toddler he probably got sick of watching those "Baby You" videos.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@reh3884Prove it!

[@diswhoiaml3470]

7:12 I had an art teacher in middle school that actually participated in a sit-in during this period. She was I think in her early adolescents at the time. Her parents were terrified when she was arrested!!!

[@jaysw9585]

The video forgot to mention that the exam Einstein failed was written in a different language he didn't speak. The fact he did as well as he did is proof to how smart he is.

[@EvlutnTrnrDaisy]

This is the hands down best you I've seen by WatchMojo. Love learning about history. About most things really. Please do more!!

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

5:03 -- Andy Griffith in the episode "Andy Discovers America" made a big goof telling that story by saying Paul "was as poor as Job's turkey" when in fact he and especially his pa were renowned silversmiths.

[@devinfaucette]

It really wouldn't have made any sense for him to say The British were coming anyway. Since a lot of the majority of people considered themselves British citizens. So it would probably be very confusing if you said the British are coming people would probably look at him like he made no sense. It was the loyalists are coming.

[@disneyfan8178]

I heard that he actually said "The Redcoats are coming!"

[@awesomeman8385]

​@@disneyfan8178red coats it's actually a later date. They used the terms loyalist and regulars.

[@TheTonyahawk]

While Lincoln was not pro-slavery by any means he was not in a staunch anti-slavery position either the main goal of the Civil War was to keep the Union together the abolishment of slavery was a bonus point he took advantage of to rally support. Lincoln was not an abolitionist but an opportunist.

[@The_king567]

He didn’t have to keep the union together he didn’t cause it

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For all these videos

[@jefft2546]

My boy who got crushed by stones was an old man, the only thing he would say to his killers was: "more weight"

[@CatzlovichCatnipAndCabbages]

When you are already over-encumbered but you keep finding cool expensive items.

[@leonardsirwinirwin4247]

That would be Giles Corey.

[@Jourell1]

Richard III was not a hunchback, in the sense that is commonly depicted. Analysis of his remains, found in a parking garage(!) in 2012, showed that while he did have a common form of scoliosis (sideways curvature of the spine), the curve likely wouldn't have been immediately noticeable, especially if wearing loose clothing or armor. It definitely would not have affected his mobility. There was also no evidence that he had a limp or a withered arm, which are also commonly ascribed to him. This image is due to propaganda but the rival Tudor dynasty, and especially the depiction in Shakespeare's play.

[@rustyhowe3907]

Exactly Shakespeare depicted Richard III in such a way as a political correctness tactic and to garner favor with the Crown which succeeded.

[@lizardog]

The Last Days of Night" is an excellent book about the invention of artificial light. Poor Westinghouse.

[@stone1andonly]

Some myths and inaccuracies are the result of mistranslation. A prime example would be Nikita Khrushchev being quoted as saying, "We will bury you" to a group of western ambassadors at the Polish Embassy in 1956. In a speech regarding western recognition of the Soviet Union as a sovereign state, he was supposed to have made the infamous quote, but linguists with great experience with the Russian language in the years since have suggested the quote to have been very different, either "We shall be present at your funeral" or "If you believe that, it is your funeral." The latter quote has been considered the most likely candidate, as it was a common expression at that time in the Soviet Union. Khrushchev had, over the years of his leadership, cultivated a "man of the people" persona, sharply contrasting with Stalin's projected image as a superman, thus this is why the "If you believe that, it is your funeral" quote is the most likely.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I've always understood that Khrushchev was simply boasting that the USSR's system will soar past the capitalist west in terms of production statistics. IOW, their numbers would bury ours.

[@odysseusrex5908]

If we believed what?

[@alexisgreen-hernandez8604]

Found the video 📹 to be very educational and informative thank you for the video MOJO take care.

[@timmitchell3870]

7:03 I gotta say - Rosa Parks has the most bad-*ss expression ever captured in a mug shot.

[@marniekilbourne608]

Having Paul Revere saying "The British are coming" is also inaccurate as they were all still British at the time. There was not a United States of America yet obviously. They very clearly still viewed themselves as British, as they were in British colonies and the British had colonies all over the map. Today, what is left is called the Commonwealth. Not having representation in the British parliament but still having to pay British taxes was one of the major reasons they broke away from Britain and the United States was formed. "Taxation without representation" being a slogan of protest at the time. Revere and the other riders, if they shouted anything, would have said "The Regulars are coming" to refer to the troops from the British Army. They likely were not shouting given there were still plenty of Loyalists who were on the side of the British government and didn't want to form a separate country. They had to be covert.

[@ReicantheJester]

another viking myth is that when they went to battle it was a scattered mess of madness where they ran around targetting random targets. That was only when the enemies were routing and tried to regroup. But more often than not they had elaborate battle plans and even formations. Often taking advantage of their surroundings both offensive and defensive purposes

[@purpleivy9174]

I was taught over 44 years ago about Paul Revere riding into town yelling that the British are coming. That’s a long time to be teaching it wrong.

[@kawaiibrarian]

As Mr. Peabody (in the Mr. Peabody and Sherman film) pointed out, the French Revolution would've been avoided had Marie Antoinette issued an Edict to distribute bread amongst the penniless.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I would never argue with a talking animated dog, but that's not necessarily true.

[@nightshades7921]

Marie probably would have chosen cake to distribute instead of bread but who's to say. :P

[@paigemosher8697]

I find that hard to believe on the grounds that revolutions typically don't start around a singular issue. It's more the result of many grievances piled up over years, if not decades. Antoinette ssuing such an edict would most likely have only delayed the Revolution, and something else would have been the straw that broke the camel's back instead.

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@paigemosher8697 You're right, the beginnings of the Revolution truly began with the Sun King a few generations before due to over extravagances in court and aristocratic life, which of course led to increased costs to fund it all which came from the poor. Antionette's antics wasn't just a straw by any means, she laid out the red carpet for it to happen with her glamour seeking, money wasting ways in the forms of being even more over the top than her predecessors all in the name of being 'fashionable'.

[@chemina8541]

@@rustyhowe3907 No. A lot of those rumors were spread not only by the revolutionaries but by her rival, her husband's lover. Research her supposed jewelry, you might get surprised. Marie was completely out of touch with what the poor suffered but it is hateful how much of the blame is put on her instead of her husband or the court. It is so much easier to blame the foreign princess who got sent to France as a girl; who had no voice in government and would not have been able to change the minds of people who saw her as breeding stock and not much else. Had to leave her servants behind at the border, and was not prepared for her role at all because the marriage alliance was originally made with her sister in mind. She was not the smartest, and she admitted that in letters. She had no concept of money, it was simply the culture she was immersed in. I don't say she was blameless or a martyr, she was not, but her bad reputation is mostly artificial and misogynist to the extreme.

[@fannipiros2580]

I would love a part two with Bathory erzsébet!

[@HerbalMoon17]

I don't claim to be an Antoinette expert, but the way I understand it, her grandfather-in-law (the king) didn't want to teach her husband how to rule; he was far more interested in throwing lavish parties and hanging out with Madame du Barry. Even when Louis XVI ascended the throne tried to make some changes (good, rational ones), nobility shouted him down and nothing ended up happening. Her retail therapy was more of a coping method than a shallow existence. (Even if she did pooh pooh her brother's advice later on.)

[@drstevej2527]

There should be a list of things that no one in modern society believes yet they are framed as ongoing myths.

[@multiyapples]

Fascinating.

[@jaredquinney204]

What a bunch of interesting history inaccuracies

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

I was a documentary on Rosa Parks. She said she didn't sit where she did to start a movement nor a moral stance. She said she was just tired and didn't want to get back up. A wonderful and humble hero.

[@asha_vere]

Goes to show people will make anything about race and make any excuse to hate white people.

[@colettelee1162]

This is inaccurate--she was a trained activist, this wasn't a whim. Please research this

[@user-lx2mp3gw2y]

The torture and murder or teenager Emmett Till was the last straw for Mrs. Parks and she'd decided enough was enough and refused to give up her seat. I remember a College Professor highlighting her professional "activism" (she was a clerical secretary at an NAACP office, which could have also gotten her fired) but neglected to mention how Till's murder galvanized many. Not one mention of Claudette Colvin or Ida B. Wells. But yes, like Mrs. Fanny Lou Hamer Mrs. Rosa Parks was Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired and would not apologize for breaking an insane law/custom.

[@massy2624]

The last story leads to another inaccuracy, that the Israelites were ever enslaved in Egypt at all

[@odysseusrex5908]

My favorite is the myth that the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4. It wasn't. The Continental Congress did adopt the Declaration on that date and it was immediately published and distributed but no formal, official copy existed. It had to be formally engrossed on parchment, a task for a skilled craftsman that took several weeks. Most of the fifty six signatures were actually affixed on August 2, 1776, with some of them coming later. Thomas McKean, who had been present for the historic vote, had been recalled by the Delaware legislature by the time the formal copy was ready. He was sent to Congress again later and was finally allowed to sign it in 1781, the last man to do so.

[@RoyHemphill]

This video was great; If time/budget allowed, I feel whole episodes could be done on specific criteria. It's interesting to see a comment section that isn't a cesspool, too! Just hire me if you want. I'll start the week after next. Cool, thx!

[@SirsasthNigam.]

Even Oversimplified thought Antoinette said the "Let them eat cake" and "The British are coming" or maybe they were trying to make fun of both myths

[@lajourdanne]

And the Rosa Parks story. I love clearing misinformation on history but this still didn’t really do justice to these stories.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@lajourdannewait Rosa Parks was in oversimplified ?

[@awesomeman8385]

​@@SirsasthNigam.Ya. Extremely. She was chosen due to her light skin color, higher education, and the fact that she was already a high-ranking leader in a group of protesters. They specifically chose her to do the sit-in so that the newspapers will be one more likely to write about it and two because she was willing to go to jail over it and knew what she was

[@MegCazalet]

@@awesomeman8385 He was asking is there a story about Rosa Parks on the KZbin channel called Oversimplified, because I don’t think it’s covered the Civil Rights era either.

[@Jon-yo3kg]

Best part of the story is that Revere got arrested at a pub, having stopped to drink halfway through his task.

[@Unknown17]

Yeah. What the hell is so heroic anyway about leaving the scene of an impending battle to "warn others"? Sounds like a pretty easy job to me!

[@CymonTempler]

5:05 Paul Revere did have other men that rode on that night but what people often forget is that a 16 year old girl named Sybil Ludington also made that ride. And on top of her ride of 40 miles she gathered 400 men compared to Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott total of 40 men. Paul Revere, pfft. 🙄

[@awesomeman8385]

There was dozens. Paul Revere spent months setting up what, at the the time, was one of the largest information sharing webs ever created. He went town to town and set up contacts. Basically he'd tell 3 people who'd ride out and they'd each go to a town and tell the 3 people and then those would ride, etc etc. Paul Revere made the large mistake of setting up the meets at local taverns, and he's an alcoholic, which meant he drank heavily the night of. But due to his system nearly every minuteman/militia member across the entire colonies had word by the end of the next day. Normally it would take weeks to get information as far as they did in such a short time. He deserves the credit he gets.

[@pbcoop62]

Paul Revere is largely famous because his last name rhymes with "hear."

[@lizardog]

Right. I mean, what does Dawes rhyme with?

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@lizardog 304's?🤣

[@maddiedixon8635]

The whole "Anastasia survied the execution" myth makes me so angry it's not even funny

[@nuthinmuffins5073]

3:30 - missed opportunity to show Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd doing their ring cycle shtick.

[@ak9989]

Vikings on history shows the Anglo Saxons wearing Burgonet helmets from the 1500s! All warriors wore helmets then, like the Spanglehelm yet the show shows most not wearing helmets. That's wrong as your head is important to protect.

[@nxrp]

I learned in kindergarten that there were more than 10 messengers advising the arrival of the Brits. And I learned from the Boondocks about Rosa Parks was not the first, it was Robert Freeman

[@SyIzumakai]

The Paul Revere is the only one I didn’t know about, hahah

[@JosephJamesScott]

Rosea Parks wasn't the first who refused to give up her seat but everyone before her had baggage in their past that the media and politicians could exploit. Rosea parks was squeaky clean, black leaders at the time knew that, and that's why the chose her to base their movement around.

[@JasonCorfman]

The United States of America celebrates Independence Day on the wrong day. The Second Continental Congress passed the resolution that "these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" on July 2, 1776. The document explaining why independence was declared was approved by congress on July 4, and so that's the date that was put at the top of the document and the date everyone associates with Independence. Incidentally, the famous signing of the document didn't occur in July but happened mostly on Aug. 2, although some signatures were added later.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

1968, Having scored a touchdown to put the Ohio State Buckeyes up 50-14 on Michigan, Coach Woody Hayes elected to go for a 2 point conversion with only a few seconds left in the game. Millions still believe that when asked why he did that, he's supposed to have laughed "Because I couldn't go for 3" Actually the Columbus Dispatch and Detroit news accurately quoted him the next day as saying "My kicker and long snapper were banged up and I needed them healthy for the upcoming Rose Bowl" Many fans believe this account but insist Woody did say the original years later as a joke. But there' s no evidence he EVER said that in his life in any context. That quote didn't surface until 2007, 20 years after Hayes' death.

[@colintimp1372]

How many people had "Kill da Wabbit" going in their head?

[@ETHAN-is3li]

Official Suggestion: Top Ten Times Mr Krabbs Got What He Deserved on Spongebob Squarepants 10. Didn’t Get $1M For His Hat - One Krabbs Trash 9. Got Grounded By His Mother - Mid-Life Crustacean 8. His Customers Turned On Him - The Krabby Kronicle 7. Got Tackled By Kids - Krabby Land 6. Got Caught And Punished At The Zoo - The Smoking Peanut 5. Got Imprisoned At The Chum Bucket - The Krusty Slammer 4. Sentenced To Giving Away Free Krabby Patties - Patty Caper 3. Losing His Body - Clams 2. Krusty Krab’s Nearly Shut Down - Various 1. His Near Death Experience - Born Again Krabbs

[@dwayne601]

Need to throw in "Nimrod." He was actually really smart. A damn cartoon bunny singlehandedly (although inadvertently) changed him into a moron

[@John_Smith_60]

I think you meant to write "maroon". 😁

[@dwayne601]

@@John_Smith_60 good reference lol

[@pop5678eye]

'The British are coming' would have made no sense since at the time most colonists considered themselves British. Most scholars state that the phrase was most likely 'the regulars are coming' referring to British troops.

[@Hares_Pit]

I still say Thomas Edison didn't invent a damn thing. How is he going to have thousands of inventions whilst simultaneously working at the patent office? With his obvious character flaws that he puts on public display, is it unreasonable to assume he has no problem stealing?

[@Hares_Pit]

@@hitori2346 I wonder if we'll see Edison's legacy slowly unravel the same way we observed the undoing of Christopher Columbus's?

[@dhenderson1810]

If you add a new thing to an existing invention, it becomes a new invention. So he may have improved inventions and made them practical. For example, Bill Gates didn't invent computers, but he invented the home computer which made it accessible to everyone. So while people praise Tesla, his car was only building on Henry Ford's original invention of the motor vehicle.

[@joeytorontocanuck8682]

Another funny popular myth by Italians was the Italians invented pasta 🤣

[@1GGstube]

Some say that Napoleon wasn't short in height, but more downstairs if you know what I mean

[@rustyhowe3907]

He was French so it wouldn't hold him back too much any way.😂

[@armandjeanduplessisderiche581]

Premium material is quite the euphemism for "teeth taken from enslaved people".

[@williepearl278]

Nope, I’m choosing to believe that the Vikings wore helmets with horns and metal bras because Rose Nyland said so.

[@BrianHartman]

One thing that needs to be said is that some of Washington's teeth weren't animal teeth. They came from slaves. As far as Napoleon goes, from what I understand, him being seen as short was the result of an error in conversion. The French used a different measuring system than the English, and the French units were misconverted.

[@snakefriesia6808]

the french units have been adopted by the majority of the world now.. and for good reason. they are more precise than the british imperial measurement system

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Sadly, back then they ranked slaves with the livestock....so that may have added to the confusion as some considered them to be animals.

[@karinbo72a-ie6nv]

The biggest mistake people believe in is how we see and romanticize history and how we misunderstand history science and historical sources critical thinking and that is way we believe in myth. We romanticize and believe that historical movies, books and plays are historical facts then they are based on cultural romance of an idea. We also forget that historian are human and do mistakes… because of their religion, political beliefs, schools and so on… from right to the left… that is way history science have a very high standard for criticism over sources. Here are also different schools how source criticism should be…. Historian works with different theories to understand way people was acting like they did. This theory and so on is changing and that is way new historical thinking changing.. also there are historian how is not critical how is lead by there own personal belief from religion and politics. They believe and promote old myths and beliefs…. And here is way historical myths is still here… and they how lives on historical myth is political from right to left because they have a black and white point of view and that to give easy answers and solutions…

[@dhenderson1810]

Unless you were there and were an eyewitness, you can't really know.

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

I have a Vietnamese university student friend, one time I asked her " what Americans doing in your country back then ? " she said " Americans wants resources and raw materials "

[@Unknown17]

I would have told her, "Shut up and jump into the Soylent Green tank!"

[@drumeshopeth]

Came here just to say watchmojo is clickbait ad spam with bits of useless video content slipped into the main presentation, which is ads.

[@michaeldunham3385]

Sure

[@datauser1529]

It's not sure whether it's accurate or not, the reported quote of the french King Louis XIV (1638 - 1715):"The State is I!" ["L'État, c'est moi."] is controversial.

[@Brrrnogitsune666]

9:09 DAYUMMMMM HE WAS THAT GOOD LOOKING BRUH 💀🤣

[@04279]

What is said about Thomas Edison can be said about many other inventors too. Just like Alexander Graham Bell got a patent on the telephone, he didn't built the first working one, as Johann Phillip Reis built a working one in 1861 and presented it to the public in the years after too. However he never patented his invention. And one other historical inaccuracy that many people believe is: Hitler invented the German Highways (the Autobahn). This was a myth from Nazi propaganda. The first Autobahn was opened in 1932, before Hitler gained power, by mayor of Cologne and future first German federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. It was a small one but it was the beginning. When Hitler became chancellor he made the Autobahn into a B-Road and a new Autobahn was built. This created the myth about Hitler being a "genius", as he wanted to be portrayed. Even in Germany some people still believe it.

[@dhenderson1810]

If you don't patent your invention, others can take credit for it. Also patent your invention.

[@04279]

@@dhenderson1810This is true. Unfortunately.

[@DELIGHT0504]

Rosa Parks was light skinned and used to passing as white and got called out that day

[@maddestmike5791]

#1: Columbus having a sense of common decency.

[@mikagrossmann5370]

I was actually wondering is Christopher Columbus was going to be features on this list...

[@abegarfield7031]

The movie director?

[@mikagrossmann5370]

@@abegarfield7031 Exactly him!! But wasn't there also another Columbus from Spain? He sailed somewhere, didn't he??

[@enerioffutt1881]

I seriously doubt that Revere or any of the others would have said the British are coming, given that they still saw themselves as British. It wasn't until after the war, I believe, that they began to see themselves as Americans.

[@Unknown17]

You are right! He actually yelled, "Those guys with the hideous teeth from that place where it rains all the time are coming!"

[@shawnhornick1901]

Yes Washington’s teeth were made of Wool 😂

[@blackninja546]

Actually, Viking helmets were never horned to begin with. Viking helmets actually had I holes in them to make their enemies more intimidated.

[@MrJedroi258]

Im surprised there is no mention of middle ages on this video

[@adt1974]

In the time of Columbus, majority of people believed the world was round due to an ancient philosopher Ptomy theary of Terra Australias.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

There are Roman statues with Atlas holding a globe on his shoulders.

[@garethedwards1926]

"Ptomy theary of Terra Australias..." What on earth are you on about? You mean Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemy, a second century Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who came up with the (incorrect) geocentric model of the universe and had nothing to do with discovering the shape of the earth. As for Terra Australis, it was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which only appeared on maps in the 15th century. Ptolemy was not "of" Terra Australis - do you know what "of" means? Ptolemy believed that the Indian Ocean was enclosed on the south by land, and that the lands of the Northern Hemisphere should be balanced by land in the south. Marcus Tullius Cicero used the term cingulus australis ("southern zone") in referring to the Antipodes in Somnium Scipionis ("Dream of Scipio").The land (terra in Latin) in this zone was the Terra Australis.

[@pablogrijalva1581]

Imagine the poor dwellers of Salem all these years being accused of burning those people while they merely hung them! Oh the Pain!!!

[@Animeguy300]

Happy Labor Day 🇺🇲

[@manueltapia1859]

Was on May 1 in México and other countries but thanks anyways

[@blondie9293]

Why wouldnt you bring up the 16year old girl Sybil who went BEFORE paul reviver?

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

For the same reason we aren't taught about her in school. Because for some strange reason some men can't handle that women contribute as well. It's part of them trying to pretend that one is better than the other instead of all human.

[@CanadaDragon1]

Alot of people think Christopher Columbus discovered America, which is a complete fabrication. During the spice trade, Columbus was actually trying to sail to India, which is where he thought he was when his 3 ships came ashore on the island of San Salvador, where it's believed to be the first island where Columbus first set foot during his first voyage. Side Note: Columbus actually never set foot in what is now the present-day United States. He never made it north of the Caribbean.

[@bryanesbertgo4718]

Some in Filipino Historians, claims Fluorescent is not invented by General Electronics, but by a Filipino Inventor Agapito Flores, only he sold his patency to General Electrics.

[@theinsidiouschicken4716]

It was believed that Giles Corey refused to enter a plea so that his children would inherit his estate, he didn't want it taken by local authorities. He was 81 years old when he was killed.

[@lagge1535]

I am writing this before I watch the video. I am guessing no religious people, who we don't know whether they lived or not, will be on the list.

[@wendygreene]

Great video, but can I just say that the female Ronald McDonald near the end of these lists is always a jump scare for me?

[@MasterOfViewership]

I heard all of these and their corrected truth before watching this. One I have is that Columbus did NOT have a ship named the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria, and another is that the Salem Witch Trials actually took place in Danvers, MA

[@hallking7441]

People thought the TV show Friends was funny when in fact it was not. ✅

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Agreed. I see clips online every so often, and wonder how much of that show inspired Karens, Kevins, and narcissists to think that their way of going about things and treating people was appropriate.