You may have done well in your history classes back in the day, but it turns out there are several common misconceptions about historical events that many people still believe to this day.
Above are a few of these false facts from history that everyone still things are true, but actually aren’t.
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Although Einstein struggled with his grades in school as a youth, but by his own declaration he never actually failed a mathematics class.
Napoleon was originally believed to have been 5'2" tall, but modern measurement conversions state that he was actually 5'7".
Electricity was a known phenomenon in Franklin's time, although he did famously make in-depth studies to try to understand how it worked.
This rumor was likely started by a contemporary rival to Van Gogh. Part of his ear was severed during a fight with a friend, but it was not his entire ear and he did not inflict the injury on himself.
The infamous queen of France did not coin this misattributed phrase. The real source of the quote is Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
It's a popular trope in movies, but it's nothing more than fiction
While it is commonly believed that slave labor was used to construct the Pyramids of Egypt, new evidence suggests that the laborers were actually housed and paid.
While it sounds more terrifying to burn at the stake, most of the accused were stoned to death or hanged.
