23 Commonly-Taught Historical Facts That Just Aren’t True
‘Most of the well-known medieval torture devices never existed’
Whether it’s confusion, Eurocentrism or plain old outdated public school textbooks, there’s a lot of misinformation floating around out there.
I’m not talking about the kind of misinformation that your worst uncle prints off his inkjet to bring to Thanksgiving dinner, either. I’m referring to facts that most of the world has accepted as true based on an afternoon history lesson in seventh grade, when they’re completely false. Sorry to break it to you, but Vikings didn’t wear those horned helmets, and a lot of those cool-looking medieval torture devices never really existed.
So, in the spirit of revealing truth — again, not like your worst uncle — here’s a collection of false “historical facts” to be embarrassed you believed until right now.
