101 of History’s Biggest Lies You Still Believe

We're now live on Spotify! 😎🎧 Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZJkmJqksqjjeX53B0RmGQ?si=a2b29823d8dd4042 👍 HIT LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE for more obscure facts, strange history, forgotten stories, and things that turn out to be very different from what everyone remembers. Napoleon was tiny. Vikings wore horned helmets. Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake.” George Washington chopped down a cherry tree. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. At least, that is the version most people know. In this video, we explore 101 of history’s biggest lies, myths, exaggerations, and suspiciously convenient stories that have survived for decades, centuries, and sometimes even longer. From ancient Rome, the Vikings and medieval Europe to famous rulers, wars, explorers, inventions, American history, and some of the most repeated “facts” ever printed in textbooks, we look at how propaganda, poems, films, political enemies, bad translations, family legends, and simple repetition helped turn complicated history into something much easier to remember. 🧐 Which historical “fact” were you most surprised to discover was wrong? Let us know in the comments. National Archives and Records Administration https://www.archives.gov/ Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/ Smithsonian Institution https://www.si.edu/ National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/ #HistoryMyths #HistoryFacts #WeirdHistory #HistoricalMyths #ObscureFacts #InterestingFacts