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14 Historical 'Facts' That Are Completely False
Business Insider ^
| 11/19/2013
| CHRISTINA STERBENZ
Posted on 11/19/2013 4:45:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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* Christopher Columbus didn’t discover America.
* The Pilgrims didn’t host the first Thanksgiving.
* Napoleon Bonaparte wasn’t short ( at least compared to the men of his time)
* Marie Antoinette didn’t say, “Let them eat cake.”
* Paul Revere never yelled, “The British are coming!”
* George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth.
* Albert Einstein didn’t fail math.
* A cow kicking over a lantern didn’t cause the Great Chicago Fire.
* Spanish Influenza didn’t originate in Spain.
* Wall Streeters didn’t jump to their deaths following the market crash of 1929.
* Abner Doubleday didn’t invent baseball.
ADD YOUR OWN HISTORICAL MYTH HERE...
To: SeekAndFind
Senator Stoddard didn’t shoot Liberty Valance.
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:50:43 PM PST
by
DManA
(enis)
To: SeekAndFind
“Obama is a great orator”
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:51:26 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
To: SeekAndFind
Obama was more qualified than Sarah Palin.
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:51:39 PM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: SeekAndFind
Obama never lied. Period.
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:52:01 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: SeekAndFind
While we're on the subject, Abraham Lincoln didn't make Thanksgiving a national holiday until 1863...President Roosevelt moved the holiday in 1939 to make the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas just a little longer, giving people more time to shop, thus boosting the economy. Congress later changed it back. TR did not create Thanksgiving. George Washington did on November 26, 1789.
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:52:12 PM PST
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Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:52:45 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: SeekAndFind
15. If your health care plan, you can keep it. Period.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:54:53 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: McCloud-Strife
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:55:22 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: SeekAndFind
* George Washington didnt have wooden teeth. But what he DID have were NASTY. If you ever get to tour Mount Vernon, don't miss this exhibit (and a chance to kiss your dentist!)
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posted on
11/19/2013 4:55:49 PM PST
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workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: SeekAndFind; a fool in paradise
16. I did not have sex with that woman...
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11/19/2013 4:56:34 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: SeekAndFind
Christina graduated from Syracuse University with a dual degree in journalism and public affairs. It figures.
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11/19/2013 4:57:14 PM PST
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Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: SeekAndFind
Originally called the "three-day flu," this disease killed an estimated 50 million people in 1918 34 million more than World War I's causalities. The rumor most likely started because Spain was hit early and hard with the disease, according to the History Channel. Even Spain's king contracted it.Nope. Spain was neutral in the War, and was one of the few countries where reports weren't censored.
So it was one of the few countries that reported flu, even though all were suffering.
To: SeekAndFind
Some of my favorite myths busted
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posted on
11/19/2013 5:01:50 PM PST
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scottteng
(Tax government employees til they quit and find something useful to do)
To: All
A few years back a document was found in a Western Massachusetts town mentioning the sport ‘ baseball ‘ by name. It dates from the late 18th century and pertained to a law prohibiting playing the game too near a church. Windows being expensive and such a foul ball could do some real monetary damage.
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11/19/2013 5:03:16 PM PST
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warsaw44
To: SeekAndFind
Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
John Kerry is a war hero.
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posted on
11/19/2013 5:06:55 PM PST
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Freestate316
(Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
To: Slyfox
1939 would be FDR (spit!).
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posted on
11/19/2013 5:06:58 PM PST
by
metesky
(Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
To: SeekAndFind
Were witches were burned at the stake in Salem MA?
No, those accused were mostly hanged...and one was pressed to death.
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