14 Historical 'Facts' That Are Completely False

Business Insider ^ | 11/19/2013 | CHRISTINA STERBENZ

[al_c]

[machogirl]

Wasn’t that Goober that did the impression on The Andy Griffith Show? (Judy Judy Judy)

[GeronL]

Paul Revere is only remembered because of a poem, someone else did all the real work that night, but was basically forgotten to history

[DirtyPigpen]

Tuskegee Airmen did lose a bomber. About 25 actually.

[steerpike100]

And she needs to learn what the expression “on the down-low” means.

[Jemian]

William Dawes

[SoCal Pubbie]

I accept that no samples of authentic horned Viking helmets have been unearthed, but since some medieval European knights and Japanese Samurai did I see no reason to categorically rule out Nordic warriors.

[This I Wonder32460]

I think you mean FDR not TR in 1930.

[Vermont Lt]

1939 it wasn’t TR. It was FDR.

[D Rider]

Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian

I have been explaining this one to people for 30 years. All I get is blank stares.

[DManA]

Oswald was a bad shot. The Marine record begs to differ.

[Daffynition]

http://emuseum.mountvernon.org/code/emuseum.asp?style=text&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=dentures&quicksearch=dentures&sessionid=AEFD9519-50A3-455A-A530-98787ED07D31&action=quicksearch&style=single&currentrecord=2

Now, let's untangle the myth of the Cherry tree.

[Revolting cat!]

Are you suggesting George bit the cherry tree?

[BenLurkin]

Nice!

[BenLurkin]

saved his community by sticking his finger in a leaking dike But enough about the women of the DNC.

[Swordmaker]

Obama was more qualified than Sarah Palin.

Obama was qualified. There, fixed it for you. Biggest myth of all.

[Swordmaker]

which finally ended due to the massive industrial buildup of WW II... That is a BIG myth. WWII did NOT end the depression. Everything that was build during the war was destroyed by the war.

No, you ARE wrong. Everything built in the United States survived the war. . . it's called industrial infrastructure built for the war effort that was put to work in other ways post war. The depression WAS ended by WWII as the unemployed were put to work manning the army, staffing the building of the industrial infrastructure to build millions of rifles, handguns, bayonets, 2.5 million machine guns, 2.4 million trucks and jeeps, over 180,000 tanks and self propelled guns, 325,000 military aircraft, 22 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 48 cruisers, 349 destroyers, 420 convoy escorts, and 203 submarines, as wells as hundreds of freighters. . . all in five short years. NONE of the plant, equipment, shipyards, and most of all skilled, trained hardworking labor in the USA was destroyed by WWII.

In addition, in Europe and Asia, the old infrastructure, out-moded, antique, no-longer able to compete, was often conveniently removed by twenty minute—in a couple of cases, twenty second—demolition efforts courtesy of the allies, making way for much more modern, more efficient plants and equipment that would in a very short time make them economic powerhouses competing with those who thought they had vanquished them. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, all became amazing industrial centers when rebuilt.

All of this broke the back of the entrenched depression.

[Swordmaker]

The real alert was spread by Paul Revere’s co-rider, Israel Bissell, who actually didn’t get intercepted and completed his circuit alerting the colonists. Revere got a total of less than thirteen miles before his ride got interrupted, but Bissell notified everyone he was supposed to in a ride lasting more than four days covering 345 miles! But as Robert Wuhl noted “the Midnight Ride of Israel Bissell” just isn’t as poetic as “the midnight ride of Paul Revere. . .”

[GeronL]

They did name a vacuum cleaner after him, at least we can pretend it was named for him.

Someone write a poem for Bissell

[GeronL]

The Depression ended with the end of FDR, at the END of the war.