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#[[Marie Antoinette]]'s "Let them eat cake" was almost certainly never uttered. The phrase was likely invented by anti-monarchist revolutionaries seeking to have Marie and Louis XVI executed. | #[[Marie Antoinette]]'s "Let them eat cake" was almost certainly never uttered. The phrase was likely invented by anti-monarchist revolutionaries seeking to have Marie and Louis XVI executed. | ||
#[[Columbus]] set out to discover America; in fact, he set out to find a route to Asia, only to find an extremely large landmass in his way. | #[[Columbus]] set out to discover America; in fact, he set out to find a route to Asia, only to find an extremely large landmass in his way. | ||
| − | #That the Europeans intentionally spread smallpox to the American Indians; in fact, the | + | #That the Europeans intentionally spread smallpox to the American Indians; in fact, there's no real evidence this ever happened. In any case, when smallpox was unintentionally introduced in the Americas, it spread at an unbelievable rate, causing many, many deaths. |
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Revision as of 03:01, March 19, 2009
Here is a growing list of the greatest myths of world history:
- Marie Antoinette's "Let them eat cake" was almost certainly never uttered. The phrase was likely invented by anti-monarchist revolutionaries seeking to have Marie and Louis XVI executed.
- Columbus set out to discover America; in fact, he set out to find a route to Asia, only to find an extremely large landmass in his way.
- That the Europeans intentionally spread smallpox to the American Indians; in fact, there's no real evidence this ever happened. In any case, when smallpox was unintentionally introduced in the Americas, it spread at an unbelievable rate, causing many, many deaths.