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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. Unlike many others, this myth is widely known to be false. | + | #[[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. Unlike many others, this myth is widely known to be false. A related myth is that Columbus discovered or proved that the Earth was round. |
#That the Europeans deliberately spread smallpox to the American Indians; in fact, smallpox was endemic amongst Europeans, and they introduced it to the Americas unintentionally and without knowing the devastating effects it would have on the local population. | #That the Europeans deliberately spread smallpox to the American Indians; in fact, smallpox was endemic amongst Europeans, and they introduced it to the Americas unintentionally and without knowing the devastating effects it would have on the local population. | ||
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Revision as of 19:18, 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. Unlike many others, this myth is widely known to be false. A related myth is that Columbus discovered or proved that the Earth was round.
- That the Europeans deliberately spread smallpox to the American Indians; in fact, smallpox was endemic amongst Europeans, and they introduced it to the Americas unintentionally and without knowing the devastating effects it would have on the local population.
