27 Lies We Were Fed With A Very Large Spoon

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27 Lies We Were Fed With A Very Large Spoon

You don’t even know how lucky you are right now. While the rest of the world struts around believing that reaching 90-years-old is some new thing, you’ll know the truth. Evidence shows that it has been done for the past 160,000 years. So now that you know, you can immediately judge the people who don’t! It feels great!

BELIEF: Cowboy hats were worn in beginning of the Western American frontier. TRUTH: The cowboy hat didn't become popular until after the American Civil War, thanks to heavy advertising by the hat manufacturer John В. Stetson. CRACKED.COM

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CRACKED Napoleon was short. Napoleon was actually the same height as most Frenchmen during his time, which was a bit over 5'5. This misunderstanding probably comes from British artist James Gillray's cartoons, which made fun of Napoleon by making him look small and mean.

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CRACKED.COM MYTH: Immigrants' last names were Americanized on Ellis Island Officials at Ellis Island didn't record names onto paper. Changes to names were made later, by the immigrants themselves.

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CRACKED.COM MYTH: The Pilgrims definitely landed on Plymouth Rock It wasn't until 121 years after William Bradford & Co. set foot on land that there's any mention of the granite. A son of a Pilgrim told of its signification, but the only surviving firsthand accounts make no mention of it.

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CRACKED BURNING AT THE STAKE AT THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS People often think that witches were burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials, but that's not true. In reality, 19 of the accused were hanged and one was pressed to death with heavy stones.

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CRACKED EVERLAST CHASTITY BELTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES In the Middle Ages, people talked about chastity belts as a way to keep women faithful. But the truth is, not many of these belts actually existed back then. The references to them in writing were probably just symbolic.

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