12 Weird Facts Of History That Your Teachers Never Talk About!!
History is full of mysteries and unanswered questions which will forever haunt the conscience of historians. However, our curriculum and history teachers carefully avoid ever touching these topics.
1. Vietnam War Wasn't The Only Loss That America Suffered.
Once the Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973, it was the communists who triumphed in this war – one of the weird facts of history. The reality is that this is the only war that America lost. But the events of 1812 are also sometimes evaded; the truth is that America has had its fair share of beating too.
2. Hitler Was A Military Idiot!
It’s not true that most of fiats that Germany performed in the Second World War actually come from Hitler himself. It is also true that there were times he had to be talked out of certain silly and stupid ideas. But on the contrary, the guy had absolutely no idea how to govern, and he used his military skills for evil which brings him down to some of the most stupid people on earth as well.
3. The Vomitorium Wasn't Used To Puke Into.
This is just a false assumption from the name. The fact is that these tunnels in the Colosseum were not used to puke into but they were a route to enter and exit. The name implies “to spew forth” and that means the people not the food.
This is a classic joke about the president JFK and a weird fact of history. The truth is that he pronounced the German phrase just fine, but is sounded wrong due to his accent. It is also a lie that Germans didn’t understand what he was saying because they did understand. It may have been made fun of, but the event has been escalated way more than it should be.
This is a misconception no one bothers to curb. The flag we see today on celebrations and history books wasn’t the confederation flag, but only a proposed flag for the Virginia Army. The real flag is a lot closer to the current USA flag, maybe that’s why rednecks aren’t so proud of it now.
It is narrated in textbooks to have been the cause of the First World War, but the truth is that it only escalated the following events, but didn’t start the war itself. Pan-Slavism and Western European alliance was what lead everyone to get at each other’s throats.
It’s been fed to us by cartoon movies and by our history teachers, that ancient Greek civilization was so full of marble works. The truth is that it is one of the weird facts of history that your teachers never talked about. Their statues used to be in silly and nauseating colors, and they are white now only because the paint has faded away.
Ford didn’t invent anything. And while we are celebrating his having invented the combustion engine and reinventing methods of industrial production, those were ideas already thought of and used. Not to mention one of the weird facts of history that Ford was a raging Nazi supporter, who even published a newspaper to assert that opinion. It went by the name The Dearborn Independent.
The only fact is that American’s got lucky. England had much more to attend to, particularly India and Asia, and it was only the most pathetic lot which they could spare to be shipped off to America. This handful of troops had only recently joined the military, and were not properly trained either. Plus they had a pretty silly leadership. That came to America’s advantage in the wars to follow.
Columbus was into spice because it would help hide the stench of rotting meat. He needed to discover spices, and then to establish shipping routes to bring these spices to the market. The ultimate purpose was no other than to bring riches to the Columbus household. That is also the reason why he exploited Caribbean, which also he went to. It is again one of the weird facts of history that your teachers never talked about.
The Emancipation Proclamation was only used to state symbolic goals for the future to come. What did the thirteenth amendment do? It kept already freed slaves from being taken back to slavery. Not to mention the fact that Lincoln had already been blown away when the vote on the Amendment happened.
Electromagnetism was a phenomenon which was firstly not invented, only discovered. And even that wasn’t something Benjamin Franklin did. He didn’t even get hit by lightning. He used the age old phenomenon to make a whooping public display, and the only purpose was to motivate more Americans to study science. To credit him with the invention of lightening rod as well as electromagnetism is just one of the weird facts of history.
4. John F. Kennedy Didn't Tell Germany That He Was A Donut.
This is a classic joke about the president JFK and a weird fact of history. The truth is that he pronounced the German phrase just fine, but is sounded wrong due to his accent. It is also a lie that Germans didn’t understand what he was saying because they did understand. It may have been made fun of, but the event has been escalated way more than it should be.
5. The Confederate Flag
This is a misconception no one bothers to curb. The flag we see today on celebrations and history books wasn’t the confederation flag, but only a proposed flag for the Virginia Army. The real flag is a lot closer to the current USA flag, maybe that’s why rednecks aren’t so proud of it now.
6. Ferdinand's Assassination Didn't Start The World War.
It is narrated in textbooks to have been the cause of the First World War, but the truth is that it only escalated the following events, but didn’t start the war itself. Pan-Slavism and Western European alliance was what lead everyone to get at each other’s throats.
7. Greece Wasn't So Much Into Marbles.
It’s been fed to us by cartoon movies and by our history teachers, that ancient Greek civilization was so full of marble works. The truth is that it is one of the weird facts of history that your teachers never talked about. Their statues used to be in silly and nauseating colors, and they are white now only because the paint has faded away.
8. Henry Ford Didn't Invent The Car.
Ford didn’t invent anything. And while we are celebrating his having invented the combustion engine and reinventing methods of industrial production, those were ideas already thought of and used. Not to mention one of the weird facts of history that Ford was a raging Nazi supporter, who even published a newspaper to assert that opinion. It went by the name The Dearborn Independent.
9. America Didn't Take Down England's Best In The 1700s.
The only fact is that American’s got lucky. England had much more to attend to, particularly India and Asia, and it was only the most pathetic lot which they could spare to be shipped off to America. This handful of troops had only recently joined the military, and were not properly trained either. Plus they had a pretty silly leadership. That came to America’s advantage in the wars to follow.
10. Columbus Was All About Exploration.
Columbus was into spice because it would help hide the stench of rotting meat. He needed to discover spices, and then to establish shipping routes to bring these spices to the market. The ultimate purpose was no other than to bring riches to the Columbus household. That is also the reason why he exploited Caribbean, which also he went to. It is again one of the weird facts of history that your teachers never talked about.
11. Lincoln Didn't Actually Free The Slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation was only used to state symbolic goals for the future to come. What did the thirteenth amendment do? It kept already freed slaves from being taken back to slavery. Not to mention the fact that Lincoln had already been blown away when the vote on the Amendment happened.
12. Benjamin Franklin Didn't Invent Electricity.
Electromagnetism was a phenomenon which was firstly not invented, only discovered. And even that wasn’t something Benjamin Franklin did. He didn’t even get hit by lightning. He used the age old phenomenon to make a whooping public display, and the only purpose was to motivate more Americans to study science. To credit him with the invention of lightening rod as well as electromagnetism is just one of the weird facts of history.
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