Historical Misconceptions You Probably Still Believe

What are historical misconceptions? Simply put, a "fact" about history that is believed by many but not actually true. In this video, I’ll discuss and expose some rather obscure and unique historical misconceptions that I thought were interesting enough to share with you amazing people! Join me for a fun and misinformed “bro history lesson” have fun, take notes, and fact-check everything I say!

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0:00 | Intro
0:24 | Ninja "uniform"
1:18 | Midevil life expectancy
2:05 | Death from a dropped penny
3:34 | Benjamin Franklin didn't discover electricity
4:52 | WWE IS REAL
5:14 | "American Gothic" Origin Story
5:59 | Ancient Greek & Roman statue color
4:52 | WWE IS REAL
6:22 | Hellen Keller was a communist
7:10 | Chastity belts in medieval times
8:02 | Outro

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Trust Me Bro - Historical Misconceptions You Probably Still Believe

[saulwalle]

As a child in America I was taught that Columbus was the first to know the earth was round and the reason no one wanted to fund his journey was because they thought he'd sail off the edge of the earth. This was literally in my text books

[Alex_zer_Shoveller]

Life expectancy was also shorter for the population as a whole since 50% are female, and dying during birth was pretty much a coin flip

[soupgod]

Cornflakes were actually invented specifically because of abstinence. Kellog wantes to make a breakfast so bland it could only make you not want to have sex. His brother then said: „yay cereal“ or something and made it a whole bunch more tasty. This resulted in a huge feud between the two and the kellogs brand we have today came from J.h Kellogs brother and not himself.

[MCBosmans]

It's worth mentioning that John Kellogg designed his original cereal to be as bland as possible to suppress certain "passions"

[notoriouswhitemoth]

The black outfit for ninja comes from kabuki stage hands.

Franklin's kite was a thought experiment. He even wrote in his description that if someone were foolish enough to try it, it would probably kill them.

The extent of Keller's disability gets overstated to try to discredit her. She was completely blind and deaf, but she didn't have any cognitive disabilities, and was very aware of the world, through touch (and reading, thanks to Braille)

[lilikbl]

Fun fact: Albert Einstein was actually really good in school. The guy who wrote his biographies was German. In Germany, you have a grade system from 1-6. One is the best and six the worst. Einstein went to school in Switzerland where the grades were the opposite.

[auraezahra]

i heard somewhere that the concept of 'ninjas' came from people dressed in all black and working bts on a theatre set. the black helped them blend with the backdrop better and they werent seen by the audience. over time, people thought it would be a good idea to incorporate the stage crew into the play and have one of these ninjas kill a main character, essentially having a shock value (NO ONE saw it coming). thats how they became so popular. i might be wrong but its just what i have heard

[calus_bath_water]

Wait people think Benjamin franklin invented electricity? Wtf are they teaching in american schools

[MaydaySilly]

The Hellen Keller misconception is so funny. Being remembered for being a great speaker and not at all what was in the speeches.
Great vid again Mr. Bro

[chriswillis]

Did you know that Hellen Keller owned a piano? Neither did she. 😂

[JimhalB]

My tiny little infant brain still wants to think ninjas were running and jumping on rooftops, throwing kunais and shurikens on anybody that dared to cross them

[CodingWithLewis]

Hellen Keller is hilarious. I have heard so much about her... but didn't know anything she wrote. Awesome video!

[HATECELL]

The word electricity comes from the Greek elektron, meaning amber. The Greeks found out that rubbing amber rods on fur is a relatively reliable way to produce static electricity. When (and if) Benjamin Franklin did his kite and lightning experiment he wanted to prove that lightning contains electricity. Since static electricity can produce small lightning bolts there was the theory that the big lightning in the skies are also the result of electricity, which he aimed to prove. This knowledge also helped us to protect ourselves from lightning, for example with lighting rods. Whilst people have been using trees as lightning protection long before, we haven't really understood why this works

[captainzeppos]

And the biggest misconception of them all is that capitalism benefits mankind as a whole, rather than a privileged few.

[rafatire]

Bro your art and way you explain is just so entertaining
Keep this up, you deserve so much more

[testaccount]

What a hidden gem on YouTube, great content bro.

[kevinabiwardani]

I got one misconception that really grind my gears... The invention of printing block. Guttenberg may mass produce this technique in Europe. But the Korean and Chinese are the first to invent it, centuries before Guttenberg.

Also the Knight's code... It doesn't exist. Glory for both the Knights of Europe and Samurai for Japan is to bring honor to their lords and religion, even if they need to kill, and plunder the poor and innocent.

[Loifey]

Most people have a weird conception about how Vikings look, they didn’t have helmets with horns and most not some perfect looking guy like in the movies

[ChatHistory]

Can't believe people think WWE is fake. Youre telling me someone just takes a top-rope elbow drop to the face....for fun?!

[mickgorro]

I've heard Dante's time had life expectancy of 70yrs, and Dante's "In the middle of the walk of our life" (Inferno 1 l. 1) was 35yo.