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Five Common Historical Misconceptions Explained
Did Viking helmets have horns? Was Napoleon that short? Was the Roman Vomitorium real? (03:58)
Produced by: CGPGrey
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Holy monkey, that was awesome.
Posted by TX Tornado on April 7,2013 | 06:30 PM
Great ... rapid historic correction ... wish that could be done with books: It would be neat to have a similar video for "Grandpa Was a Deity" (2011) and "Genesis of Genesis" (2012) ... ... maybe even for "Saint Paul's Joke", but, would the right-wing evangelicals really want to know they got their religion wrong? LOL
Posted by Bill Lipton on February 10,2013 | 03:05 PM
An inscription on a monument to Christopher Columbus, in Galway City, in the Republic of Ireland, still puzzles me to this day. The inscription reads " On these shores around 1477 the Genoese sailor Cristoforo Colombo found sure signs of life beyond the Atlantic". I find this a real puzzle. Could you throw any light on the subject?
Posted by m. creighton on January 15,2013 | 12:39 PM
Video screen goes black instead of running. What do I need to have them run?
Posted by J. Chiaramonte on December 28,2012 | 02:10 PM
"Even though [taxes] are how you pay for civilization?" God-willing someday there will be a video to correct THAT common misconception.
Posted by JR Hughes on December 26,2012 | 08:13 PM
Learning Latin is not useless.
Posted by Mike Johnson on December 26,2012 | 04:18 PM
This should be an article, not a video.
Posted by Caitlyn J on December 21,2012 | 04:59 PM
I found this short video amazing! Really interesting and lots of facts squeezed into a couple of minutes. Loved the speed of the voice over! Cheers, Fiorella
Posted by Fiore on December 20,2012 | 12:12 PM
Columbus was in fact an excellent navigator and knew the correct dimensions of the earth. What he did was lie to his investors to fund his exploration of that big open area.
Posted by Emelio Lizardo on December 10,2012 | 10:55 AM
This video is so stupid
Posted by on December 5,2012 | 09:58 AM
love this. wish you'd credited the composer of the rag, though.
Posted by nan on October 25,2012 | 05:30 PM
I found the facts to be more than a little interesting but the man quoting the facts was more than a little annoying. He spoke way, way too fast making it not only difficult to understand him but more than difficult to take it all in. I realize that many of today's youth tend to speak quite fast but if they would only listen closely to the world's most outstanding speakers, they would discover that fast is not best. Clear and moderate is what we want to hear. I hope Smithsonian will think twice before having a speaker with this annoying pattern. Thank you, F.R.
Posted by Fred Richardson on October 21,2012 | 07:52 AM
Regarding the Five Common Historical Misconceptions... I found it very entertaing, however the voice over with the intrusive music moved too fast to understand all that was being conveyed. For what it's worth........... Robert.
Posted by Robert Edelman on October 14,2012 | 12:14 PM
lol thats histarical
Posted by Audrey on October 12,2012 | 01:57 PM
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