We always believed what we were taught about history. But what if the history you learned is wrong? Here are some such historical facts which are actually not right.
1
While Columbus' voyage was significant, there were already Indigenous people living in the Americas for thousands of years before his arrival. And it was Viking explorer Leif Erikson who landed in America 400 years before Columbus.
2
While Benjamin Franklin did fly a kite during a storm, it wasn't to "discover" electricity, but to study its properties.
3
The famous "let them eat cake" quote is likely a fabrication spread by revolutionaries to mock the queen's supposed indifference to the plight of the poor.
4
Average height for his time, Napoleon's image was often depicted as shorter for propaganda purposes by British artists.
5
Though she ruled Egypt, Cleopatra was actually of Macedonian Greek descent, not Egyptian.
6
Thomas Edison didn't invent the first lightbulb, but he did improve upon existing designs and make them commercially viable.