What historical ‘fact’ doesn’t have much evidence to support it? – 17 details about the past that textbooks get wrong
10.
‘that the average lifespan in the 1700s was around 30. While true, the average is weighed down by just how many infant and toddler deaths there were. If you made it to later childhood(8-10), you would probably live until 60-80 as well.’
-AltMcAltAcc
11.
‘The Romans never salted the earth at Carthage. Salt was way too valuable a commodity. No reason to waste salt when you can just slaughter and burn everything.’
-Saint–Jiub
12.
‘The belief that medieval Europeans universally thought the Earth was flat.’
-JazzlikeParsley6526
13.
‘The Bible never specified what fruit Eve actually ate, everyone associated it with an apple but in the original Hebrew text of genesis, it simply says fruit.’
-Modernsizedturd
14.
‘that napoleon asked his wife in a letter to not wash herself’
-wojtekpolska
15.
‘The pox infected blankets given to Native Americans is only mentioned one time in a diary, that’s the only historical record.’
-Sweet-Amoeba2735
16.
‘The Hebrew slaves built the pyramids. That’s pure Hollywood false propaganda. The pyramids were built by laborers, ages before the Hebrews were in Egypt.’
-AprilsSpirit
17.
‘Iron Maidens never existed, historically. They were modernized fictional “history”.’
-aerdvarkk
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