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19 Scholars Share the Most Common Misconceptions People Have About History

Despite books, movies, and the insistence of your third-grade social studies teacher, there's a whole lot about history that we get wrong. Benjamin Franklin and his kite did not, in fact, invent electricity. German tanks during World War II were genuinely kinda mid -- even though they did look cool. George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree, no matter what that cheeky painting depicts. But these three tidbits are just the tip of the iceberg — just ask the history buffs stuck rebuking these points day after day. 


From whether or not the burning of the Library of Alexandria was an arson job (it probably wasn't) to the truth about the Magna Carta, 20 history enthusiasts share the most common misconceptions people have about history. 

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