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  • Rated by rattatooie on Sep 16, 9:59am

    From the page: "Christmas is meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but there is no evidence whatsoever, biblical or otherwise, that He was actually born on that day. Nor is there anything to suggest that He was born in a manger, or that there were three wise men (although, as any nativity play will remind you, three gifts were mentioned). There are differing views as to why December 25 was chosen as Christmas day, but one of the most interesting is that the day was already celebrated by followers of Mithras, the central god of a Hellenistic cult that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean around 100 BC. The followers of this faith believed that Mithras was born of a virgin on 25 December, and that his birth was attended by shepherds..."

  • Reviewed by Wiskye on Aug 28, 5:42pm

    You can declare yourself independent any time you like, you don't have to have won the war first or have even started one for that matter.

  • Reviewed by Johnnymushio on Aug 24, 3:31pm

    america declared independence on the 4th, they wree not independent automatically

  • Rated by barryr666 on Aug 20, 7:30am

    Interesting but not exactly earth shattering revelations. Most of them are merely minor discrepancies in the popular historical record.

  • Reviewed by HaTTer2K on Jul 26, 11:32pm

    Did I miss something? It says there were 2 men before Washington and then says he was the 15th president. Where do they get 15?

  • Rated by thebestwalrus on Jul 15, 12:41am

    Some are interesting, but not exactly earth-shattering revelations. I do take issue with #1 about Washington not being the first president. The article calls him the fifteenth president of "America". There has never been a county of "America". The "presidents" before Washington were presidents of a different political entity, governed by the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution created an entirely new government in what was essentially an act of treason against the government of the Articles. Washington was truly the first president of that new political entity, which survives to today.

  • Rated by Kiy2Grace on Jul 06, 7:13pm

    #20 and #2 would more accurately be described as "literary myths", not "historical" ones.

  • Rated by insyen on Jun 24, 11:20pm

    It is said that those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it - and as any history buff can tell you, much of history is something you would NOT want to repeat. However, many well-known historical "facts" are myths, with no basis in fact. Here (and in the next few segments) are 20 of the most common, which have misled and misinformed people for years, decades, or centuries.

  • Rated by ritallos on Jun 04, 12:37am

    Hardly History's Greatest Myths... Disney? Adam and Eve? Seriously? How about the moniker "vikings"? Or the Norse horned helmets, for that matter? Or how about Pope Joan? Or Lady Godiva?