Common Misconceptions
What things have you failed to understand? What have you "misconceptionated"?
The People Who Built The Pyramids Weren't Slaves - They were laborers who were paid and given food, there is no evidence of workers being forced to build the Pyramids of Giza against their own will.
Rabbits Don't Actually Eat Carrots - The misconception that rabbits eat carrots started in the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Rabbits actually eat the carrot leaves. This misconception has led to the deaths of many innocent rabbits due to starvation.
Fortune Cookies are not found in Chinese cuisine - despite their existence in restaurants in the U.S.A. They were invented in Japan and introduced to the US by the Japanese. In China, they are considered American, and are rare.
Napoleon was not as short as believed - In his time period, the average height for a male was 5'6'', Napoleon was 5'7''. He was actually taller than the average person.
Most sculptures in the ancient times such as David weren't actually painted with no color - Most of those sculptures had color, but the pigments in the paints have just deteriorated.
Bats are not blind - Bats actually have very good sight. The misconception came about from the idiom, "Blind as a bat" from bats zigzag flying pattern that looks like a blind person fumbling about. Bats actually have 3x better vision than humans.
Rosa Parks didn't sit in the "white section" of the bus - She was sitting in the front of the "colored section." The bus driver asked her to give up her spot for a white man and she refused. She didn't disobey the segregation laws.
Most gladiator battles were not to the death - Many gladiator battles were regulated with the possibility of surrender and survival for the competitors. Battles were very similar to what fencing is nowadays.
There is no such thing as a "sugar high" - Sugar does not have any effects on hyperactivity and has no evidence for this. This misconception originated when parents wanted to have a reason for children to cease eating so much sugar.
The Declaration of Independence was not finished on July 4th 1776 - Most signatures were added on August 2nd of that year, where more were added even later. The first signatures were added on the 4th of July.
The library of Alexandria was not destroyed in a single fire - The great Library of Alexandria did not burn in a fire, rather it withered away due to many different smaller events. The decline of the library was very gradual and took hundreds of years.
George Crum didn't invent potato chips - George Crum, even though being credited for making the potato chip didn't actually create it. Recipes popped up as early as 1817. His credit rose from an advertising campaign in the 1970s.
Chalk outlines in murder cases are not usually used - In modern investigations, chalk outlines aren't usually used in risk of messing around with the evidence. Chalk is more a fiction thing.
Looking back, I realize that I have used the word "not" a lot. It seems as though every fact you know is a misconception. Doesn't this make you question the truth of all the other facts you know? Whatever you know, think again.