It’s best to keep studying history once you get out of school, because a lot of what you were taught was, at best, an oversimplification of the truth. Elementary school history class doesn’t have a lot of room for nuance, so you were just taught the basics, and it’s probably those basics that have stuck with you. However, you were also probably taught a lot of famous misconceptions that your teacher didn’t even realize were misconceptions.

From the truth about Paul Revere’s ride to the dark side of Gandhi, let’s take a look at some lies you probably learned in history class.

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The British are coming | 0:00
Napoleon complex | 0:58
Newton's apple | 1:45
Edison's inventions | 2:28
Good ol' Gandhi | 3:15
World War II enthusiasm | 4:24
Alamo heroes | 5:03
Cherry chopper | 5:55

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