5 Historical Misconceptions Rundown

5 common misconceptions about history debunked.
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[TheLeftforfred]

As long as you ignore the hornless vikings who beat him by five hundred years...

[Graidon Mabson]

Lol at all the libertarians who are pissed about the comment concerning taxes.

[Tom Lee]

Great video!

[Thomas Hulks]

Columbus didn't discover America he discovered the west indies, hence its name because he thought it was west India.

[TheOtherFabio]

Does anyone notice the creeper beside Lady Godiva?

[waraidako]

They did though... How do you think we know about it? We didn't go back in a time machine and saw it happen. We know about it because they went back to Iceland after a few years because they were constantly attacked by the natives, they ran low on supplies, and unlike the Jamestown settlers, they didn't fancy eating young girls. And then they told people about the new land they had found. Vinland.

[qwertyo76]

Is the horse at 1:55 supposed to have a cutie mark? (If you don't know what that means don't ask.)

[Dunke rusten]

Hey!This is the first video that acknowledges our existence.(i'm talking about Macedonija of course)

[gerdienr86]

It should be "run down", not "rundown"... it's a verb, not a noun.

[G4M3RH4X0R]

Grey, the video was awesome until you called Latin useless. Any educated person who cares about understanding of our language (not to mention French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian) and basis for government should give it a chance.

[seehofer20]

Great video. Especially the Monthy Python reference! =D

[Michael Walker]

Bottom right at 2:05 ? Wtf?