{"id":33958,"date":"2014-06-25T00:10:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T07:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=33958"},"modified":"2014-06-25T00:23:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T07:23:29","slug":"5-historical-misconceptions-dispelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/5-historical-misconceptions-dispelled\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Historical Misconceptions Dispelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><div class=\"highlighter\">This is a video from the great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgpgrey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CGP Grey<\/a>. If you&#8217;re a fan of TodayIFoundOut, I guarantee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC2C_jShtL725hvbm1arSV9w\" target=\"_blank\">you&#8217;re going to love his YouTube channel<\/a>, unless you just hate videos that is. \ud83d\ude09 (He also has a good podcast, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hellointernet.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hello Internet<\/a>, with fellow famous YouTuber <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradyharan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Haran<\/a>. The two have a really great dynamic in the show and it&#8217;s a great listen when driving or taking a walk.)<\/div>\n<div class=\"highlighter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"highlighter\">Also, don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TodayIFoundOut\" target=\"_blank\">check out TodayIFoundOut&#8217;s YouTube channel here<\/a>, which very soon will start being updated weekly as our video person switches to doing this full time instead of almost never-time. \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYzfKiIWN4g\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve covered a few of these on TIFO in the past, so if you&#8217;d like to read up a bit more on the topics and learn some related facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/people-in-columbus-time-did-not-think-the-world-was-flat\/\" target=\"_blank\">People in Columbus\u2019 Time Did Not Think the World Was Flat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/amazing-eratosthenes\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Man Who Accurately Estimated the Circumference of the Earth Over 2,000 Years Ago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/viking-warriors-didnt-wear-horned-or-winged-helmets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viking Warriors Didn\u2019t Wear Horned or Winged Helmets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/napolean-bonaparte-having-been-short-is-a-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Napoleon Bonaparte Having Been Short is a Myth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/napoleon-invention-margarine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Napoleon and the Invention of Margarine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here&#8217;s some other interesting stuff for your reading pleasure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/10-common-misconceptions-dispelled\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/10-more-common-misconceptions-dispelled\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 More Common Misconceptions Dispelled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/10-common-misconceptions-dispelled-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 3)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/10-common-misconceptions-dispelled-part4\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 4)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/10-common-misconceptions-dispelled-part-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 5)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/10-common-misconceptions-dispelled-part-6\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 6)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/10-myths-dispelled-part-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 7)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/10-common-myths-misconceptions-part-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 8)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a video from the great CGP Grey. If you&#8217;re a fan of TodayIFoundOut, I guarantee you&#8217;re going to love his YouTube channel, unless you just hate videos that is. \ud83d\ude09 (He also has a good podcast, Hello Internet, with fellow famous YouTuber Brady Haran. The two have a really great dynamic in the show and it&#8217;s a great [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2957],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational_videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33958"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33966,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33958\/revisions\/33966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}