Revealing 11 'fictional' stories in history that we still believe in ancient times

The Trojan horse, the Pyramid built by slaves . is such a fictional event in 'real' history that many people believe in them and forget the true events that happened.

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1. The Trojan horse

We still believe that the Greeks created a giant horse that hid its troops inside to give it to Troy. After that, the soldiers inside the horse struck and took over from the inside.

But the truth is that the Greek army only used one type of motor vehicle to mimic a horse to destroy the gate and the wall.

2. Archimedes and the Eureka bath

We must have heard the famous anecdote about Archimedes devising a way to solve the problem of finding the volume of a special shaped object with water. That was when Archimedes was sitting in the bath, suddenly rushing out into the street to cheer Eureka (Greek for 'Find it out').

In fact, this is a fictitious detail but does not exclude the possibility that the incident in the bath suggests a way to solve the problem of finding out whether the king's crown is real or doped without breaking cancel it.

3. The pyramid was built by slaves

We often see thousands of day and night slaves working under the whip and the intense sun to build great pyramids in television films.

But the truth is not so, it is the free workers and the Egyptian builders who are truly the builders of those great works.

4. Women are not allowed to board pirate ships because of bad luck

In movies, we often see only men doing pirate because if women leave the ship, they will bring bad luck.

However, in the history of the world, the pirate general was recorded as a female like Cheng I Sao (aka Ching Shih). She is even considered one of the most notorious pirates of all time, spreading horrors throughout the ocean, not inferior to men.

5. The martial artist fighting when he signs the school must fight to death

The things that we see on movies about the old gladiator are completely wrong. Because the evidence from the monuments as well as the examination of the bones of the old gladiator showed that they did not die early but had an average life expectancy not less than the common people.

6. Mozart was poisoned by envy

Many people believe that the relationship between Salieri and Mozart is not good. And due to jealousy, envy, the Italian composer poisoned Austrian colleagues.

But research results show that the cause of Mozart's death was merely due to illness.

7. All ancient statues are white

Today, looking at ancient statues, we often see only one white color and assume that it is the original color. But in fact, the ancients used colors of natural origin to paint statues, but because of the erosion of bacteria, the statues were only white.

To discover the true colors of ancient statues, scientists have to use ultraviolet light on them.

8. The father of Mickey Mouse is Walt Disney

In fact Ub Iwerks, a famous painter, was the one who drew Mickey Mouse. Disney was the voice of Mickey Mouse, who later became an image of the company.

9. Gunfire matches of cowboys

When referring to the wild West cowboy, everyone immediately thought of the image of two people pulling together from the pub to fight guns. One on each side and see who pulls the gun faster. But this is purely the imagination of filmmakers.

In fact, cowboys mostly use guns to protect the cattle from wild wolves.

10. The reason for not having a Nobel Prize in mathematics

It is said that because Alfred Nobel's wife was involved with a mathematician, he did not give a Nobel Prize in mathematics.

In fact, Alfred Nobel had never been married, so the reason was completely fabricated. The real reason for him not to account for the Nobel prize list is because mathematics is seen as an abstract science.

11. Mendeleev found the dream periodic table

The reason many people believe that Mendeleev found the dream periodic table was by AA Inostrancev, his friend told a joke to his students.

Mendeleev himself had to speak up about this misunderstanding, saying he had to arrange each element in the periodic table for 20 years.