Newfag here, give me some of the greatest Historical Red Pills.

1.)Europeans didn't think the earth was flat
2.)The Roman empire fell in 1453
3.)The Middle Ages is not synonymous with Dark Ages and that period saws growth in the cultural and scientific sphere
4.) Greco-Buddhist civilization existed

>>2912661
5.)America existed at the same time the Holy Roman Empire existed

>>2912661
DA JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ DEEEEEEEEEEEEED EEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

>>2912661
People didn't really die at age 30

>>2912673
good summary. All of these shocked me when I first learned about these

>>2912661
everything

historians will argue over literally every little thing, no one has any actual idea what happened

>>2912673
>>2912676
Interesting. I was taught almost the exact opposite if some of these things... But if this is true, WHY did they teach us these things wrong? Was the misinformation intentional?

>>2912710
Just as an elaboration to this, the average life expectency was often in the 20s-30s not because everyone died young, but because infant mortality was really high, which drags the numbers down a lot when you have 6 month olds kicking the bucket.

>>2912734
Who benefits?

That's the question you need to ask yourself. Do governments want smart, well educated populations who question everything the government does? Or do they want people easy to control, who pose no danger to them?

weenee weedee weekee

>>2912734

Because there's an awful lot of history to teach and most people, including the teachers, find it boring and don't give a shit.

>>2912753
This is the real reason

>>2912701
>Jews exist for 5000+ years
>plenty of time to do all kinds of shit
>some anon on a tibetan bread weaving conglomerate doesn't realize that at one point the Jews very likey have done "it"
Such is the state of /his/.