What If Everything You Thought You Knew About History Was Wrong?

 Think you know history? From Marie Antoinette’s fake cake quote to a pope putting a corpse on trial, we debunk 10 myths and reveal the weird truths behind them. You know the story — or so you thought. This episode of An Ounce dives into 10 famous “facts” that never happened, plus a few true events so strange you’ll swear we made them up. From Columbus’s wrong math to political window-tossing in Prague, we’re swapping history class clichés for the real — and often ridiculous — truth. It’s fast-paced, insightful, and packed with twists that outsmart the obvious. What surprised you the most? Drop a comment below. If you could rewrite one moment in history, what would you change? 👉 Like, subscribe, and share for more smart, surprising storytelling. 🎥 Related episode: The Corpse on Trial: Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod –  https://youtu.be/sd81dgO6Wpw 🎥 Related episode: Operation ‘Paul Bunyan’ in the Korean DMZ - https://youtu.be/lAYCcG8Xuqo #HistoricalMyths #WeirdHistory #AnOuncePodcast #OutsmartTheObvious ________________________________________ ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 – Intro: What You “Know” Is Wrong 00:45 – Marie Antoinette’s Cake Problem 01:44 – The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial 02:35 – Medieval People and the Shape of the Earth 03:42 – Defenestrations of Prague 04:23 – Franklin’s Kite and the Real Experiment 05:12 – Operation Paul Bunyan: The Tree War 06:14 – Nero and the Nonexistent Fiddle 06:48 – Jeremy Bentham Attends Meetings (While Dead) 07:33 – Great Wall of China from Space? Nope. 08:02 – Medieval Toilets and the Groom of the Stool 09:17 – Big Picture: History’s Bad Habits ________________________________________ 📚 References (Fully Written Out URLs): • Marie Antoinette quote – Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Antoinette-queen-of-France • Cadaver Synod – Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cadaver-synod-medieval-trial-dead-pope-180971919/ • Columbus & Earth’s Shape – History.com: https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/columbus • Defenestrations of Prague – Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/event/Defenestration-of-Prague • Franklin’s Kite Experiment – Franklin Institute: https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/kite-key-experiment • Operation Paul Bunyan – U.S. Army: https://www.army.mil/article/112622 • Nero & Rome Fire – National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/nero • Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon – University College London: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/who-was-jeremy-bentham • Great Wall visibility – NASA: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/05/11/the-great-wall-of-china-from-space/ • Medieval Toilets – Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/medieval-toilets ________________________________________ Credits: Images and Video: Via iStock and Getty, Picryl, Wikimedia, and A.I. generated as noted in the video. Music: Via the YouTube Audio Library: Clouds Lifting, Country Funk, For our Friends, Merry Go Round, and Tomorrow’s Light by Telecasted.  10 second pre-roll promo for An Ounce Podcast on YouTube