~ Galileo didn't invent the telescope
he just made the telescope better, Hans Lippershey made the telescope
~ The painting Mona Lisa is actually called La Gioconda
the woman in the painting was the wife of a man named Francesco del Gioconda
~ Betsy Ross didn't sew the first American Flag
there is no evidence that she did, it was a legend passed down by her grandson
~ No one has ever been found innocent of a crime
No one is innocent of a crime, just not guilty
~ Chinese Checkers wasn't a Chinese invention
It is a western invention, it was first played in the United States in 1920
~ Saint Patrick wasn't really Irish
He was Scottish
~The Canary Islands weren't named after birds
They were named after dogs, not birds, the latin name is insulae canariae
~ The log cabin wasn't an American invention
Swedish settlers founded log cabins in the United States
~ Mount Everest isn't the world's tallest mountain
It is from sea level to the top, but not from underground. Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest because some of it is underground.
he just made the telescope better, Hans Lippershey made the telescope
~ The painting Mona Lisa is actually called La Gioconda
the woman in the painting was the wife of a man named Francesco del Gioconda
~ Betsy Ross didn't sew the first American Flag
there is no evidence that she did, it was a legend passed down by her grandson
~ No one has ever been found innocent of a crime
No one is innocent of a crime, just not guilty
~ Chinese Checkers wasn't a Chinese invention
It is a western invention, it was first played in the United States in 1920
~ Saint Patrick wasn't really Irish
He was Scottish
~The Canary Islands weren't named after birds
They were named after dogs, not birds, the latin name is insulae canariae
~ The log cabin wasn't an American invention
Swedish settlers founded log cabins in the United States
~ Mount Everest isn't the world's tallest mountain
It is from sea level to the top, but not from underground. Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest because some of it is underground.