# Conquistador
Untrue Historic “Facts” It’s Time to Erase
Throughout history, many myths have gained such widespread acceptance in public perception that it is treated as an established fact. Take the cute image of Saint Bernards rescuing people in the Swiss…
Most People Picture History Wrong, These Facts Will Set them Straight
Common knowledge and conventional wisdom about much of history are often woefully lacking in actual knowledge and wisdom. For example,…
20 Historical Figures Who Changed The World, and Also Committed Monstrous Deeds
People are usually complex, and throughout history, other than at the extremes of the moral spectrum, few significant figures have…
A Series of Catastrophic Events and Decisions Led to the Tragic Fall of Montezuma
Montezuma II (circa 1467 – 1520, reigned 1502 - 1520) was the Aztec Empire’s Tlatoani – a position equivalent to…
12 of History’s Most Useless Explorers and Dreadful Expeditions
We’ve all been lost at one time or another. Some people find it easy to get lost in a new…
These 10 Truly Bizarre Beliefs From History Will Keep You Laughing All Night
From the belief that joining the workforce and getting a job would dry out a woman's uterus, to the conviction…
12 of History’s Greatest Back Stabbers and their Dramatic Consequences
According to folk etymology, the term "double-cross", as in deception by some kind of double-dealing, originated with the 18th century…
This Day In History: Pizarro Seizes The Incan Emperor (1532)
On this day in, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador, launches a daring plot to capture the Inca Empire. The…