Kublai Khan, who ruled the Mongol Empire in 1260, believed that it wasn't 1260 because his enemies
had corrupted the calendar in their attempt to make Mongolia great again, as they thought it was
before Kublai Khan's rule.
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In the Middle Ages, high-ranking members of the Germanic Kingdoms felt the trend of Western Europe's
population to become rural was a plot to steal the sky and poison it so it would never rain again.
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The Atlantic slave trade produced 19th century supporters who insisted African natives were actually
Caucasians.
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Many people believed that Abraham Lincoln's assassination was a fake and that the President was
merely looking for an escape from his wife who, aside from being a shrew, poked holes in all of his
stovetop hats so his head would get wet when he wore it in the rain. These conspiracy theorists
believed that once everyone thought Lincoln was dead, he sailed to India where he shaved and
opened a small restaurant.
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World War I was highly thought by many not to be "the war to end all wars" but more so, "the war
that comes before the next number war," which at the time was considered crazy but later that
century proved true at the beginning of World War II.
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Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You
can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.
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