Fun facts -- Some of the greatest lies humans told

Here are several historical and scientific examples where widespread consensus among experts, societies, or institutions was later proven wrong. These illustrate how even strongly held majority views can be mistaken due to limited evidence, flawed assumptions, cultural biases, or incomplete data.

 Here are some of the greatest lies/scams ever:

 The Earth Is Flat

Scale: Global (ancient to modern) Duration: Thousands of years (revived online) Believers: Millions even today

You'd think this is an innocent lie, but the Catholic Inquisition tortured and killed Giordano Bruno and countless others over denying this falsehood. And no, no one believed such nonsense in ancient times. .Only humans believe(d) such nonsense. 

This is the perfect example of how ''consensus'' can be utterly wrong. 

 

The Donation of Constantine

Scale: Medieval Europe Duration: ~800 years (8th–15th century) Believers: The entire Catholic Church & Holy Roman Empire Impact: Forged document “proving” Emperor Constantine gave the Pope control of the Western Roman Empire. Justified papal political power for centuries. 

 

The Shroud of Turin Is Jesus’ Burial Cloth 

Scale: Global (Catholic world) 

Duration: 1354–present

Believers: Billions Impact: Medieval forgery (radiocarbon dated 1260–1390 CE) used as a relic. How it fooled people:

  • “3D image” (actually medieval photo-negative technique)
  • Bloodstains (pigment + red ochre, per 1978 STURP tests)
  • Pollen “from Jerusalem” (false— it was common European plants) Still venerated despite science. Pope John Paul II called it a “mirror of the Gospel” — but never claimed authenticity. 
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    Indulgences (“Pardon Tickets”) Forgive Sins 

    Scale: Catholic Europe

    Duration: ~1000–1567 (peak 1500s)

    Believers: Millions Impact:

    • Lie: Pay the Church → skip Purgatory → instant Heaven pass.
    • Truth: 100% scam. No biblical basis.

     How it worked:

    • 1517: Johann Tetzel’s jingle: “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from Purgatory springs.”
    • Sold for cash, wine, or land.
    • Funded St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican’s roof = literal blood money).
    •  Still around? Yes — “spiritual indulgences” quietly rebranded (e.g., plenary indulgences for World Youth Day).

     

    Forged document - forged Shroud of Turin (a mirror of gospel, meaning a secret admission that it is fake), fake everything ...Portraits, busts ...

     

    The War of the Worlds (1938 Radio Broadcast)

    Scale: U.S. national Duration: One night Believers: ~1.2 million panicked (per CBS estimate) Impact: Orson Welles’ fake alien invasion news bulletin caused mass hysteria — proved the power of media to deceive in real time.

    Dubbed as prank, it was a test. 

     

     

    Piltdown Man (The “Missing Link” Hoax)

    Scale: Scientific community Duration: 1912–1953 (41 years) Believers: Leading anthropologists worldwide Impact: Fake fossil (human skull + orangutan jaw) misled human evolution research for decades. Exposed via chemical testing.

    One of the many scientific frauds. Throw Lucy in there, too.

     Lucy (1974–): Australopithecus afarensis is real… but overhyped as "direct human ancestor" and "missing link''.

    • Truth: Lucy’s a side branch for humans. Bipedal, but brain size of a chimp.
    • Scam: Media & textbooks called her “the first human” — still taught that way.
    • Repeat offender: Same “missing link” bait as Piltdown — just with better PR.

     

    Archaeoraptor: The "Dino-Bird" Hoax (1999)

    Scale: Paleontology | Duration: 1999–2000 | Published: National Geographic Scam: Glued dino tail + bird body = “feathered dinosaur.” Smuggled from China. Truth: CT scans proved composite fossil. Impact: Nat Geo cover story retracted; fueled “science is fake” claims.

     

     

    The Great Pyramid Was Built by Slaves

    Scale: Global (popular history) Duration: 2,500+ years Believers: Textbooks, movies, public belief Impact: Herodotus’ 5th-century BC claim persisted until 1990s archaeology revealed paid, skilled Egyptian workers lived in a nearby city with beef, beer and healthcare.

    This gets funny, as the true perpetrators of the Egyptian slavery lie try to blame Herodotus.The ones who claim this are compulsive liars. who faked history. Always the aggressors, never the victim, but they play the victim card.
     The criminals posing as eternal victims, blaming others of their own crimes.

     The real civilisation that existed here, an ALIEN one, did NOT allow slaves. 

     

    The Y2K Catastrophe (Civilisation Will End at Midnight 2000)

    Scale: Global Duration: 1997–1999 Believers: Governments, media, preppers Impact: $300–600 billion spent worldwide fixing code. Planes didn’t fall, banks didn’t collapse — but the fear was real. NOTHING happened. A demonstration of mass psychosis, sold as prophecy.

     

     

    Jan Hendrik Schön’s Nanotech Fraud (2000–2002)

    Scale: Physics | Duration: 2 years | Papers: 100+ in Nature, Science Scam: Faked transistor data using copy-paste graphs. Truth: Bell Labs investigation: 28 papers retracted—a record. Impact: $10M+ wasted; delayed real nanotechnology.

     

    Hwang Woo-suk’s Cloned Embryos (2004–2005)

    Scale: Stem cell research | Duration: 2004–2006 | Published: Science (retracted) Scam: Claimed first human cloned embryos for stem cells. Truth: Faked photos, coerced egg donors, no clones. Impact: South Korea’s “national hero” jailed; $40M+ in grants lost; delayed ethical stem cell work.

     2020 GREAT SCAM and V - still ongoing.

     

     Now look up ''Top 10 Pharma Scams''

     

     

     

     

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