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THE HERO WHO LIED HIS WAY INTO HISTORY 🚨

Great Hero

By Kazeem GbolagadePublished 2 years ago β€’ 1 min read

Once upon a time, there was a bold, brave explorer who wanted to discover a "New World."

He told his king:

πŸ’€ "Your Majesty, I have a genius idea! If I sail WEST, I will reach India faster!"

The king, who apparently failed geography, said, "Brilliant! Take our ships!"

So the great explorer set sail… and got completely LOST.

πŸ’€ He landed on a new land and thought: "Wow! These Indians look different!"

πŸ’€ He forced them to bring him gold, and when they said "We don’t have any," he chopped off their hands.

πŸ’€ He kidnapped their women, turned them into slaves, and said, "This is a civilized mission!"

When he got back home, he told his people:

πŸ’€ "Good news! We found India!"

πŸ’€ "The locals are friendly!" (After half of them were dead.)

πŸ’€ "There is gold everywhere!" (There wasn’t.)

And the people believed him. πŸ˜‚

Historians wrote his name in books. Schools taught children that he was "a great hero." He even got a whole day named after him: Columbus Day.

But here’s the truth: The man never "discovered" anything.

πŸ’€ He was lost.

πŸ’€ He was a fraud.

πŸ’€ He was a mass murderer.

And his name? Christopher Columbus.

The country that celebrates him? The United States of America.

Yes. America celebrates a liar, slave trader, and mass murderer as a "founding hero."

πŸ˜‚ Imagine celebrating a man who "discovered" a place where people were already living.

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    Written by Kazeem Gbolagade