10 historical facts that seems to be lies

1. The Ottoman Empire’s Sultan Ibrahim I had 280 of his
concubines drowned in the ocean after one of them slept with
another man.

2. Mexican General Santa Anna had an elaborate state funeral
for his amputated leg.

3. Roman Emperor Gaius made his beloved horse a senator

4. In the 13th century 30,000 children went on what is known
as the Children’s Crusade . They were convinced God would
allow them to take back the Holy Land without incident, but
most died on the journey or were sold into slavery.

5. In ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey in
order to attract flies away from the pharaoh.

6. Before becoming pope, Pius II wrote a popular erotic book ,
The Tale of Two Lovers.

7. In Medieval times the accused often faced a “ trial by
ordeal ,” where they were forced to stick their arm into a vat of
boiling water. If their arm emerged unscathed, it was believed
God protected them, thus proving their innocence.

8. Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the USSR from 1929–1953,
is believed to have killed between 20-60 million people.

9. In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for
establishing the first birth control clinic.

10. In 16th-century Canada, women drank a potion with beaver
testicles ground into it as a form of contraception.