“Grasshoppers Are Older Than Both Grass And Dinosaurs”: 24 Real Historical Facts That Seem Fake

Some of these historical facts will leave you rolling around with laughter, while some will make you question the absurdity of human nature. To get a deeper insight into the matter, Bored Panda reached out to Shravani Acharya, who is currently pursuing her master's degree in History. She thinks some people have developed a really rigid point of view of looking at events, other culture-communities, etc. 

She said, "There are several preconceived notions about others that create difficulties in keeping an open mind while understanding such events which are not fake but might sound fake. If the event is related to the so-called developed or western country and the event is not really a 'glorious' one, then it is more probable that people will believe it to be fake."

She added that this mostly happens due to a closed mind and lack of education about world politics and history.

Elaborating on her thoughts, Shravani narrated, "I believe that history is multifaceted. What sounds outrageous to one person might not sound so outrageous to another. It's really subjective. But while saying so, history has a really intimate relationship with the cultures and communities."

She also noted that if any event is "outrageous" for the present community, then it might create problems if it gets light in popular discussions. She personally believes that history should surprise everyone so that we can learn from it, but not everyone has the rationality to accept the outrageousness of history.

While there are numerous such things that sound too fake to be true, we asked our expert about how historians actually verify these events when there are so many conspiracies floating around. Shravani claimed that there has to be at least one authentic source to identify the authenticity of the event.

"It might be historical documentation or archeological events, but there has to be some concrete evidence to justify the argument. If there are more sources, then it sometimes becomes useful to arrive at a conclusion, but it sometimes also creates multiple perspectives. However, if sources are contradicting one another, historians often admit the lack of resources as a valid conclusion," she explained.