To err is human. Unfortunately, to fuck up
massively is also human. Right through the annals
of history, to the present day journals, there have
been erroneous events/mishaps that have shaped,
or should I say, contorted the conventional path,
plotting a skewed graph. Irrespective of how
fucked up you think your life is, this list
empathizes with you!
Here are 16 of the most embarrassing mistakes ever made:
1. The Dutch discovered
Australia 100 years before the
British, but they ignored it
because they thought it was a
"useless desert"!
2. Russia sold Alaska to the
USA for 2 cents an acre. They
thought it was a useless
tundra!
Source: Cite Lighter
3. Someone left the small
Kerkoporta gate ajar, leaving
the Turks to conquer
Constantinople in 1453.
Source: Total War Center
4. Archduke Francis
Ferdinand's driver made a
wrong turn that led him right
to the feet of his assassin. This
eventually led to World War I.
Source: The Guardian
5. The Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbour when there wasn't
even a single US aircraft
carrier in the port!
Source: Raymond Pronk
6. JK Rowling's Harry Potter
series was rejected by 12 book
publishers!
Source: Narcity
7. Although the culprit is not
known, the burning of the
library of Alexandria is still
considered as the world's
greatest loss of knowledge!
Source: Wikipedia
8. The Austrian Army
accidentally attacked itself in
1788, losing over 10,000
warriors!
Source: Le Saviez-Vous?
9. One of the world's most
prominent architectural
marvels, The Leaning Tower
of Pisa, took 177 years to
make but only 10 years to
start leaning!
Source: Goparoo
10. The Titanic didn't have
enough life boats on it as it
was “unsinkable”.
Source: Wikipedia
11. The Beatles were turned
down by Decca Records
because they were
“unsellable”. EMI picked them
up soon after and the rest, as
they say, is history.
Source: Today
12. When China could have
been the most influential
power had it not abandoned
its navy to pursue a policy of
isolationism.
Source: Huffington Post
13. Alexander 'The Great' did
not name his heir before his
death which led to the fall of
his empire.
Source: Ancient History
14. Napoleon Bonaparte tried
to invade Russia in winters
without winter clothing and
with less ration.
Source: Independent
15. Adolf Hitler didn't learn
from Napoleon's folly, making
the same mistake. He idolized
Napoleon.
Source: Planet News
16. The faulty construction
that led to the meltdown of
the Chernobyl Reactor.
Source: The Velvet Rocket
massively is also human. Right through the annals
of history, to the present day journals, there have
been erroneous events/mishaps that have shaped,
or should I say, contorted the conventional path,
plotting a skewed graph. Irrespective of how
fucked up you think your life is, this list
empathizes with you!
Here are 16 of the most embarrassing mistakes ever made:
1. The Dutch discovered
Australia 100 years before the
British, but they ignored it
because they thought it was a
"useless desert"!
Source: School A to Z
2. Russia sold Alaska to the
USA for 2 cents an acre. They
thought it was a useless
tundra!
3. Someone left the small
Kerkoporta gate ajar, leaving
the Turks to conquer
Constantinople in 1453.
4. Archduke Francis
Ferdinand's driver made a
wrong turn that led him right
to the feet of his assassin. This
eventually led to World War I.
5. The Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbour when there wasn't
even a single US aircraft
carrier in the port!
6. JK Rowling's Harry Potter
series was rejected by 12 book
publishers!
7. Although the culprit is not
known, the burning of the
library of Alexandria is still
considered as the world's
greatest loss of knowledge!
8. The Austrian Army
accidentally attacked itself in
1788, losing over 10,000
warriors!
9. One of the world's most
prominent architectural
marvels, The Leaning Tower
of Pisa, took 177 years to
make but only 10 years to
start leaning!
10. The Titanic didn't have
enough life boats on it as it
was “unsinkable”.
11. The Beatles were turned
down by Decca Records
because they were
“unsellable”. EMI picked them
up soon after and the rest, as
they say, is history.
12. When China could have
been the most influential
power had it not abandoned
its navy to pursue a policy of
isolationism.
13. Alexander 'The Great' did
not name his heir before his
death which led to the fall of
his empire.
14. Napoleon Bonaparte tried
to invade Russia in winters
without winter clothing and
with less ration.
15. Adolf Hitler didn't learn
from Napoleon's folly, making
the same mistake. He idolized
Napoleon.
16. The faulty construction
that led to the meltdown of
the Chernobyl Reactor.
