Answer:
Why do we still teach Christopher Columbus found America or Vikings when the native Americans already were there? Because it matters. ... Leif Eiriksson and Columbus discovered the existence of things themselves and their peoples were not aware of. It connected America to the world.
Explanation:
Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre of 1770 deserves that honor. Historians still debate the murder charges against eight British soldiers accused of firing fatally into a crowd, despite John Adams’s celebrated defense of them. What is undisputed is that when Revere adapted a drawing by a fellow artist as an engraving of his own, he falsely represented the troops in formation and their commanding officer giving the order to fire. These crucial distortions turned an indictment of individuals into one of the British authorities and the crown, inspiring patriotic resistance in the years to come.
Misinformation is as American as apple pie.
<span>A
Japanese Chemist and Professor, Kikunae Ikeda is credited for uncovering the
chemical basis for the Umami taste. He accidently discovered this new taste by
realizing his dashi broth was more delicious because of the addition of kombu
or kelp. More than a hundred years from then, humans have developed a liking to
Umami, probably because it our brain associates it with the presence of
protein.</span>
