32 Bits of U.S. History That Americans Probably Don’t Know
‘The USS Maine explosion was not caused by the Spanish, but an accident’
The grasp on history one gains from the American education system is already a little patchy. On top of that, even the stuff you do happen to get a graphic in your social studies book dedicated to is almost always through a thoroughly patriotic lens. You could end up thinking, like plenty do, that America is basically the world’s Superman.
But countries that aren’t America get to see the dark side. Some via education, some via firsthand experiences. Throughout its relatively short lifetime, the United States has gotten up to all sorts of unsavory activity that isn’t discussed among polite company. So, the rest of the world came together on Reddit to let Americans know the bits of history no one seems to tell us.
