Kunta Kinte
Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots and its subsequent TV miniseries of the same name popularized Kunta Kinte’s story. Kinte’s story became so well-known that a Gambia island was named after him. While Kinte’s story has left an indelible mark on history, not all of the details appear to be precise. Haley’s sources don’t match up with history, so the story is riddled with inaccuracies.
Kunta Kinte
Pythagoras
The Pythagorean Theorem is named after Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician. Even though Pythagoras is a well-known figure in mathematics, many people doubt his existence. Historians cannot give Pythagoras credit for his work because there is no evidence that he wrote anything down. Historians also doubt his existence because of the time period in which he allegedly worked; a few people worked with celestial spheres until much later in the era.
Pythagoras
