Here are some absurd historical facts that seem false
10. Bangladesh has a larger population than Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world, its surface extends to cover Pluto’s. However, Bangladesh has a population of 156.6 million people, Russia 143.5 million.
9. A scammer sold the Eiffel Tower
Victor Lustin was one of the greatest con artists in history. The biggest scam was convincing a merchant to buy the Eiffel Tower.
Inspiration came from reading an article about tower maintenance costs. Some Parisian citizens, given the high maintenance costs, proposed to demolish it.
Lustin didn’t miss the opportunity. He devised a plan to convince merchants (iron merchants) to buy the pieces of the Tower. He rented a limousine and pretended to be a government director with the secret task of selling the metal scraps from the tower.
A dealer paid Lustin $20,000 in cash, plus an addition of $50,000 to make sure he didn’t lose the deal. I took the money and the scammer fled to Austria and the trader didn’t say anything about the scam for fear of being cheated.
