History Facts That Are so Wild, They May Change How We See The World

If you have ever heard the phrase “shoot first and ask questions later,” you know it describes taking action before getting all the facts straight. A similar mentality was present during the 19^th century. The only difference was that they were burning instead of shooting people.

For a while, burning people alive was such a popular punishment that they may have burned more people than were actually guilty. At the very least, there was a chance that they burned so many people that some slipped through the cracks and got buried before they were truly dead. The response to that blunder was not to curb burnings. It was to create a special coffin, from which the person inside could alter those outside that they were still alive.