you can always take heart in the fact that in 1788 the
Austrian army attacked itself and killed 10,000 of its own
men. These are the 25 biggest and most embarrassing
mistakes ever made.
25
NASA accidentally taping over the moonlanding. In fact,
there are no known original recordings of the event.
24
It took 177 years to build the Tower of Pisa and only 10
years for it to start leaning
23
Not having enough life boats on the Titanic because it
was "unsinkable"
22
Decca Records turning down the Beatles because they
weren't sellable. Enter EMI.
21
NASA loses a Mars orbiter because part of the team
used metric units and the other half used English.
20Napoleon thinking he could invade Russia in winter
19
Hitler thinking he could do any better than Napoleon
18
The Persians sending Genghis Khan's ambassador back
to Genghis Khan without a head and bringing the wrath
of Mongolia down on themselves
17
The Dutch discovering Australia 100 years before the
British but ignoring it because they thought it was a
Ruseless desert
16
Russia selling Alaska to the US for 2 cents an acre
because they thought it was a useless tundra
15Inca ruler Atahualpa agreeing to meet Conquistador
Fransisco Pizarro during which 200 Spanish horseman
ambushed and defeated 80,000 Inca warriors
14
Although no one is sure whether or not the Trojan
Horse actually existed, if it did, it was worthy of this list
13
Filling the Hindenburg with hydrogen
12
Somebody leaving a gate open and allowing the Turks to
sack Constantinople in 1453
11
14th century China abandoning its navy and pursuing a
policy of isolationism. It arguably could have been much
more influential than any European power.
10Archduke Franz Ferdinand's driver making a wrong turn
that led right to the feet of his assassin, Gavrilo Princip.
Two World Wars that could have been at least
postponed by a Garmin.
9
The Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor when not a single
US aircraft carrier was in port
8
Faulty construction leading to the meltdown of the
Chernobyl Reactor, the consequences of which are still
being counted to this day
7
The 12 book publishers that rejected Harry Potter
6
Alexander the Great not naming an heir which led
directly to the fall of his empire
5Not giving Hannibal siege equipment, which lead to
Hannibal basically ignoring Rome, which led to Rome
basically destroying Hannibal
4
Although nobody knows who was responsible, the
burning of the library of Alexandria was potentially the
world's single greatest loss of knowledge ever
3
Thinking that the West Indies was Southeast Asia
2
Assassinating Caesar in order to save the Republic and
not realizing that the assassination would all but ensure
its demise
1
In 1788 the Austrian army accidentally attacked itself
and lost 10,000 men
I'm going to add that tiger woods should never have married his wife and that in 1978 ronald wayne sold his 10percent share in apple for 800 dollars apple is worth over 700 billion dollars now
