Everyone makes dumb mistakes, and even if no one else knows about them, they can still keep us up at night. However, hopefully, none of us have ever made an idiot mistake so big that it changed the course of history. In some cases, weirdly enough, a dumb mistake has even gone on to change history for the better, like bringing down the Berlin Wall. From the German general who ditched the beaches of Normandy for a birthday party to the shocking origins of the 1977 New York blackout, let’s take a look at some idiot mistakes that changed the course of history. #History #HistoricalMistakes #Idiot Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette | 0:00 Columbus is bad at math | 1:44 Erwin Rommel's ill-timed trip home | 3:02 Oopsies bring down the Wall | 4:01 New York City's 1977 blackout | 5:09 They tried to stop the Challenger | 6:22 Drunk captain causes oil spill | 7:44 Dutch traders aren't impressed | 9:00 Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/130614/idiot-mistakes-that-changed-the-course-of-history/