The Internet is going wild after GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson insisted that the Egyptian pyramids were actually built by Old Testament figure Joseph to store grain, rather than to inter pharaohs.
That’s all it took for Twitter users to come up with some of their own unusual historical facts, with the hashtag #BenCarsonWikipedia spreading through social media like a wildfire on a dry summer day.
Here is a tiny sample of some of the most hilarious tweets:
Africa is so dry because water is less wet there. #bencarsonwikipedia
— Bill Connell (@wjcstp) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/wilw/status/662401432025350144
https://twitter.com/LRD90/status/662768041432870912
#BenCarsonWikipedia pic.twitter.com/JXXD26Tp1A
— Uncle John (He/Him) (@dogstar7tweets) November 7, 2015
The Eiffel Tower was built to store French bread. #bencarsonwikipedia
— Mr. Awesome (@senorawesomeguy) November 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/alanstweet/status/662740514400133120
Viking helmets are actually phenomena of a pagan ritual in which they pour hot metal on their heads. #bencarsonwikipedia
— Fagliacci 𓂆 (@Otaku_Fish) November 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/Diane_7A/status/662458275586318337
https://twitter.com/DocBenCarson/status/662454979467345920
https://twitter.com/norcross/status/662376028094996480