6 Facts About Famous Geniuses That Are Actually Fake

Beethoven was born in poverty, Mozart died in poverty, and Immanuel Kant never left Königsberg. Reading about how a genius became famous despite a terrible childhood or how a genius was forgotten is always really interesting. But very often, these amazing stories are exaggerations or sometimes, totally fake.

Nikolai Gogol was blonde.

Beethoven was born to a wealthy family.

Hans Christian Andersen loved children.

Immanuel Kant did travel outside of Königsberg.

Tolstoy didn’t wear the clothes of peasants.

Mozart never lived in poverty.