The Catalan dementia at large

Are you familiar with Institut Nova Història Catalán? Take a cllok a their insane historical discoveries resulting from the investigations that they carry out. This is NOT a humorous thread, but the laughs are guaranteed.

* Cristóbal Colón was, in fact, Catalan, and his real name was Joan Colom i Bertran, direct ancestor of Artur Mas (previous self-proclaimed Presidtnt and no,this is not a joke). His son, in addition, would be called Ferran, better known as ... Erasmus of Rotterdam.

* The conquest of America was carried by Catalans (the Spanish did not reach the continent until 1518 ^^). Their fleet det off from Pals (and not from Palos de la Frontera). And these are the "real" names of the main actors:

Hernán Cortés = Ferran Còrtes.

Francisco Pizarro = Francesc Pinós So i Carròs.

Diego de Almagro = Jaume d'Aragó-Dalmau.

Américo Vespucio = Aymerich Despuig.

Keep reading; the dementia goes in crescendo.

The admired Spanish literature of the time would also be Catalan. Miguel de Cervantes was actually Joan Miquel Servant, and his masterpiece, El Quixot, which would have been translated into Spanish and subsequently destroyed.

But it still does not end here ... When being persecuted by the Castilians, Joan Miquel Servant fled to England, where he continued publishing under the pseudonym of ... Shakespeare. ^^

Leonardo Da Vinci was Catalan too, of course. The mysterious Gioconda was no other than Castilian Queen ueen Isabella of Castile and the mountains in the background those of Montserrat. They are not the only dementias, but they are the funniest.

The funniest thing? The Institut Nova Història is funded wuth our tax money and has received awards from ERC and several city councils ... Nationalism is an asylum and they are completely crazy.