Mistakes are always made. After all, we're only human. It doesn't matter how hard we try, mistakes will forever be part of our history. But who made the biggest mistakes? Which mistakes cost money, lives and reputation? Here are 25 human errors that have not only been colossal ones to make, but some have actually changed history as we know it. |
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