So, I'm aware that this video appeared on cracked.com on the 10th of September, almost two weeks ago. However, since I can't find any other post on it and I haven't submitted content here for quite some time, I'll talk about it now.

00:44-Not so much bad history as bad representation: the bullet shot by Charles Dickinson hit Jackson near his heart, not in his shoulder as the video seems to imply. In fact, the bullet was so close to his heart that it could never be safely removed.

00:50-Dickinson too was shot in the chest, not in the head as the video implies.

00:58-Perhaps the most egregious history in the video; Andrew Jackson was not nicknamed "Old Hickory" because "he used to carry around a hickory cane and beat people senseless with it." The nickname was given to him during the Battle of New Orleans by soldiers who "said he was 'tough as old hickory' wood on the battlefield," due to his strict sense of discipline. More on the "beating people senseless part" next.

02:03-If wikipedia is to be believed, the tale of Jackson beating Lawrence with his cane is a product of legend and of questionable veracity.

02:17-Well, historians believe that the reason Lawrence's guns misfired was the humid weather on that day. The video omits that part. But we can all agree that the bullets being scared by Jackson is a way cooler explanation, if you're willing to piss on historicity, that is.