They’re the guys with the thousand yard stare. The one with six-shooters in their holsters, a broad-brim hat on their heads and enough jagged iron in their guts to break down even the toughest steak. They are the cowboys, and everyone knows they’re the coolest, calmest, most-heroic folk in America history. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 → → GET A T-SHIRT - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/toptenz →Top 10 Objects That Were Clearly Invented Just to Annoy Physics: https://youtu.be/0MVGeRa-vLo →Simon's VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqt8j7DfPmveJp3UOk9XTg Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Brand new videos 7 days a week! Videos are published at 6pm EST every day! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 HORRIFYING Facts About VIKINGS https://youtu.be/pxLA3W50JGo?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Top 10 HORRIFYING Facts You Didn’t Know About KNIGHTS https://youtu.be/q1yvv9fHSw8?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-common-misconceptions-cowboys.php Coming up: 10. Most Cowboys Didn’t Carry Guns 9. They Almost Never Got in Fights 8. Many Were Ravaged by Venereal Diseases 7. Plenty Didn’t Do Any Riding Whatsoever 6. Some That Did Ride Rode Camels 5. ‘Brokeback’ Encounters Were Surprisingly Common 4. Black Cowboys Were Also Surprisingly Common 3. Outlaws Were Shameless Self-Promoters 2. The Rest of the Country Considered Them Suspicious and Dirty 1. Modern Germans Love Them Source/Further reading: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/23/nation/la-na-tombstone-20110123 https://youtu.be/o3343LUHNb4 http://www.perc.org/articles/old-west-violence-mostly-myth http://www.truewestmagazine.com/wild-bills-disease-of-passion/ http://www.history.com/topics/cowboys http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/whatever-happened-wild-camels-american-west-180956176/?no-ist http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/15/entertainment/la-et-out-west15-2009dec15/2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21768669 http://aacriminallaw.com/idiot-criminal-live-tweets-robbery-amazed-hes-arrested-police/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Qz1GCSsoU5QC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=jesse+james+train+robbery+press+release&source=bl&ots=HV1_e0SLKX&sig=GJQWKzyJx9ZzYDaH4uebW5GvfHs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=euMgUfaaKtD34QSQ44CQCw#v=onepage&q=press%20release&f=false http://www.history.com/topics/cowboys http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/6569