Diocletian - Rome's First Retired Emperor

The Piltdown Man - Science's Biggest Deception in Historical Record

The Piltdown Man - The Biggest Scientific Hoax in History 4 Oct 2024 --- #biography #sciencefacts #hoax It was December 18, 1912, and a very exciting meeting was about to take place in London that would soon send the world into a frenzy. Before the Geological Society stood two men - amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson and paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward, curator of the Geology Department of the Museum of Natural History. The duo had something quite captivating to present to the scientific community - the reconstruction of a skull believed to have belonged to a human ancestor from 500,000 years ago. It was named Eoanthropus dawsoni after its discoverer, but most people referred to it by its other name - Piltdown Man. Soon enough, newspapers worldwide heralded it as the much sought-after “missing link” - an ancient ancestor whose existence had been theorized for decades, ever since Charles Darwin made evolution the hot topic of the natural sciences. The British media, in particular, was enthralled with the discovery and proudly labeled Piltdown Man as the “Earliest Englishman.” Both the scientific community and the public at large accepted Piltdown Man as what they perceived it to be - a crucial discovery and a pivotal moment in the study of life on Earth. There was just one problem, though, and spoiler alert here - Piltdown Man was one of the greatest hoaxes the world had ever seen. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Eric's publisher has released a new edition of his debut cyberpunk/cosmic horror book, Echoes of Olympus Mons: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Olympus-Mons-Book-ebook/dp/B0DJDZ73PD Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant My publisher has released a new edition of my debut cyberpunk/cosmic horror book, Echoes of Olympus Mons: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Olympus-Mons-Book-ebook/dp/B0DJDZ73PD Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: John Evangelist Walsh - Unraveling Piltdown Frank Spencer - Piltdown https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/services/library/collections/piltdown-man.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml https://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Piltdown_Man_forgery#Timeline https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/projects/piltdown-man http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3264025.stm https://archaeology.org/issues/online/collection/trenches-england-piltdown-forger-unmasked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

APOLLO PROGRAM PART II: From the Earth to the Moon

Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics [http://squarespace.com/biographics] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1] Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw] TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet [https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet] Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb [https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb] Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant [https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant] OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint [https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint] Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ [https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/] Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine [https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine] Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood [https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood] Further Reading: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-037A [https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-037A]  https://www.nasa.gov/history/Apollo204/find.html#:~:text=3.-,FINDING%3A,of%20death%20was%20thermal%20burns. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/Apollo204/find.html#:~:text=3.-,FINDING%3A,of%20death%20was%20thermal%20burns.]  https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-4/#:~:text=The%20first%20all%2Dup%20test,three%20stage%20Saturn%20V%20rocket.&text=On%20November%209%2C%201967%2C%20the,flight%20returning%20from%20the%20Moon. [https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-4/#:~:text=The%20first%20all%2Dup%20test,three%20stage%20Saturn%20V%20rocket.&text=On%20November%209%2C%201967%2C%20the,flight%20returning%20from%20the%20Moon.] https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-4/#:~:text=The%20first%20all%2Dup%20test,three%20stage%20Saturn%20V%20rocket.&text=On%20November%209%2C%201967%2C%20the,flight%20returning%20from%20the%20Moon. [https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-4/#:~:text=The%20first%20all%2Dup%20test,three%20stage%20Saturn%20V%20rocket.&text=On%20November%209%2C%201967%2C%20the,flight%20returning%20from%20the%20Moon.] https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/apollo-4-was-first-ever-launch-from-nasas-kennedy-space-center/ [https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/apollo-4-was-first-ever-launch-from-nasas-kennedy-space-center/] https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-first-test-flight-of-the-apollo-lunar-module/#:~:text=During%20the%20Jan.,return%20them%20into%20lunar%20orbit. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-first-test-flight-of-the-apollo-lunar-module/#:~:text=During%20the%20Jan.,return%20them%20into%20lunar%20orbit.] https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-first-test-flight-of-the-apollo-lunar-module/#:~:text=During%20the%20Jan.,return%20them%20into%20lunar%20orbit. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-first-test-flight-of-the-apollo-lunar-module/#:~:text=During%20the%20Jan.,return%20them%20into%20lunar%20orbit.] http://nasa.gov/mission/apollo-6/ [http://nasa.gov/mission/apollo-6/] https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-7/ [https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-7/] https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-8/ [https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-8/] https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/apollo-8-christmas-eve-message-genesis-reading [https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/apollo-8-christmas-eve-message-genesis-reading] https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-9/ [https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-9/] https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-9#:~:text=Launched%20on%20March%203%2C%201969,service%20modules%20piloted%20by%20Scott. [https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-9#:~:text=Launched%20on%20March%203%2C%201969,service%20modules%20piloted%20by%20Scott.] https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-10/ [https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-10/] https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-10 [https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-10] https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-10-mission-details/ [https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-10-mission-details/] https://www.history.com/news/apollo-10-disaster-apollo-11-practice-run [https://www.history.com/news/apollo-10-disaster-apollo-11-practice-run] https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-11-crew/#:~:text=On%20Jan.,landing%2C%20fulfilling%20President%20John%20F. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-nasa-names-apollo-11-crew/#:~:text=On%20Jan.,landing%2C%20fulfilling%20President%20John%20F.] https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/former-astronauts/former-astronaut-neil-a-armstrong/ [https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/former-astronauts/former-astronaut-neil-a-armstrong/] https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-edwin-buzz-aldrin/ [https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-edwin-buzz-aldrin/] https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-michael-collins/ [https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-michael-collins/] https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-11-moon-landing#:~:text=A%20Saturn%20V%20rocket%20carrying,to%20watch%20the%20lift%20off. [https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-11-moon-landing#:~:text=A%20Saturn%20V%20rocket%20carrying,to%20watch%20the%20lift%20off.] https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/moon-landing-1969#timeline-of-the-1969-moon-landing [https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/moon-landing-1969#timeline-of-the-1969-moon-landing] https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a11/a11.1201-pa.html#:~:text=So%20what%20was%20happening%20during,a%201202%20alarm%20was%20generated. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a11/a11.1201-pa.html#:~:text=So%20what%20was%20happening%20during,a%201202%20alarm%20was%20generated.] https://www.nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/ [https://www.nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/] https://communicateonline.me/category/industry-insights/post-details/viewable-history-five-most-watched-television-events#:~:text=Apollo%2011%20Moon%20Landing%20(1969)&text=On%20July%2020th%2C%201969%2C%20500,the%20surface%20of%20the%20moon. 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PAUL REVERE: The Midnight Ride that Rewrote History #sponsored

PAUL REVERE: The Midnight Ride that Changed History #sponsored 18 Feb 2025 --- #paulrevere #history #biography Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Esther Forbes - Paul Revere & the World He Lived In Charles Ferris Gettemy - The True Story of Paul Revere https://www.paulreverehouse.org/biography/ https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=99&img_step=1&mode=transcript#page1 Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Amenhotep III: The Height of Egyptian Prosperity

Amenhotep III: The Pinnacle of Egyptian Prosperity 2 Jan 2024 --- Sometimes the way we learn about the past colors our impression and understanding of it. Minor events can be made to seem huge and extremely significant ones can be downplayed or totally overlooked. It’s hard to be on the lookout for all the different biases that can color what we learn about events we weren’t even alive to witness. One of the strangest ways our understanding of history can be manipulated deals with time. Some periods or events that have received a lot of attention were far more short-lived than many of us in the present ever realized. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Joann Fletcher - Chronicle of a Pharaoh Various, Edited by David O’Connor and Eric Cline - Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign Arielle Kozloff - Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh Egypt Today Discover Egypt World Monuments Fund https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/4/mode/2up?view=theater https://egymonuments.gov.eg/subportals-group/the-egyptian-museum/the-egyptian-museum-our-story/tomb-of-yuya-and-thuya/ https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118093/Amenhotep-III-achieved-unprecedented-equality-with-his-wife-Tiye-recent https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater https://discoveringegypt.com/ancient-egyptian-kings-queens/amenhotep-iii/ https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39630/Discovery-of-a-part-of-Amenhotep-III-statue https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.wmf.org/project/luxor-temple https://egymonuments.gov.eg/monuments/luxor-temple/ https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiiegyp0000kozl/page/148/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiiegyp0000kozl/page/88/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.wmf.org/project/mortuary-temple-amenhotep-iii https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/pharaohs-amarna-letters-expose-politics-3300-years-ago https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/136/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/16/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiiegyp0000kozl/page/182/mode/2up?view=theater https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-22-amenhetep-iii https://nmec.gov.eg/mummies-hall/amenhotep-iii/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Fox Sisters: The Imposters Who Helped Establish Spiritualism

The Fox Sisters: The Frauds Who Helped Found Spiritualism 31 Oct 2023 --- As the spiritualist movement grew, an argument began over whether it was heretical. Proponents argued that if one believed in angels, devils, and life after death, all part of Christian dogma, one must necessarily believe in the existence of the immortal soul. Spiritualism was the art of contact with part of that immortal soul, and was thus neither witchcraft nor heresy. Why some possessed the ability while others did not was a subject of debate. Later arguments against spiritualism were based on science, rather than Biblical verses. Whether some humans possess the ability to communicate with the dead is an argument which still rages, and countless mediums still practice it today. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Social Channels and Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://georgeanderson.com/books-about-loss/ https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4170&context=byusq https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/exhibits/show/post-family-papers/the-posts https://poklib.org/the-poughkeepsie-seer-andrew-jackson-davis/ https://www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/article/spirit-rooms-seances-and-ohio-in-the-19th-century https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/k/kane-wlisha-kent.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle/arthur-conan-doyle/spiritualism#:~:text=Apart%20from%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20perhaps,he%20lost%20close%20family%20members. https://www.all-about-psychology.com/houdini.html https://nsac.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]