Henry VIII: England's Bigger Than Life Monarch #sponsored

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]

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]

Jimmy Stewart: It's a Wonderful American Lifetime

Jimmy Stewart: It's a Wonderful American Life 5 Jun 2024 --- James Maitland Stewart is that rare and admirable human being who could truthfully claim that everyone liked him. During his lifetime and in the years since, it was virtually impossible to find anyone recording a bad word against him, or relating an anecdote in which he appeared less than a gentleman. His distinctive drawl, coupled with his hesitant, stuttering vocal delivery made his voice instantly recognizable, and when it was heard, it was heeded. Late in his long and distinguished career, he provided the voiceover for a major soup company’s television commercials. He did not appear in the advertisements. Campbell’s reported hundreds of telephone calls to their offices, demanding to know if that was really Jimmy’s voice promoting their soup. It really was. → 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 Stuff: Alien Video Essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jpKTllluiY&pp=ygUJc3RvcnlyYW50 Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte 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: https://www.jimmystewartontheair.com/jimmy-stewart-for-campbells-soups/ https://www.recreationnews.com/pa---indiana-co---jimmy-stewart-museum-hardware-store-display--/image_76ba18b8-56e0-11ed-aad5-637d8419b3c9.html#:~:text=The%20Jimmy%20Stewart%20Museum%20pays,operated%20by%20the%20actor's%20father. https://charterclub.org/about/ https://www.triangleshow.com/history https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029297/ https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/27/archives/the-screen-a-splendid-cast-adorns-the-screen-version-of-the.html https://www.themusichall.org/blog/classic-hollywood-classic-couples-james-gloria-stewart/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/william-joyce-capture-and-execution https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/14/JIMMY-STEWARTS-SON/9546384930000/ http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Jimmy/jimmy-poem.htm https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/02/16/james-jimmy-stewarts-poem-for-beau/10378653007/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190723203100/https:/www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-07-06-9707031555-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Filthy Thirteen: The Authentic 'Dirty Dozen' of World War II #sponsored

The Filthy Thirteen: The Real-Life ‘Dirty Dozen’ of World War II #sponsored 15 Dec 2024 --- #worldwar2 #biography #history 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: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Deliverer of Mothers

Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Savior of Mothers 30 Mar 2024 --- 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 Simon's 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881728/ https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/13/3/233 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives https://www.newscientist.com/people/ignaz-semmelweis/ https://theconversation.com/ignaz-semmelweis-the-doctor-who-discovered-the-disease-fighting-power-of-hand-washing-in-1847-135528 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240806/ https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ignaz-philipp-semmelweis-1818-1865 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1575625/pdf/califmed00155-0023.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/23/ignaz-semmelweis-handwashing-coronavirus/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10354-020-00738-1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655320308051 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]