Although 2020 will go down as possibly the worst year in history, some conspiracy theorists will contend with this title. This is because a small number of historians have bizarrely proposed the ...
A fringe historical theory claims we’re actually living in the 1700s, arguing that nearly 300 years of early medieval history were fabricated by medieval rulers. But historians point to recorded ...
The Phantom Time Hypothesis, a theory by historian Heribert Illig, posits that nearly 300 years of the Middle Ages (614-911 AD) were fabricated. This viral idea suggests a conspiracy by powerful ...
People take the Gregorian calendar for granted, thinking it is fixed, infallible, and at one with the Sun. Then, almost every four years, February 29 arrives to remind people the calendar is actually ...