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The Fake History Hunter

@fakehistoryhunter.net

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I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked. https://linktr.ee/fakehistoryhunter

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · Nov 17

Did I mention I wrote a book?
Only a few million times I reckon, so time to remind you once more ;)
More about the international bestselling book here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2023/09/08/i...

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Reposted by The Fake History Hunter

TallFroGuy [🔜critterposting hours] @tallfroguy.bsky.social · 1h

Fake History / Fake History-Hunter
#critterposting #alttextposting

Crude drawing of a goat headed woman reading “fake history 101 words Idon’t have room for”. Shaped like lara croft.

Crude drawing of lara croft, tombraiding. Shaped like a goat headed woman.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 55m

Hahaha, brilliant!
Mind if I share this on other social media platforms?
Of course with link to your post here.
Also, a crocodile did actually try to bite my face off once, but that was before I became the fake history hunter ;)

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1h

Fake history, but how come my ears like it so much and my feet are tapping?
Dave Brubeck never recorded Golden Brown, but...
And no, this is not ai, this was made by a real human with talent.
youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs?...

Dave Brubeck - Golden Brown

YouTube video by Laurence Mason

youtu.be

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 3h

I know, I was making a joke because it looks a bit like a rocket.
I did a haha.

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 4h

Even the Space Program used to be more fun in the past.

The Shapson Aquaplane, invented by S. Shapiro, being strapped onto Miss Margaret Travis.
February 27, 1935, Santa Monica, California.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 4h

Still one of my favourite ever photos a reader send in.
Also this is my sister.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 4h

Changes in crop cultivation and farming practices in the Rhineland (Germany) between the 6th and early 4th millennium BCE!
Das ist ja supergeil!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 6h

Let's have a little séance so we can thank the dead vultures who saved all these historical artefacts by nicking them for their nests!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 9h

I can speak English with accents in such a way it once fooled the entire MI6 linguistics department.

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 9h

Old news, but just a very sexy photo.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 11h

You can!

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 13h

Here's a short demonstration of the mystery object I mentioned yesterday :)

www.youtube.com/shorts/rjzlK...

Demonstration of a mystery antique!

YouTube video by Fake History Hunter

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Ran out of dishwashing liquid so I used one of these, did you know what it is without googling or reading the replies?
Of course it worked perfectly fine, even though what I put in it was about 50 years old.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Okay, who left the time machine unsupervised again?!
Wait... hang on... I hear they're aiming at someone who claimed medieval people never bathed... we'll come back a little later ;)

Via the Sundry Folk:
www.instagram.com/p/DMxvV-EMdp...
sundryfolk.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Yesterday a statue was unveiled for Trijn Rembrands but also for all other girls & women who fought the Spanish with equal bravery as the men during the siege of Alkmaar during the Eighty Years' War in 1573 and women who fight today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trijn_R...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Look, colour!!

North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 1d

No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky

A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

How to do something useful with a nazi flag.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=3Ek...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

When this lady fainted in 1953, her dog defended her from bystanders.
Which of course makes him a good boy, even though he also kept those who wanted to help her back.

www.newspapers.com/article/lexi...