Forgotten History
Jem Duducu
Not all history is recorded in school textbooks or cast into towering monuments that shape city skylines. Quite often the most intriguing (and most bizarre) bits are forgotten and fall away into obscurity. In this fascinating book, Jem Duducu shines light on the almost forgotten, wonderfully strange, and often hilarious moments of history that would otherwise be lost forever. Forgotten History tells in delightful detail the stories of hard-to-believe events, people and inventions. Spanning the breadth of human history, this light-hearted and easy-to-read book is full to bursting with the bits from history that even a history enthusiast may otherwise have never known. Covering a wide variety of topics, from the time a Pope put his dead predecessor on trial to the awkward moment when the US Air Force accidentally dropped nuclear bombs on Spain, Forgotten History provides a journey through time to discover the weird and wonderful history that you didn’t learn about in school.
Duration - 8h 44m.
Author - Jem Duducu.
Narrator - Greg Chapman.
Published Date - Saturday, 27 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2017 Jem Duducu ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Not all history is recorded in school textbooks or cast into towering monuments that shape city skylines. Quite often the most intriguing (and most bizarre) bits are forgotten and fall away into obscurity. In this fascinating book, Jem Duducu shines light on the almost forgotten, wonderfully strange, and often hilarious moments of history that would otherwise be lost forever. Forgotten History tells in delightful detail the stories of hard-to-believe events, people and inventions. Spanning the breadth of human history, this light-hearted and easy-to-read book is full to bursting with the bits from history that even a history enthusiast may otherwise have never known. Covering a wide variety of topics, from the time a Pope put his dead predecessor on trial to the awkward moment when the US Air Force accidentally dropped nuclear bombs on Spain, Forgotten History provides a journey through time to discover the weird and wonderful history that you didn’t learn about in school. Duration - 8h 44m. Author - Jem Duducu. Narrator - Greg Chapman. Published Date - Saturday, 27 January 2024. Copyright - © 2017 Jem Duducu ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Introduction
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Ancient History: Let's Start With Some Prehistory
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How Do You Know The Date?
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The Opening Line Of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is...l
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The Yeti, Bigfoot and Gigantopithecus
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Cavemen Were Communists
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The Mysterious Gobekli Tepe
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The Problem With Milk
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How Old Is The World's Oldest Paved Road
Duration:00:02:05
The History Of The Swastika
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There Really Was A Scorpion King
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The Wheel Was Not Mankind's Earliest Invention
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What Is The Magical And Sinister 'Grimoire'?
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How Long Have Women Been Using Cosmetics?
Duration:00:02:18
Ancient Egyptian Strike Action
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Ancient Chinese Writing
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The Battle Of Kadesh Is Important For A Number Of Reasons
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A Statue Was Put On Trial For Murder
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Can The God Ba'al Sue?
Duration:00:02:06
The Chinese Money That Could Make A Killing... Sort Of
Duration:00:01:27
The Remarkable Ancient Greek Tunnel Of Eupalinos
Duration:00:01:51
It Is A Myth That Afganistan Has Never Been Invaded
Duration:00:04:10
Drinking Like A Greek
Duration:00:02:23
Truth And Lies Behind The History Of Cinnamon In The West
Duration:00:02:32
Where Does The Term ‘Pyrrhic Victory’ Come From?
Duration:00:02:34
Who Was Herod The Great, Really?
Duration:00:02:47
Before Listening To This, Look Up An Image Of A Peruvian Elongated Skull
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Why Jesus’ Title ‘King of Kings’ Means More than You Might Think
Duration:00:01:48
A Brief History of Guerrilla War
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The Peasants’ Revolt Chinese Style
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The Other ‘Hadrian’s Walls’
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The Martyrdom of a Young Mother
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Constantine the Great’s Greatest Mistake
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The Death of a Genius
Duration:00:02:30
Aliens vs Smart Humans = the Nazca Lines
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The Truth about Leprosy
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The History of the Rottweiler
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An Interesting Dilemma
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The Last Pagan Emperor
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The History behind Sinbad the Sailor
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Vortigern Asks for Help
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The Hagia Sophia Is the Most Important Building in the World
Duration:00:02:33
Japanese Aborigines
Duration:00:01:58
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem Is Unique
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Please Count Aloud the First Ten Numbers in the Number Line
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It’s History Pedant Time
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The Medieval Era
Duration:00:07:24
The First Great Piece of English Literature Is So Old We Can’t Understand Its English
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Dead Men CAN Talk
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793 AD: The Year of Dragons
Duration:00:07:22
Magical Mummies? Forgotten Kingdom? Want to Hear More?
Duration:00:02:12
Alfred the Great Shouldn’t Have Been King
Duration:00:02:29
865 AD: One of the Most Important Dates in British History
Duration:00:02:14
Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians and Daughter of Alfred the Great
Duration:00:02:31
‘Henry the Fowler’ Was the Most Impressive Henry in History
Duration:00:02:40
Aethelred II and Danegeld
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Ever Heard of Radbot?
Duration:00:01:39
The Great Schism of 1054
Duration:00:03:58
The Mosque that Name Checks Jesus
Duration:00:02:18
Eleanor of Aquitain: Possibly the Most Powerful Woman in Medieval History
Duration:00:03:26
King Richard Couldn’t Stop Spending
Duration:00:01:48
The Biggest Loser in History Was Ala ad-Din Muhammed II Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire
Duration:00:03:29
A Historic Event that Sounds Made Up
Duration:00:03:35
The Word ‘Kamikaze’ Has Medieval Origins
Duration:00:02:54
What Was a Teutonic Knight?
Duration:00:02:08
A Medieval War Crime
Duration:00:03:05
The Holy Roman Empire: It Wasn’t Holy; It Wasn’t Roman, and It Wasn’t an Empire
Duration:00:03:19
The Mongol Invasion of Europe
Duration:00:05:09
The Turin Shroud: Fake or Fact?
Duration:00:02:33
What Is an Assassin?
Duration:00:03:58
The Largest Hoard of Coins Ever Found
Duration:00:01:55
The Last Caliph Destroyed Islam’s Libraries by Doing Nothing
Duration:00:03:01
Mysterious Children
Duration:00:01:50
The Maid of the North
Duration:00:03:33
Unlucky Ottomans
Duration:00:02:46
Vampire Burials Are a Genuine Historic Phenomenon
Duration:00:01:51
The Forgotten and Exceedingly Bloody Other ‘Scottish Play’
Duration:00:01:58
Vettor Pisani: a Legend in Venice but Forgotten Everywhere Else
Duration:00:03:36
Arquebus? Arquebus! What the Hell Is an ‘Arquebus’?
Duration:00:02:35
Barbarossa: A Name that Oozes History
Duration:00:02:58
The Ultimate Cougar
Duration:00:03:18
The Dancing Plague
Duration:00:02:15
The Mystery of the ‘Sweating Sickness’
Duration:00:02:05
The Battle of Sekigahara: the Japanese ‘Battle of Hastings’
Duration:00:04:21
Why Was the Longbow Such an Effective Weapon?
Duration:00:04:04
The ‘Devil’s Bible’ or the Codex Gigas
Duration:00:01:57
The Story of the Palestinian Who Became English
Duration:00:03:18
The Real ‘Game of Thrones’
Duration:00:02:34
Was There a ‘Renaissance’?
Duration:00:03:22
The Battle of the Spurs: or How Henry VIII Won an Expected Victory
Duration:00:03:39
Was Lucrezia Borgia All That Bad?
Duration:00:02:43
John Dee: Scientist, Astrologer ... Magician?
Duration:00:02:42
The Greatest Admiral You’ve Never Heard of
Duration:00:04:17
William the Silent Didn’t Die Quietly
Duration:00:03:57
The Accidental Start of a Dynasty
Duration:00:02:16
Hoist by His Own Petard
Duration:00:01:23
The Greatest Swordsman in History
Duration:00:04:51
Chocolate Has a Strange History
Duration:00:04:41
Could These Be the Coolest Women Ever?
Duration:00:01:54
The Early Modern Era: The Sack of Baltimore
Duration:00:02:03
What Exactly Is a ‘Harem’?
Duration:00:04:38
Why Do Men Wear Ties?
Duration:00:02:01
Someone Regarded As Legendary But Isn’t
Duration:00:01:39
The Battle of Portland: The Decisive Victory that Both Sides Won
Duration:00:02:18
The Prussian Who Was a Political Genius and a Benevolent Dictator
Duration:00:02:13
Croissants Aren’t French
Duration:00:02:15
What’s a First Rate Ship Anyway?
Duration:00:01:57
Jonathan Wild: Thief Taker General
Duration:00:02:53
What Is One of the Single Greatest Achievements of Scholarship?
Duration:00:02:27
The Worst Natural Famine in History
Duration:00:03:01
Casanova Was More than a Lover
Duration:00:02:44
The American War of Independence and the Battle of the Island of Jersey
Duration:00:03:01
Alcohol and Soldiers Are Never a Good Mix
Duration:00:02:46
The Immovable Interest Rate
Duration:00:03:51
The War Where Nobody Died
Duration:00:02:04
The Most Expensive Dress Disaster in History
Duration:00:03:00
Angry Americans
Duration:00:02:33
The Mad Danish King
Duration:00:03:34
Tsar Paul I Was Like a Cheap Sandwich
Duration:00:02:35
The Origins of a Well-Known Tongue Twister
Duration:00:02:36
Forgotten Spanish Wars
Duration:00:06:27
The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Duration:00:02:03
Don’t Mention the ‘Scottish Play’ in New York
Duration:00:03:01
The New Palace of Westminster
Duration:00:02:27
The Engineer Who Came up with a Killer Invention
Duration:00:02:18
The German Chemist Who Got into Big Trouble with His Wife
Duration:00:02:16
The Great Hedge of India or the Inland Customs Line
Duration:00:02:27
The American Invasion of Korea: Not The One In The 1950s, The One In 1871 the one in the 1950s, the one in 1871
Duration:00:02:16
Is an Ordinary Train One of the Most Devastating Weapons in History?
Duration:00:04:41
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette: A Great Man With A Dirty Job
Duration:00:03:04
Are You A Bohemian?
Duration:00:02:33
Was Jesus’ Younger Brother Chinese?
Duration:00:04:20
William Marwood Was the Most Humane Hangman in History
Duration:00:02:06
The History Of … Jeans
Duration:00:02:16
The History of the History of Jack the Ripper (Yes, You Heard That Right)
Duration:00:03:35
Tourism Needs a Reason
Duration:00:02:52
What Is a Cossack?
Duration:00:03:28
The 20th Century: The Boxer Rebellion
Duration:00:03:47
What Do You Get if You Mix a Scottish-born Canadian Emigré with a North London Factory?
Duration:00:02:14
The Dreadnought
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Jack Daniels Is One of the Most Famous Men in the World
Duration:00:01:39
The First-Ever Air Raid Didn’t Happen in Europe
Duration:00:01:57
World War I Wasn’t What You Think It Was
Duration:00:02:52
An Unpronounceable Battle That Was Important In Both World Wars
Duration:00:02:34
The Many Deaths of Rasputin
Duration:00:05:29
Sergeant Stubby
Duration:00:01:44
There Really Are Such Things as Submarine Aircraft Carriers
Duration:00:03:04
The Battle of Los Angeles: An Example Of Mass Hysteria
Duration:00:02:11
A Bizarre World War II Battle
Duration:00:01:53
The Horrors of Sook Ching
Duration:00:02:49
The Most Dangerous Substance - Ever
Duration:00:04:11
When Was the Last Person Executed at the Tower of London?
Duration:00:02:47
A Lethal Historian
Duration:00:03:13
The Story of the Nazi Super Cows
Duration:00:02:35
IBM Didn’t Think There Was Much Of A Future For Computers
Duration:00:01:43
The Nazi Doomsday Device that Could Have Won the War
Duration:00:02:25
The Olympic Torch Relay Was a Nazi Invention
Duration:00:02:34
The Bravest – And Luckiest - Belgian
Duration:00:06:31
A Conversation Every Guy Has Had: What’s The Biggest Gun?
Duration:00:02:46
The Nazis Planned To Kidnap The Pope
Duration:00:03:45
Running the Royal Navy Is as Easy as ABC
Duration:00:03:18
Hitler’s ‘V’ Weapons
Duration:00:03:53
The Great Escape … In Wales
Duration:00:01:59
The Forgotten Battle Of The Rhineland
Duration:00:02:42
The History Of The Word ‘Holocaust’
Duration:00:02:31
Do You Know About The British Enigma Machine?
Duration:00:02:09
The History Of The ‘Bermuda Triangle’
Duration:00:03:04
The Man Who Taught Bruce Lee How To Fight
Duration:00:02:37
The History Of The War Crime
Duration:00:03:53
General George Marshall: Genius Or Fool?
Duration:00:04:53
The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Duration:00:02:29
Project Orion: Why We Should Nuke Spaceships
Duration:00:02:06
Project MKUltra: Why the CIA Invented Conspiracy Theories … Or Did They?
Duration:00:04:20
After the Biggest Gun Conversation, What’s The Biggest Bomb In History?
Duration:00:02:16
Weather Control
Duration:00:02:17
The US Air Force Dropped Nuclear Bombs On Spain
Duration:00:06:17
Fantasy Fight Becomes A Reality
Duration:00:02:35
Nazis, Nukes, Nixon And NASA
Duration:00:02:48
Office 39: The Story Of A Government Out Of Control
Duration:00:02:15
The Erratic Revolutionary
Duration:00:02:20
Ever Heard Of Suharto, Second President Of Indonesia (1967-1998)?
Duration:00:03:22
Something Strange Happened On 15 August 1977
Duration:00:02:44
How Old Is The World's Oldest Cyberattack?
Duration:00:01:58
Ending Credits
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