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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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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 8h

I like this idea of dinosaurs as chunky boys.
Jurassic park would have been a lot more fun if these darlings were wobbling towards people and nobody ran but just turned and hugged the dorky cuddle beasts.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 9h

Just for fun, he's doing the superman thing, dressed like a historical reenactor under his normal modern clothes.

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12h

German propaganda photo showing how happy Germans and Dutch were sharing a tourist boat in Amsterdam in 1940.
Yeah, not very convincing is it?
The photo was stamped "not suitable for publication".

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12h

Time travellers hide among us ;)

Photo by Kathrynne Krause, the dapper chap is Guy Gane.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12h

USAAF B-24 pilot Worth Everett Ober, Jr. in 1943.
He survived the war.
Photo by Dimitri Kessel.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12h

Just me on a film set many years ago teaching the extras how to smoke ;)

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · Oct 7

Beak-spouted jar
ca. 1400-800 B.C.E.
Iron Age I - II
Earthenware
H: 17.4 W: 37.7 D: 19.7 cm
North, North Iran
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge S1998.23
asia.si.edu/explore-art-...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12h

My antique fruit press that doubles as a sausage maker!

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12h

I'm going to get one of these, an antique tub with heater.
Has to be old of course.
Drag it into the garden, heat the little fire, get a book, a drink, a snack, bliss.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 16h

Bought a nice decorative plate.

"Morgenstond heeft goud in de mond" (The morning hour has gold in its mouth), which is a sort of Dutch alternative to 'The early bird catches the worm', I guess.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 16h

The Simpsons just gave us the new name for ai/LLM:

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 18h

I'm dealing with this all the time, except when it comes to history.

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · 20h

AI-generated content is flooding the internet, and we're entering a new era of information overload. Watch our latest video to find out how AI slop affects the internet and why kurzgesagt videos will always remain human-made: https://kgs.link/AISlop

In the middle, there is an AI-generated picture of a duck. Below it, there is a human-illustrated Duck, looking at the other duck in shock, and saying "Wtf is this?"

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

For once the Simpsons didn't predict the future, but my dog Beike predicted the Simpsons ;)

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

More continuity than change following the Black Death epidemic in medieval Cambridge
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

More continuity than change following the Black Death epidemic in medieval Cambridge - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - More continuity than change following the Black Death epidemic in medieval Cambridge

www.nature.com

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Mindhunter was very good.

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

It was amazing, I got to interview her for the discovery channel & met her several times afterwards, went to dinner, talked a lot but I still felt I only heard 1% of her story.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Some re-enactors; I want the perfect replica of a suit of armour so I can portray a knight just like they would have looked like during the middle ages!
Other re-enactors: THERE WILL BE PIE!