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Was Robin Hood A Real Person?

We all know the story of Robin Hood. The ballads tell of a bold Robin Hood born and bred in merry Nottinghamshire, whose father was a forester who was excellent with the arrow. Robin grew up, donned his Lincoln green outfit, and took to being an outlaw with deadly accuracy with the arrow, before win

The Robin Hood Myth - Milton Friedman's Theory

State social programs help the poor at the expense of the rich - or so one might think. The economist Milton Friedman called this the Robin Hood myth. As an example, he cited state-funded higher education, pointing out that people from upper-middle-class families often benefit the most, while low-in

5 SPACE MYTHS DEBUNKED!

Life Noggin is here to debunk 5 of the biggest space myths floating around and give you some far-out fact along the way! Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore i

4 More Common Myths Debunked!

Lies can spread like wildfires, and sooner or later, people may unknowingly be learning flat out wrong information. What lies do you believe? Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history

QAnon and conspiracy myths

In uncertain times, people look for simple answers to complex problems. The latest example is "QAnon," a movement that claims, among other things, that the coronavirus is a "global bioweapon". But are all conspiracy theories nonsense? Source: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/qanon-und-vers

The British Gas Hood | World History Project

Trench warfare in the First World War was horrific enough, but mustard gas really sent it over the top. In this short video, Andrew Wallis, of the Guards Museum in London, exhibits the shockingly inadequate gas hoods that British soldiers relied on to survive the horrors of chemical warfare. Websi

Sand shortage in Germany: myth or reality?

Discover in our video why sand, the star of the construction industry, is considered scarce in Germany, although geologically enough is available for the next 10000 years. We shed light on the challenges and hurdles in raw material mining and explain why it is often not the quantity that is lacking,