Is It True That...?
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
Is It True That...? — Season 1 Episode 1
Episode 1
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...Democracy Was Invented In Greece?
24 min
Episode 2
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...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever?
24 min
Episode 3
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...We Used to Work More?
24 min
Episode 4
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...We Always Believed in God?
25 min
Episode 5
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...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?
24 min
Episode 6
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...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure?
19 min
Episode 7
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...We Used to Die Younger in the Past?
23 min
Episode 8
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...Hitler Invented the Autobahn?
24 min
Episode 9
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...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution?
23 min
Episode 10
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...Bartering Was the First Form of Money?
23 min
Episode 11
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...Men Have Always Worn Trousers?
23 min
Episode 12
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...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?
24 min
Episode 13
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...Julius Caesar Was Born by C-Section?
24 min
Episode 14
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...We All Believed the World Was Flat?
23 min
Episode 15
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...There Was No Hygiene in the Middle Ages?
21 min
Episode 16
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...Decadence Caused the Fall of Rome?
24 min
Episode 17
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Education Serves the Common Good?
24 min
Episode 18
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Pirates Were Always Bad?
23 min
Episode 19
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... Collective Ownership is Doomed to Fail?
24 min
Episode 20
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...Pasta Was Made in Italy?
23 min
Episode 21
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Men and Women Have Never Been Equal?
24 min
Episode 22
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...We have always gone on strike?
22 min
Episode 23
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...Secret agents have no qualms of conscience?
23 min
Episode 24
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...We all used to speak the same language?
24 min
Episode 25
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...We used to live in harmony with nature?
25 min
Episode 26
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...Borders Have Always Existed?
24 min
Episode 27
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...Migrations were not as numerous in the past?
22 min
Episode 28
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...Childhood Is A Modern Invention?
23 min
Episode 29
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...We Have Always Eaten Meat?
23 min
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